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Capital Bikeshare to Release Two New Reports at Mobility Lab

Monday, May 20, 2013 3:39 PM

Please join us for a press conference at Mobility Lab for the release of two new Capital Bikeshare reports. (At 12 p.m. EST this Wednesday, after the press conference, the reports will be available at Capital Bikeshare and further analysis will be published at Mobility Lab.) In the “2013 Capital Bikeshare Member Survey Report,” nearly [...]

by Paul Mackie
Economic Prosperity
Sustainable DC featured

Sustainable DC Hopes to Build the “Most Livable City in the U.S.”

Friday, May 3, 2013 2:02 PM

To call Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s Sustainable DC plan ambitious might be an understatement. Piggybacking on predecessor Adrian Fenty’s accomplishments in making the Nation’s Capital one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the U.S., Gray has gone several steps further with Sustainable DC – a 20-year plan to make it the “healthiest, greenest, most [...]

by Paul Goddin
Economic Prosperity
Arlington business featured

Study: Business Leaders Give High Marks to Transportation System in Arlington

Friday, May 3, 2013 12:35 PM

Seventy-three percent of the Arlington senior executives surveyed in Mobility Lab’s latest study give “very good” or “excellent” ratings to the county’s business climate. Further, 58 percent of local leaders rate that climate as superior to the rest of the Greater Washington region and 70 percent said the same when asked to compare Arlington with the rest [...]

by Howard Jennings
Activity Centers
Rails Walk featured

Walking is the Pill That Could Start a Healthcare Revolution

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:12 PM

The next big health care breakthrough – which could cut rates of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and Alzheimer’s by at least 40 percent and save Americans $100 billion a year – comes from a place you’d least expect. On your block. At the park. Everywhere. So what’s this amazing treatment, which also happens to [...]

by Jake Lynch
Community Design
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Arlington Support of Regional Transit Projects Key to Job Growth

Friday, April 12, 2013 1:00 PM

Arlington County sits at the center of a regional transportation network that spans three states, multiple counties, independent cities, and extensive federal land holdings. As we all face the challenge of improving aging and congested infrastructure, Arlington especially needs to reach across borders and promote transit projects elsewhere in order to serve its growing population [...]

by Stephen Crim
Economic Prosperity
Bikeshare business featured

Bikes Mean Business

Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:14 PM

I recently attended the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C. It’s always an exciting and energizing event and I particularly enjoy meeting bike advocates and professionals from around the country and hearing about biking in their area. This year, what I kept hearing is the recognition that biking and walking are good for the local [...]

by Chris Eatough
Community Design
Metro featured

Location, Location, Location … So Long as That Location is Near Transit

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:57 PM

We’re all familiar with the saying that the three most important factors in real estate are “location, location, location.” This rule no longer just refers to the importance of quality schools and neighborhood amenities in close proximity to residential properties. A new study by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), in partnership with the National [...]

by Paul Goddin
Economic Prosperity
WalkArlington Works featured

Airlines Reporting Corporation Builds Health and Commuting Options with Arlington’s Help

Monday, March 25, 2013 3:18 PM

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is one of hundreds of companies that Arlington Transportation Partners (ATP)  works with to improve the quality-of-life in this vibrant county located directly across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. Pinky Advani, ATP’s manager of business development in the neighborhood of Clarendon, where ARC is located, partnered with Tanya Nass, manager [...]

by Lois DeMeester
Economic Prosperity
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Arlington is Booming, And Traffic Fantastically Remains at 1970s Levels

Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:56 AM

Science fiction fans will recognize this plot line. A woman travels into the past, telling her ancestors about her reality in the future, only to be called a lunatic because of the incredible nature of what she is saying. Anyone who lives and works in 2013 Arlington, Virginia might be met with the same reaction [...]

by Stephen Crim
Activity Centers
Walkable Dupont featured

“War Against D.C. Drivers” is Much Ado About Nothing

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:02 PM

A recent headline in Washington D.C.’s Examiner newspaper raged, “D.C. Waging War Against Drivers.” It cited the District’s Sustainable DC plan, released February 20 by Mayor Vincent Gray, as an example of how this “war” starts at the top. While the Examiner’s headline was full of sound and fury, the article’s content was, in the end, [...]

by Paul Goddin

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