For some reason, we’re always amazed at how smart people about transportation issues in our home base of Arlington, Va. More proof? A county-run survey was recently released that finds Millennials (of which there are a lot in Arlington) really want primo transit. Check out some of the key findings.
The findings come from the county’s Engage Arlington website, which launched a Millennial-focused forum about county issues earlier this summer. The forum is part of a wider push by the county to get more Millennials involved in local government and civic life. Arlington was named the best city for millennials in the U.S. by the website Niche, with the millennial generation making up between 30-40 percent of the county’s population of just over 220,000.
The most popular suggestion on the forum — as determined by a Reddit-style up-voting system — is to expand transit options in North Arlington. Just below that is a proposal to remove on-street parking, to encourage more walking and biking in neighborhoods.
Following that, two suggestions are tied for third: requests to change the locations of public meetings to “places Millennials frequent,” as opposed to always at community centers or schools, and to find a “transit solution” for Columbia Pike after the canceled streetcar project. (The Pike’s “Premium Transit Network” is set to launch next summer.)