Working Group Meeting #3July 27, 2016Parks Operations Bldg.

Meeting Agenda

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7:05 pm Opening Comments7:10 pm Presentation: Transportation Background7:30 pm Presentation: Update on Ongoing Projects8:00 pm Introduction of Planning Consultants9:15 pm Public Comment9:30 pm Adjournment

Master Transportation Plan

Master Transportation Plan (MTP)

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Adopted in eight parts Goals & Policies element and MTP Map –adopted in 2007 Bicycle, Pedestrian and Demand and Systems Management elements -adopted in 2008Transit and Parking and Curb Space Management elements - adopted in 2009 Streets element – adopted in 2011

Significance of MTP

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• Part of Arlington County’s Comprehensive Plan. Similar to the General Land Use Plan (GLUP) and Public Spaces Master Plan

• Provides policy guidance for development of other plans and projects

• Periodic reviews and amendments to the MTP undergo a public review process including hearings at commissions and County Board

Current Vehicle Traffic

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Major Streets:

S Four Mile Run Drive: 15,000 Vehicles Per Day (VDOT 2015)

Shirlington Road: 7,700 Vehicles Per Day (VDOT 2015)

Trail Usage

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(August 2015)

Bicycles Pedestrians Total Daily Average

W&OD Trail 34,572 21,195 55,767 1,800

Four Mile Run Trail

41,440 10,395 51,835 1,700

Planned Future Capital Projects

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Walter Reed Drive - Complete Streets Project from Four Mile Run to Arlington Mill Drive, currently in design.

Shirlington Road Bridge – reconstruction proposed for design in 2016-2017.

Walter Reed Drive – Complete Streets Project from Glebe Rd. to S. Pollard St. (likely to begin design in 2018 or 2019).

Application of MTP Policies

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County policies call for: • planning integration of land uses and transportation, • developing “Complete Streets”, and• managing travel demand

Typical applications: • upgrading streets with enhanced sidewalks, new street

lighting, bicycle lanes, better bus stops, traffic signals and safety features.

• New streets or alleys may required with redevelopment of large properties.

• Traffic demand reduction and/or traffic speed calming• Community and project team will seek to identify

the transportation desires and deficiencies for the 4MRV area.

• Implementation of proposed improvements would likely occur as part of property redevelopment (private funding) and through County-initiated projects (funded in the CIP).

Project Updates

Project Updates

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• Nauck Town Square Design

• Walter Reed Drive bridge project

• Jennie Dean Park interpretive signage

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Nauck Town Square Final Draft Design

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Jennie Dean Park Interpretive Signage

Walter Reed Drive Bridge Project

Other Updates

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• Four Mile Run Drive paving / dog park parking lot re-paving

• LaPorte site temporary parking / relocation to CubeSmart site– ABC Lumber site

• Other

Introduction of Consultants

Consultant Coordination

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Consultant Team

Dover, Kohl & PartnersToole Design Group

WRTHorsely Witten GroupPartners for Economic

SolutionsCox, Graae + Spack

Lardner / Klein Landscape Architects

Rummel, Klepper & KahlGrimm + Parker

Kittelson & AssociatesPartners for Economic

SolutionsRIB U.S. Cost

County Staff Team

Four Mile Run Valley Planning Study

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introduction: a multidisciplinary team

historic

new

retrofit

regions

corridors

transit

codes

Dover, Kohl & Partnersurban design, community engagement & visualizations

• Oakland CA• Yellow Springs OH• Atlanta GA• Charleston SC• Montgomery AL• Buena Vista CO• Antigua Guatemala• Arlington County VA• St Thomas USVI• Maui HI• El Paso TX• North Augusta SC• Alexandria VA• Weymouth MA• Winter Garden FL• Richmond VA• Ocean Springs MS• College Park, MD• Middletown PA• Davidson NC• Oklahoma City OK• Hampton VA• Flagstaff AZ• Brunswick MA• Fairfax VA

experience

implementationdesign & visualizationconsensus

years of collaboration

Victor DoverFounding Principal

29 years

Joseph KohlFounding Principal

29 years

James DoughertyPrincipal,

Director of Design21 years

Amy GrovesPrincipal,

Senior Project Director14 years

Jason KingPrincipal

10 years

Pamela StacyTown Planner

10 years

Kenneth GarciaTown Planner

9 years

Dorn Avenue, South Miami, FL

making towns more complete

hands-on participation

Columbia Pike, Arlington County, VA

Existing, 2002 Vision Existing, 2010

visualizing change

Columbia Pike, Arlington County, VA

Existing, 2002 Vision Existing, 2010

visualizing change

visualizing change

Albany’s Warehouse District: existing conditions

visualizing change

Albany’s Warehouse District: existing conditions

visualizing change

Albany’s Warehouse District: future conditions

visualizing change

Albany’s Warehouse District: future conditions

Glenwood Park, Atlanta, GA

Glenwood Park, Atlanta, GA

Glenwood Park, Atlanta, GA

Oakland’s KONO District: Existing Conditions

visualizing change

Oakland’s KONO District: potential future improvements

visualizing change

Oakland’s KONO District: potential future improvements

visualizing change

• Engineers, planners, landscape architects & urban designers• Specialists in active transportation• National firm with extensive experience in Arlington• Woman-owned green business

Toole Design Groupmultimodal transportation planning

Drew Model Elementary School Site Evaluation (2015)

Abingdon Elementary School Transportation Study (2015)

TDG experience in the area

Alexandria Ped/Bike Master Plan (2016)

Shared-Use Trail Study & Concept Designs (2010)

transportation focusRoadways• Shirlington Road • S Four Mile Run Dr. • S Arlington Mill Dr.

Intersections• Many serve as

neighborhood gateways

Transit / Bikeshare• Shirlington Station• 6 bikeshare stations

Bike / Ped• Local streets• W&OD Trail • Four Mile Run Trail

transportation focus

Safety and comfort for all users• Crash data• Key destinations• Public input • Transit access & ADA

Vehicle circulation and congestion• Signal timing, design changes & LOS

Truck traffic and parking • Mitigate conflicts

Parking• Current constraints & future needs

multimodal atmosphere

• Complete Streets approach

• Enhance existing assets

• Low hanging fruit + visionary ideas

• Phasing and cost estimates

Experience with Urban Parks and Open Space Planning

Cobbs Creek Vision PHILADELPHIA, PA

The Parklands of Floyds Fork LOUSIVILLE, KY

Glen Canyon Park Improvement PlanSAN FRANCISCO, CA

• WRT’s Commitment to Designing with Nature and Sustainable Design

• Our commitment is expressed in our design work as sensitivity to the environment, inclusion of community values through public engagement and recognition of the need for identity, and economic leveraging of fiscally sound parks to support the surrounding community.

• WRT’s Parks and Open Space Experience

• WRT has completed over 200 park and open space assignments ranging from POS elements of comprehensive plans to system plans, park master plans and landscape design.

• Arlington County POPS Master Plan• WRT is currently leading Arlington County’s

POPS: A Plan for Our Places and Spaces

WRTparks & open space planning

Open Space Network Map: willprovide direction for future decisions that shape the overall public open space network in the study area.

public open space planning

Design Engineering

SciencePlanning

Horsley Witten Groupenvironmental analysis & green infrastructure concepts

Site Assessment: Historic Mill Complex, Lawrence, MA

environmental analysis

green infrastructure

Green Infrastructure & Complete Streets

Partners for Economic Solutionseconomic analysis & implementation strategy

• Offering financial feasibility analysis to make the case for transformative change

• Certified woman-owned business

• Recent collaborations with DKP in Arlington County include Lee Highway & Columbia Pike

4MR: finding a balance

• Who’s here now?• Where else could such uses locate?• How compatible are they with other

uses?• What are the County’s critical service

facility needs?

comparable experience

• Baltimore • Montgomery County• DC’s Ward 5• Prince George’s County Inner-Beltway

industrial lands

ward 5 industrial lands

• Lands following the railroads

• Serious land use conflicts

• Pressure to convert to other uses

• Municipal service facilities being squeezed out

case studies

• Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and W. Berkeley/ San Francisco

• Emergence of the maker economy

• Reuse of industrial facilities

• Strategies to protect industrial land

production, distribution & repair (PDR)

• Small business, entrepreneurial opportunities• Access to repair and other services• Living-wage jobs• Public sector operational needs