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Evan Portelos
Continued expansions of permanent transportation infrastructure will continue to create a better sense of place along Columbia Pike, aid County goals of a "car free" diet, and enrich the overall economy in Arlington by improving home values and creating additional "destinations" within the County.
Chad Droz
Arlington
The analysis conducted by the county many years ago, and recently, all recommended the streetcar project. Some studies and models were even run assuming that the streetcar existed. This was a poor political decision that was not based on analysis and facts. The board members that changed their vote did so for political reasons and votes while at the same time said they support the project. How can you change your vote using the rationale that someone else campaigned on a topic? What about what you campaigned on?
Nicholas Penning
Arlington
Yes! I support the streetcar, and urge Arlingtonians to prove the Board Chairman wrong in his assessment of the November election, in which only 21 percent of Arlington registered voters voted to elect the winner. Please, let's not allow a negative, one issue campaign destroy years of thoughtful work. www.penningthoughts.com
Kim Collier
Arlington
Mark Bayuk
Permanence and Economic Development
I own a rental property in Arlington near Court House Station.
William House
Williamsburg Neighborhood, Brandymore HOA, Arlington, VA
Safe Clean Efficient Transportation that enhances our Standard of Living.
Ethan Smith
Penrose
I think we can all agree that underground (heavy rail/Metro) would be the best, but the costs would be astronomical and today's political climate wouldn't allow it. The streetcar is the next best option. It's already helped attract new businesses and residents to the Pike and will continue to do so.
J Londergan
The focus for this initiative must be on providing an affordable and safe transportation benefit for the Columbia Pike residents of Arlington. Forget about leveraging the trolley as a project to attract business development - business development is here in Arlington and is presently continuing along the Columbia Pike. Houston, Texas has an absolutely outstanding rapid streetcar line with more commodious and aesthetically pleasing trolleys than the stubby 'ugly duck' trolleys which are being proposed for use on the Arlington Columbia Line. Following construction of the Columbia Pike Line, the next Arlington trolley needs to be the Lee highway Trolley Line.
Rolf Dammann
Arlington
Lynne Porfiri
Arlington Ridge Civic Association
Ridership, Economic Development while preserving affordable housing, travel to Europe where streetcar works so well.
Lee Cooper
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Madelyn Campbell
Glencarlyn
David Treworgy
Rosslyn
Daniel Flaherty
Arlington Heights
My family and I will use it, it will give an economic and developmental boost to the Columbia Pike corridor and the entire County, and it will be unique and attractive.
Cheryl Stotler
Alcova Heights
Brian Stotler
Alcova Heights
Suzanne Sykes
Westmont
Martin Johnston
Aurora Highlands
Myris Dierlich
Arlington
Dolores Rubalcava
Columbia Forest
Gabe Rubalcava
Columbia Forest
Alejandrina Tejada
Columbia Pike
David Tomlinson
Douglas Park
Jim Wood
Crystal City
Robert Chatten
Belleview Forest
Robert Garcia
Dominion Hills
Mitzi Williams
Alcova Heights
Steve Stubbs
Mantua
Jason Olsson
Columbia Forest
Alissa Green
Columbia Heights
George Hobart
Lyon Park
Steve Donnelly
Lyon Park
Marlene Harrison
Columbia Heights
Chris Cane
Columbia Heights
Kathleen Donohue
Boulevard Manor
Everett Fisher
Lyon Park
Jocelyn Dale
Aurora Hills
Miriam Balutis
Ashton Heights
Nancy Rios
Arlington
David Summers
Ashton Heights
Will Wilson
Lyon Park
Elizabeth Warner
Columbia Pike
Jessalyn Kiesa
Ballston
Ellen McClellan
Westover
Alan Howze
Highland Park-Overlee Knolls
Joe Gavin
Westover
Donna Gavin
Westover
Don Names
Nottingham
Lisa Grosh
Nottingham
Chips Johnson
Westover
David Banks
Lacey Wood
Dr Hamann
Cherrydale
David McTaggart
Barcroft
Matt D'Amico
Barcroft
Emily Edwards
Rosslyn
Dewita Soeharjono
Nottingham
James Lantelme
Lyon Village
Marg. Macdonald
Courthouse
Mike Siciliano
Rosslyn
Richard Cincotta
Arlington Village
Susan Kehoe
Arlington Village
Garrick Groves
Maywood
Allen Noorbom
Westover
Steve Renard
Alcova Heights
Ridership, permanence, economic development... all of the above.
Robert Cherouny
Rock Spring
Economic development, efficiency, environmental footprint, sense of community, encourage new ridership, low impact on traffic, smarter growth option than more/ bigger buses, no financial impact on other general fund projects
Scott Fisher
Yorktown
J. G. Higoshi
Courthouse
Ella Scott
Arlington
Susan Thollaug
Virginia Square
Michael Trulson
Virginia Square
Alex Robertson
Clarendon
Melodee Melin
Donaldson Run
Khan Viengkham
Alcova Heights
Reasmy Norin
Lyon Park
Derek Blank
Courthouse
Nina Waterman
Nauck
Myris Dierlich
Lyon Village
Michael Bruno
Barcroft
Beyond serving local transportation needs, the streetcar - more importantly - represents the backbone in Columbia Pike's and South Arlington's growth.
Kristin Ford Glencross
Arlington Village
Sarah Priestman
Arlington Heights
Ronny Sangid
Columbia Heights
Gert Kassel
S. Arlington Ridge
Pauline Schwartz
Arlington Ridge
Brian O'Hara
Ballston
Zach Larnard
South Arlington
William H. Haskins
Glencarlyn
Case Bouizar
Columbia Pike
Suzanna Amra
Columbia Pike
Jim Butler
Penrose
Liz Teopaco
Fairfax
Willaim G Fuchs, Jr.
Douglas Park
Derek Malis
Columbia Forest
Vladimir Vidaurre
Columbia Forest
Manuel Rodriguez
Falls Church
Matt Stambaugh
Arlington
Kevin Sweeney
Ashton Heights
Jeff Burkeen
Pike
Irwin Klinger
Alexandria
Kate Lang
Columbia Pike
Ayuhan Vaanjilnorov
Douglas Park
Patrick Kongsilp
Shirlington
Linda Brechbill
Columbia Heights
Geoff Shank
Arlington Heights
Emerson Doyle
Barcroft
Milan Lukic
Columbia Pike
John Brunner
Barcroft
Dewita Soeharjono
Arlington-East Falls Church
Beverly Sauer
Country Club Hills
Stephanie Britt
Columbia Forest
Nicholas Consonery
Arlington Village
Brent Woods
Columbia Forest
Chris McConnell
Rosslyn - Radnor Heights
Nicholas Cieslinski
Columbia Heights
Katherine Robinson
Columbia Pike
Talisha Hill
Arlington, VA
Janet Sully
Arlington
Julia Carr
Alexandria
Mark Latsios
Aurora Highlands
Donna Chilson
Baileys Crossing
Elizabeth Johnson
Columbia Heights
Maryanne Mundy
Penrose/Col. Pike
Doug Million
Penrose
Sandra Megally
Columbia Pike/Penrose
Maggie Awad
Columbia Pike/Penrose
Matthew McMahon
Stuart Woods
Benjamin Rivera
Courthouse
Joseph Graf
United States
Harin Contractor
Ballston
John Fontaine
Alcova Heights
Erin Harkins-Medina
Courthouse
Bill Swedish
Woodmont
Sidney Underwood
Courthouse
Brian Gallagher
Courthouse
Michelle Bernier
Col Pike - Alcova
Michael R. Horn
Lyon Park
Karin Price
Clarendon
Carlos Stern
Clarendon
Luke Van Belleghem
Arl Forest
Sue McWilliams
Shirlington
Will get more people out of their cars and will increase businesses to come to the area. Would like to see the Streetcar come to S. Four mile run near Shirlington.
Michael Waidelich
Courthouse
Idriss Fall
Barcroft
Elise Milstein
Ashton Heights
E. Erdahl
Clarendon
M. deFerranti
Courthouse
S. Romano
Rosslyn
Rick Romano
Rosslyn
George Barsky
Germantown, MD
I did work in Crystal City for 17 years for the Navy and walked from one to the other and to Pentagon City and the Pentagon and all around the region. I don't understand the rationale for a BRT as buses already exist in that neighborhood and have never seen a traffic jam even on US 1, JD Hwy. Secondly, why should the streetcar be barred from the Pentagon with its massive parking lots, huge numbers of trucks and buses and low flying airplanes and proximity to the Potomac River and all the highways and streets. What is DoD afraid of with a streetcar that they can't handle, or understand? At least on rails it is known where it is at all times unlike all the other vehicles and even pedestrians. Sounds like an ignorant plan to prevent a streetcar on the grounds.
Damon Dillon
Barcroft (Four Mile Run near Columbia Pike)
Unlike the bus (which I have used in the past), I would consider this the equivalent of the metro and be much more willing to use it, as likely would the occupants of the other 407 apartments in the Brittany - just a hop, skip and a jump from a proposed streetcar stop.
Pat Findikoglu
Arlington va
Will get more people out of their cars. Will help support affordable housing.
Malcom Peck
Ashton Heights
Patricia Adair
Penrose
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James Smith
Nauck
Earnest R. Holz
Arlington Heights
Rhonda Powell
Crystal City
M. Zimmerman
Douglas Park
Alex B. Holar
Ballston
Caroline Klam
Stafford Albemarle Glebe
Anthony Clare
Douglas Park
Alfonso Lopez
Penrose
Kris McLaughlin
Cherrydale
Silvia Albro
Barcroft
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Ballston
Norman Hill
Westover
Hannah Moore
Madison Manor
D. Hendel
Arlington Forest
Janet Lacey
Dominion Hills
Jay Baker
East Falls Church
Douglas Reed
Tara/Leeway Heights
Stephanie Eller
Dover Chrystal
Felicia Lopez
Virginia Highlands
Robert Linse
Virginia Square
Monica Beaston
Virginia Square
Chris Meyer
Ashlawn
Richard G. Young
Bon Air
Tom Byron
Forest Glen
Jenny Summis
Aurora Hills
Frank Winchell
Claremont
David Giamporcaro
Westover
Brad Rosenberg
Arlington East Falls Church
Sherry Boedges
Columbia Forest
Janet Wamsley
Lyon Village
Ryan M
Courthouse
Brittany K
Courthouse
Gianmaria
Courthouse
Henry McEntee
Belleview Forest
Jane Ashley
Penrose
Chris Smythe
Lyon Park
Heidi Wood
Fairlington
Robert Delpozzo
Cherydale
Arlington economic growth specially in the south.
Elizabeth Blue
Douglas Park
Sometimes implementation of large public projects requires visionary thinking. Yet I don't think the coming growth along Columbia Pike requires us to look very far to realize that action is needed now. In a couple of years, we won't be able to put enough buses on the Pike to meet the demand. The bus option isn't enough.
Judith Desplechin
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Penrose
I live in Arlington, VA, but I'm originally from France. All the cities in France that brought back the streetcars have seen their economic growth jump and their crime/insecurity rate lower by a wide margin. Besides, it is the best transporation for the environment! Go for it, ARLINGTON! We want the streetcar in Penrose 22204!
Heather DeSomer
Ballston
Brian Brooks
Westover
Dennis A. Miller
Ballston
James Greif
Columbia Heights West
Robert Malgieri
Penrose
Terry Savela
Lyon Park
Marina Haile
DC
Christian Haile
DC
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Ballston
Susan Shifflett
Ballston
Kathy Snyder
Larchmont/Tara
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Clarendon
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Arlington
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Clarendon
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Arlington Forest
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Stafford Albemarle Glebe
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Courthouse
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Arlington Heights
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own property on pike , think its a great idea
Ryan Garcia
Arlington View
Angela Rose
Arlington View
Andy White
Bluemont
Alli Henry
Clarendon/Courthouse
Tom Carey
cherrydale
I believe the street car will play central rule in a revitalized South Arlington. The economic boosts, from real estate to small business will serve the community immensely.
Elizabeth Warner
Columbia Pike & Overlee
I just wanted to say that I own 2 properties in Arlington -- one on Columbia Pike and one of my reasons for purcashing a home on the pike was the promise of a streetcar. I have been very disappointed that it has taken so long for this streetcar to come to fruition. I hope the county board will clear the path for construction to begin soon on the streetcar.
Chris Dupouy
Penrose
Less traffic / less buses / less noise / less pollution / greater interconnectivity / safer travel /
Sid Hays
Crystal City
Expanded options for mass transit can only make Arlington grow in smart way. It's an investment that will pay major dividends for the county in the future.
Jonathan Zuckerman
Douglas Park
Becky Daiss
Courthouse
Cynthia Gertsen
Columbia Forest
Terence Heron
Columbia Forest
William J. Kling
Arlington Heights
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Nauck
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Courthouse
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Courthouse
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Arlington
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Arlington
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Arlington
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Arlington
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Crystal City
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Arlington Heights
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Douglas Park
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Penrose
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Arlington - Columbia Pike
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Alexandria
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Columbia Pike
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Arlington Village
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East Falls Church
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Rock Spring
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Woodbridge
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Barcroft
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Fairlington
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Falls Church
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Arlington Heights
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Arl. Heights
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Courthouse
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Columbia Pike
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Columbia Pike
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Aurora Hills
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Madison Manor
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Lyon Village
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Ballston
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Arlington Heights
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Arlington Heights
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There is no way enhanced bus service will induce more development on Columbia Pike. Streetcar is the best way forward! Even though it will be expensive, it will pay for itself many times over according to many economic studies done on this subject.
William Schimmel
Penrose
My family bought in Penrose in 2005 on the promise of a streetcar. We thought we would have seen it by now. Streetcar Pretty Please.
Paul Donaldson
Crescent Hills (Rock Spring Civic Association)
My childhood experiences with streetcars. Their value to the community. They attract ridership.
Karl Hartmann
Tara Leeway Heights
Economic Development
Stephen Solosy
Skyline Plaza
Shawn Norton
Alcove Heights
I'm in support of the streetcar because I believe it will make our area more accessible and therefore more desirable for new businesses and restaurants. It will also link us to the metro allowing us easier access to all DC has to offer.
Mary Detweier
Overle Knolls
The streetcar is the "lynchpin" for planned development that businesses and residents will all benefit from. Buses, no matter how pretty or articulated, don't attract ridership nearly as much. Streetcars are key to leveraging affordable housing with developers who benefit substantially from the increased ridership and from residents who want to live where a streetcar makes the community more livable.
Stephen Hughes
Arlington Heights
Tim Daly
Penrose
Paul Iverson
Reston, Va
Better option for this region, will generate higher ridership and more efficient than BRT
James Walker
Courthouse
Andrew Ortiz
Barcroft
I love the buses on Columbia Pike, particularly the 41.
However, with inclusion of riders of choice, the street car will enhance county revenue streams and force high quality land use from land owners. Higher density will enhance the human scale development on the western end of the Pike. Look no further than the Orange Line for evidence. There are going to be more winners than losers.
Assuming opponents' fears of a vehicular traffic slow down from a street car are possible, keeping single vehicle traffic moving for Fairfax residents doesn't make any sense to me. Who wants to live on a drive by? Screw them they can take King St to the Shirley highway.
Traffic sucks and is going to get worse. My advice for those insisting on traveling to Fairfax, is to take the freeway or wait until after rush hour. What an entitlement mentality " I'm entitled to drive through the neighborhood at a high rate of speed to get to the sunset grill". The Board has lowered the speed limits on the inter-county roads in North Arlington such as Lee highway and Wilson Blvd. Why should South Arlington be expected to suffer the burden of non resident demands?
We aught to build a sky rail to connect Ballston to South Arlington perhaps Fairlinton or Shirlington. Something Giant... Huge, worlds fair spectacular.
Something that will put land re-use into overdrive.
The future is now. Stop screwing around with cars already and build some north - south bike lanes. Do know what a pain in the posterior it is to get to Crystal city from the Arlington cinema and draft house? If one isn't driving, one almost has to take bus. Riders of choice don't take the bus, they waste money on uber, money that could have been blown on meals with a 10% tax.
Stop screwing around and float the bond while interest rates are low. Are you going to wait until the FRB insists we 8, 9 or 10%? At that point the whingers and whiners will still be wrong about the long term costs but they will have more to whinge and whine about.
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United States
Rail saves lives. Rail creates jobs. Rail increases the value of our homes, businesses, and communities. Rail grows revenue for our schools, police, and fire departments. Columbia Pike rail is a winner for Arlington, and Fairfax Counties, and Virginia communities, and business.
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Ashton Heights
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Columbia Forest
Cathy Hogan
Barcroft
Neal Martin
Barcroft
Jane Jensen
Overlee Knolls
Joe Kelm
Donaldson Run
Helena Griffith
Tara Leeway
Max Callahan
Williamsburg
Judith MacPherson
Westover
Rosalie Smith
North Highland
Alice J Russell
Douglas Park
Matthew Street
Ashton Heights
Juan C. Huaylla
Penrose Square
Barbara Miller
HP-OK
Steve Cohan
HP-OK
Margot Shteir-Dunn
Belleview Forest
Vicki Shteir-Dunn
Belleview Forest
Ellie G. Hayeck
Lyon Park
JoAnne S. Hayeck
Lyon Park
Hector Diaz
Barcroft
Theresa George
Douglas Park
Beth Wiener
Douglas Park
Franz Gimmler
East Falls Church
Effie Stallsmith
East Falls Church
Fred Bauman
Claremont
Clara Johnson
Glencarlyn
Glenn Follette
Country Club Hills
Debbie Weissman
Waverly Hills
Ken Schellenberg
Arlington Forest
Sarah Glacel
Arlington Heights
Michael Holar
Balls Crossing
Jean Sweeney
Barcroft
John Marsh
Westover
Carolyn Marsh
Westover
Marta Rothwarf
Waverly Park/Cherrydale
Raymond Barnes
Lyon Park
Cheryl Pless
Westover
Richard Hightower
Westover Hills
Emerson Elliott
Donaldson Run
Joyce Elliott
Donaldson Run
Mark Kapeluck
East Falls Church/Arlington
Karen Kapeluk
East Falls Church
susan Korfanty
Douglas Park
John Shanley
Douglas Park
Julie Tippens
Aurora Highlands
Pat Findicoglu
Columbia Pike
Mike O'Malley
Highland Park/Overlee Knolls
Monique O'Grady
Arlington Heights
Mike O'Grady
Arl Heights
Kelly Brown
Virginia Square
Kathleen Trainorq
Highland/Westover
Claudia Maloney
Ashlawn
Lynne Williamson
Virginia Square
David Williamson
Virginia Square
Mark Hindin
Aurora Hills
Michael Rafky
Lyon Park
Dan Ulloa
Arlington
Kathleen McSweeney
Lyon Park
Kathy Gordon
Overlee Knolls
Chris Gordon
Overlee Knolls
Chris Waters
Arlington Village
Matthew Dorfman
Barcroft
Josh Hill
Arlington
Patricia Adair
Penrose
Dick Nathan
The Chatham
Joan McDermott
Rock Spring
Lorraine Silva
Nauck
Mary MCLean
Tuckahoe
Hillary Horn
Williamsburg
Celia Slater
Ashton Heights
Rosalind Sloan
Barcroft
Art Levine
Barcroft
Jana Lynott
Ballston
Michelle Robinson
Alcova Heights
Richard Bullington-McGuire
Arlington Heights
Patricia Bullington-McGuire
Arlington Heights
Marco Fattorini
Foxcroft Heights
Neil Spencer Welles
Columbia Heights West
Joe Kitts
Leeway-Overlee
Henry Kilpatrick
Penrose
Thomas Jensen
Arlington Forest
Bojana Vukomanovic
Arlington Village
Sarah Bardos
Crystal City
Jane Siegel
Pentagon City - Arlington Ridge
Stacy Collins
Highland Park-Overlee Knolls
Peter Roidakis
Arlington 22204
Keith Whyte
Arlington Heights
Brandon Estela
Crystal City
Alejandrina Tejada
Rob Nieweg
Dominion Hills
Elaine Squeri
Barcroft
Sean McNamara
Arlington Heights
Ken Poole
Arlington Heights
Ken Bandy
East Falls Church
Michael Uehlein
Crystal City
Joe Porporino
Columbia Forest
Gilah Goldsmith
Ballston
Lisa Lierheimer
Clarendon
Bill Braswell
Tara Leeway Heights
George Brazur
Courthouse
Eric Koszyk
Westover, Arlington
Matthew Zetkulic
Ashton Height
Shane Sjtorm
Arlington
Peter Bronez
Pentagon City
Robin Baxter
Yorktown
Sam Bradley
22207
Erik Beach
Penrose
Megan Beyer
Old Town
Sarah Schneider
Fairlington
Jane Stubbs
Old Dominion
Les Bergen
Fairlington
Ken Aughenbaugh
Donaldson Run
As Bill Clinton said, "It's about the economy..."In my travels around the US and the world, I have yet to see or even read about a bad example of a streetcar system. This is back to the future, before we got consumed by the automobile. If Arlington is a worldwide example of smart growth, let's stay smart and have the courage to move forward with such important infrastructure improvements. It is very expensive, but nothing great comes cheap or easy.
Jason Abel
Penrose
Chris Brown
Douglas Park
Akmal Ali
Columbia Heights
Matt Latronica
Columbia Heights
Orlando Flores
Columbia Heightsq
Melissa Flores
Columbia Heights
Michael McClory
Fairlington
Russell Mason
Cherrydale
Lisa Owings
Columbia Heights
Donald Walsh
Penrose
Jari Walsh
Penrose
David Schilling
Shirlington
Robert Boggs
Nauck
Anh Bolles
Cherrydale
Rosalie Smith Juhl
North Highlands
Sidney Underwood
Courthouse
Pat Brauham
Bluemont
Wilson Cayao
Rosslyn
Tuan Bui
Barcroft
Geoffrey Vincent
Rosslyn
Tenley Peterson
Courthouse
Clara Griffin
Barcroft
Andrew Wheeler
Courthouse
JoAnn Lucero
Douglas Park
Robert Parker
Nauck
Sara Amy Leach
Barcroft
Gary Mason
Barcroft
Rodsmond Ozgo
22202
Daniel Harbuck
Courthouse
Frank Vega
Arlington, Va - Barcroft (Columbia Pike corridor)
I support the streetcar because I believe it will bring positive development and opportunities to the Columbia Pike corridor. I believe the County Board should pursue all means possible to build the streetcar as soon as possible.
Sarah Archer
Columbia Heights
ridership, live along the Pike
Scott Winn
Arlington Heights
A smart investment.
Stoddie Nibley
Rosslyn
Daniel Weir
Barcroft
Larry Roberts
Clarendon
The Arlington streetcar system will be a very important addition to the transit options in our County, will help protect the character of the nearby neighborhoods and affordable housing, will help generate tax revenues to support schools and community purposes, and will create livable and walkable communities with greater access to businesses and amenities.
Kaitlyn
Bailey's Crossroads
Sustainable urban planning, green transportation, alleviating traffic congestion, and fostering business development in the area
John Chiu
Arlington
Economic Development
Tarin Ziyaee
Skyline Plaza
Ridership, increased commerce, and an increase in real-estate values are all valid reasons to support the Street-Car along columbia pike.
Wash DC is taking on a similar endeavor on H-Street, and the results are already impressive. Improved real-estate prices, bringing in more money, bringing in more customers to the surrounding establishments.
Mehmet Dincer
Ridership and economic development
Lyle Lanley
Barcroft
Streetcars are great but Monorails are better.
Elizabeth Lofton
Penrose
Edward Ryder
Arlington, VA
Streetcar will provide reliable transit and will bring economic development to the Columbia Pike corridor.
Christine Mayeur
Pentagon city area
I grew up riding streetcars and I very much support them coming to Arlington. They make connections that would be cost prohibitive for Metro and buses are not always reliable or their routes clear. I'd take it regularly.
Boyd Walker
Alexandria VA
Son of Lois Walker, longtime Streetcar advocate with Chris Zimmerman. I completely get and understand why Streetcars are the better option for Arlington and Alexandria, and I would like to start a branch of Streetcar Now Alexandria
Shawn Norton
Alcova heights
I live on Columbia Pike and have been anxious for the streetcar work to begin!! It will help bring Columbia pike into the lime light and we need new businesses!! BADLY! We also rely too heavily on driving. I will use the streetcar all the time when it comes!!
Michael Lew
Douglass Park
Edward Bowles
Penrose
Another method of public transit for people that don't own vehicles. Great idea and just get it done!
Candice Earnez
Foxcroft
Matthew Sullivan
Westover
Andrew Gordon
Arlington
Richard Carr
Falls Church
Ryan Huston
Claremont
Johnny Ma
Douglas Park
Rick Strobach
Pentagon City
Brewster Thackeray
Lincoln Park, Alexandria
Karina Wright
Crystal City
James M. Vennett
Arlington Heights
George Ziobro
Leeway
Cely Sotelo
Ballston
Martha Galeano
Columbia Heights
Gloria Thornburgh
Columbia Forest
Sean Denniston
Crystal City
Ruth Elkin
Skyline
Helen Victor
Skyline
Helen Duval
Old Glebe
Dustin Stamper
Arlington Heights
Lauren Hamme
Rosslyn
Stephanie Chong
Arlington Heights
Darlene Burns
Columbia Forest
Maynard Rogoiski
Falls Church
Katie McMurdy
Columbia Forest
John Howard
Columbia Forest
Natalie Richardson
Dover-Crystal
Tini Favila
Alcova Heights
Stephane Wolf
Nauck
Michael Barry
South Glebe
D Pouliott
Arlington Heights
Janet Walmsley
Lyon Village
David Van Wagner
Bluemont
Michael Raizen
Boulevard Manor
Hubert Dobson
Penrose
Kenneth Belkoski
Barcroft
Mike Braton
Arlington Heights
M Bermudez
Ashton Heights
Anh Vu
Arlington
Rachel Weiner
Columbia Pike
John Barnes
Yorktown
Dora Munoz
Arlington
Tad Suiter
Ashton Heights
Pete Brown
Columbia Pike
economic support
Jessica Barker
Alcova Heights
Permanence and economic development on the Pike!
Christopher Thornton
penrose
Reduce congestion, no more loud engines and transmission, leading edge
Alex Cox
Barcroft
As someone who lives in the area and takes the 16-route buses along the Pike to the Metro everyday, having a streetcar would greatly benefit my commute. More importantly, it would spur economic development in the area and make it easier and more efficient for residents to get around. The number of people travelling along Columbia Pike is just going to grow in the future, and we need a long-term solution to that congestion. Support the streetcar initiative!
Mike Braton
Arl Hgts
Grew up in KC. Used to ride the street cars to my GrandMa's house and sit with her and watch them go by on 31st St. When they replaced them with buses, I could not understand why. Same thing happened in DC in the 60's. Time to turn the clock back before it's too late.
Richie
Foxcroft Height
It rocks!
Tanya Meade
Columbia Pike
Jon Thompson
Courthouse
Maya Herman
Courthouse
Susan Holdsworth
Bailey's Crossroads
Leah Didani
Arlington Heights
Robert Anderson
Arlington
Richard McKee
Courthouse
Michele Segal
Courthouse
Marg. Bethany
Virginia Square
Jennifer S.
Rosslyn
Werner Miranda
Washington, DC
Daniel Elmer
Barcroft
Chris Knauer
Arlington
Ty Fiebig
Arlington
Audra Fiebig
Arlington
James Mead
Arlington
Monique O'Grady
Arlington Heights
Ashley Dugan
Arlington Heights
Andrew Dugan
Arlington Heights
Hilary Allegrietto
Columbia Heights
Marta Martinez
Penrose
Jenny Rudisill
Arlington
Lisa Layden
Penrose
Dan Lee
Penrose Square
Crystal Martinez
Penrose
Robert J. Jones
Washington, DC
Dominic Kiraly
Arlington Heights
Steve Schwartz
Douglas Park
Alice Russell
Arlington 22204
Dave Leibson
Douglas Park
Rusty Davis
Arlington
Dr. Mokoli
Arlington
Douglas Wiggins
Penrose
I preferred living near a tram line in Rome than relying on the bus. They ran through better neighborhoods and enhanced property values and flexibility. Rents were higher along tram lines.
Steve Riehl
Arlington VA
Make columbia pike more accessible
Fire gessesse
Bojana Vukomanovic
Arlngton Village Condominium
Economic development, modern transportation. I believe it will take the Columbia Pike corridor in the right direction.
Vitaly Thompson
Yorktown
Peg Hogan
Ashton Heights
Jose Venzor
Columbia Heights
Melissa Colson
Arlington Heights
Waleska Pierantoni
Alcova Heights
I support the streetcar. Let’s upgrade the Pike!!!
Stuart Horner
Columbia Forest
Finally some improvements to Columbia Pike, no real alternatives to the streetcar have been offered.
Christopher Logsdon
Arlington Heights
Andrea Hewitt
Arlington
Eleanor Quigley
Alexandria
Sasha Hawes
Arlington
Carolyn Page
Radnor-Fort Myer Heights
Christine Hunter
Douglas Park
Ryan Huston
Shirlington
Julia Oliver
Yorktown
Kiersten Stadler
Douglas Park
Tim Jed
Nauck
Paul Bledsoe
Ashton Heights
Robin Baxter
Yorktown
P. Sidel
Westover
J Oyola
Columbia Heights
V. Prignano
Virginia Highlands
Ann Felka
Ashton Heights
Peter Harnik
Maywood
Ed Blanton
Shirlington
Gregory Richards
Penrose
Kristen harstad
Columbia heights
Kristen harstad
Columbia heights
Nick Chauvenet
Arlington, va
Economic development
Helena Payne Chauvenet
Arlington
Joe fraker
Greg Godbout
Penrose
Increase ridership in public transportation and more investment in Columbia Pike.
Jim Barker
Crystal City
Own two businesses in Crystal City and just announced the opening of a third business yesterday in Arlington as well. I would love to see this project fast tracked and get people moving aboard this project!
Washington Wine Academy and Crystal City Wine Shop
Brady pike
Shirlington
Mike Kosak
Shirlington
Meghan Therit
Vicki Shteir-Dunn
United States
Very smart investment and best way to move larger numbers of people on Columbia Pike.
Suzanne Bohanon
Glencarlyn
Liz Guertin
Washington, DC
alternatives to Metro, more public transit, making the area more accessible to all
Steve Baker
Rosslyn
David Franciosi
Virginia Square
Eric Goodman
Bluemont
Kathleen Harrison
Barcroft
It's a life style choice-healthier, easier, and makes good business, Let's get this done now!!
Janel Brattland
Colonial Village
Janel Brattland
Colonial Village
Chris Dolan
Fairfax, VA
We need to break our driving habit, and make traffic easier in this area.
Nabilah Haque
Sterling, VA
Ridership, Econ, ease of transport & pkg
Luis Bep
Alcova Heights
Because Columbia Pike needs it
Marel Sitron
Barcroft
Pat and Bernie Alter
Pentagon City
MAX D SCRUGGS
United States
The streetcars will provide increasing speed and attraction to potential riders. The ridership will grow significantly.
ACH
Clarendon
Tom Petty
Ashton Heights
High quality, permanent infrastructure transit will help economic development in south Arlington. Electric trams are also another way to diversify the energy sources used for mass transit. I only wish there was a more comprehensive plan to interconnect all of Arlington with high quality transit.
Matthew Porcaro
From Rosslyn to Ballston
Going on the car-free diet and this will help!
Mark Schlachter
Long Branch Creek
Realizing the positive vision of Columbia Pike as a diverse, dynamic, and progressive community.
Noukla Ruble
Arlington Village
Economic community development and ridership
Amanda Brino
Fairfax County
transportation benefits, economic development
Pete Jones
Arlington Heights
Economic development
Cassie Bate
Arlington Heights
Bill Eisnaugle
Sales person - work throughout the county
Streetcars are so easy-to-use, if routed properly - they can eliminate car traffic. They are much less expensive than a subway - and provide a fixed address on a "train" route which will enhance property values.
John Underwood
Bellevue Forest
Best solution for transportation on the Pike
Richard Wood
Douglas Park
The Street Car is about more than simply moving people from point A to point B. It's Economic development and growth done the right way and it's the right thing for South Arlington!
Richard Wood
Douglas Park
The Street Car is about more than simply moving people from point A to point B. It's Economic development and growth done the right way and it's the right thing for South Arlington!
Ken Schellenberg
Arlin gton Forrest
Getting people out of their cars and using public transit is a good thing. Thins will increase property values all along the corridor - no one bought a condo because there was a good bus line close by. It's not in my neighborhood, but this (like the "frivolous" underground metro stations will be good for the entire county.)
Celia Leckey
Four Mile Run
I expect positive economic and environmental effects
Bruce Horowitz
Arlington
Robert Esguerra
Columbia Heights
I've lived with streetcars in Melbourne, Australia for nearly 40 years and they're great. Now that I live in Arlington i'd love to see them here also.
Ron Haddox
Columbia Heights
I went to Norfolk, Virginia and saw that they had a streetcar and I was totally stunned. This is an example in our own state, why are we not talking about this? Sections of the streetcar in downtown Norfolk run in traffic and it is fine. The streetcars look like a piece of art -- like the Japanese trains. They are also quiet. There is no step up so it is safer and quicker to get on and off. The streetcars were driving and interweaving making turns in downtown traffic. The cars negotiated the streets safely with no issues. Everything was moving and it appeared that the streetcar was moving just as fast as the cars, if not faster, contrary to what the "Tea Party" says. I also noticed that the buses were empty. I guess no one wants to ride the bus.
The Norfolk streetcar has been so successful that Virginia Beach, the neighboring city government recently voted to extend streetcar from Norfolk to Virginia Beach.
Why should we be stuck in the 70s with buses? Is Arlington so poor that Norfolk and Virginia Beach can have a streetcar but Arlington can't? I guess people think Columbia Pike is the poor part of town. People fighting the streetcar are perpetuating this stereotype of south Arlington.
The streetcar seems the only thing we can do to fix the transportation problem on Columbia Pike. I would prefer Metro, but have been told it is impossible due to the prohibitive cost of moving Pentagon communication wires under Columbia Pike. In addition, I would like the businesses to start acting as if the streetcar was already here and start enforcing the laws -- delivery trucks are not supposed to be parked on Columbia Pike. If the rails are in, they certainly won't.
James Lepore
Courthouse
Looking forward to more green public transportation alternatives! Our family would be far more inclined to frequent the businesses along Columbia Pike if streetcars were an option.
John Morrill
Arlington Heights
Brendan Lindsey
Penrose
Capacity.
Gary Montante
Forest Glen
The streetcar project means transforming the area into a world class community.
Paul Finn
Columbia Forest
Mariia Zimmerman
Ashton Heights
The streetcar will help to bring improved transit service to this part of the county and spur economic development. Other cities like Portland, Dallas and Kansas City are investing in streetcars while also supporting efforts to create more affordable housing. We can do this, too. The additional economic development can provide benefits to the whole county, and especially to the corridor.
John Weaver
Alexandria , VA
As representative of a commercial property owner along Columbia Pike I would like to express our support for the Streetcar. We believe it will enhance the transformation of the Pike into a more vibrant, successful place to live, work, and shop.
Harry Blackwood
Clarendon
At the beginning of the 20th century we had streetcars up and down the Washington metropolitan area. In fact, before it was a Metro corridor, Rosslyn-Ballston was a streetcar corridor. In the middle of the century the streetcars were taken out in favor of buses, and the area fell to car dealerships and McDonalds -- much like what portions of Columbia Pike are today. It's time we went back to streetcars and gave Columbia Pike and south Arlington the revitalization it deserves.
Joan Morgan
Col Hts West? Park Glen Condos
Moved to the neighborhood 3 years ago and love the Col Pike Dev plans including trolleys! Will create a real sense of place and put us on the map.
Thomas Kirchgessner
Penrose
I will ride the streetcar as often as I can! I am a new, however 'future long-time' resident of Penrose, and am looking forward to improving the quality of life for the many future new residents we have coming our way along the pike.
Jonathan Nateghi-Asli
Douglas Park
LInda Chandler
Aurora Highlands
This will benenfit people living with disabilities to provide this transportation option.
Martha E Coello
Arlington
I'm a native Arlingtonian and resident of the Columbia Pike corridor. The County has put forward a comprehensive plan to redevelop the Columbia Pike Corridor that is sorely needed. To accomplish this plan and achieve economic revitalization of the area a new mode of transportation, in the form of a streetcar, is needed to attract new, urban development to serve all current and future Columbia Pike residents.
travis mayo
United States
I support the street car because our community deserves long-term transport solutions that provide high-quality, easy to use services that the people of Arlington will use on a daily basis.
Chris von Guggenberg
Alexandria, VA
Reduce traffic, better for the environment, adds charm to the local area
Marty Burkard
Columbia Heights
I believe the streetcar is a key ingredient in the revitalization of the Columbia Pike corridor, and is the first step in creating an integrated streetcar network throughout Northern Virginia.
Ben Johnson
Penrose
Eileen Barthelmy
Taxpayer for Streetcars
Javier & Amelia Garcia
Marie-Elise McGonigle
AEFCCA
Streetcars will retalize and bring excitement to the most neglected areas of Arlington!
Hugh McGonigle
Scott Bartos
Crystal City - Eclipse Condo
Increases ease of movement to, from, and around Arlington, without use of a car. Expand menu of clean transportation options. Accelerate economic development around a preferred and fixed transportation backbone.
Eric Davis
Arlington View
I grew up in Salt Lake City and saw how a streetcar (light rail) can transform an area. Most opposed the rail line before it opened, but it's now seen as an incredible success. It's revitalized areas along the line and has helped bring people back to the city to work and play. Although I'm concerned about the ever increasing cost of the Columbia Pike streetcar, I do think it will someday help boost the area economically and will ultimately make us better connected. I am so convinced of the area's promise that my wife and I purchased our first home along the line. I do not believe that BRT is the right answer since it won't be a dedicated bus line, and it will still carry the stigma of a public bus. I understand the attraction to it based on the finances, but I really don't think BRT will help the Pike grow the way a streetcar will.
Dezlboy
Columbia Heights
The streetcar will contribute to sustained growth and provide tax resources. It's a wise investment.
Dan Najjum
Douglas Park
A major investment in our awesomely diverse South Arlington by way of public transportation infrastructure. What's not to like? I can't wait to ride on the street car!
Robert H.Williams
Alcova Heights
I will ty to be at the meeting to support the street car.
Gautam Sharma
Columbia Heights West
This is a much need boast to the revitalization of Columbia Pike that will pay dividends economically and environmentally. The alternatives do not measure up.
Alyssa DeCamp
Rosslyn
Economic development and transportation convenience
Emily Toner
Courthouse
I strongly believe that a streetcar connecting Columbia Pike would increase the economic development of the area and enable local businesses to thrive with the increase in consumers. It would also likely bring many more people who are eager to live in an up and coming neighborhood, which is currently lacking in Arlington, as most of the areas are well established.
Christopher Gabel
David Parrish
Barcroft
I am a resident of south Arlington and live just steps from the corner of Columbia Pike and Four Mile Run Drive. I have been a resident of Arlington since 1997. I grew up as an army brat and spent six years in Germany and often commuted to and from school, toured cities, went out dining and shopping with my parents using streetcar transportation.
Streetcar infrastructure isn't cheap. But neither is all the infrastructure that has been approved for other areas of the county: new swimming pools, new schools, additions to the water treatment facility to accommodate nearly continuous housing development along the Wilson-Clarendon corridor, and a massive redevelopment plan for Crystal City.
My support for this initiative is twofold. First, a streetcar is an effective catalyst to spur sustainable, lasting economic and community development in south Arlington (especially in Zip Code 22204). I consider a streetcar system to be a middle-ground transportation option (a new subway line being the most expensive option and continued bus service the low-cost, simplest and least effective option). Bus service has been improved significantly along Columbia Pike but to what end? The area has realized no significant improvement since the plan was initiated. It is now time to abandon the low-cost option as an answer to this question.
The second part of my support for this initiative is based on the concept of equity. South Arlington residents provide a significant portion of the county's revenue base. Since I have lived in the county I have resided in the Courthouse area, in Crystal City, and in Barcroft. The inconvenient truth of the matter is that south Arlington has been and remains last on the list of the county's prioritization of communities. Arlington county is small in area but the disparity among communities is enormous (and growing). It's time to end this cycle of economic and social segregation. And it's long past time to stop pretending it doesn't exist. I'm an Alabama native so I know it when I see it.
The county commission should support the streetcar initiative and move forward to implement the plan at the earliest possible time given the real and growing need for such a resource. It is more valuable than ten Aquatics Centers, dozens of Planetariums, and hundreds of parking spaces.
Heather McPhail
Douglas Park
I have lived in South Arlington for more than 20 years, and I welcome the streetcar as a means of keeping affordable housing AND preventing car gridlock up and down the 'Pike." Change is coming to the Columbia Pike Corridor whether we have a streetcar or not. So, let's be smart and proactive and prevent car gridlock from taking over our wonderful South Arlington neighborhoods. I'm glad the business community welcomes the Streetcar, as they will be footing the bill for funding it (over and above the federal contribution.) If they are willing to put up with the construction (which will take less time, and money than Metro), then I am. I am glad I have learned more about the Streetcar, as I have changed from being doubtful about its benefits for our community, to becoming a supporter.
Gabe Snow
Claremont
Ahmet Argon
United States
Bo Nielsen
Barcroft
Will bring convenience and more development to South Arlington.
Hugh Sutherland
Alexandria
Streetcars will be the key to sustainable growth and protecting our enviorment.
Chris Guizlo
Virginia Square
The addition of Streetcars in Arlington would be a great positive for the area and will bring even more businesses and residents to the area. It will also give residents already in the area more options to help them discover different parts of Arlington.
Patricia Anderson
Columbia Heights
The Streetcar is a sustainable, forward thinking transportation solution that will adapt with the Pike as our community grows and evolves. It is a fiscally responsible step forward.
Edward E Cragg
Arlington Heights
I watched the demise of streetcars in DC and the congestion problems that caused
Robert Parry
Alcova Heights
Arlington: Separate and Unequal
By Robert Parry
I have lived in South Arlington for 35 years. I’m proud of our history as the site of Freedmen’s Village, carved out of Robert E. Lee’s plantation to provide homes for emancipated slaves during and after the Civil War. My four children attended South Arlington public schools, among the most ethnically diverse in the United States.
But I have become increasingly disappointed and even offended by what appears to be the systematic discrimination from predominantly white North Arlington toward the more racially and ethnically mixed neighborhoods south of Route 50. We are treated like we “live on the other side of the tracks.” And, the Arlington County government, which prides itself on its liberal attitudes, should reflect on this disparity.
The latest sign of this growing division of Arlington into separate-and-unequal communities is a new reluctance on the County Board to press ahead with the long-planned construction of a light-rail streetcar on Columbia Pike, the main thoroughfare through South Arlington. Years ago, I and many of my neighbors took time out of our busy schedules to attend public meetings that endorsed the streetcar as a key element in the long-delayed revitalization of the Columbia Pike corridor.
Now, I’m told that there is the possibility that the County Board might not see this project through. Yet, if the streetcar is abandoned, it will confirm to many of us in South Arlington that we are second-class citizens as far as the Arlington government is concerned. Indeed, this problem of discrimination against the racially and ethnically mixed neighborhoods of South Arlington has grown worse since I first bought a modest bungalow on South Highland Street in 1978.
Then, the difference in comparable home prices between North and South could be measured by $5,000 or $10,000. Now, that variable can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The principal reason for this widening disparity, of course, is the location of the Metro’s Orange line running under Wilson Boulevard, the main business artery through North Arlington. The placement of the subway transformed that corridor and provided a financial windfall for people lucky enough to have owned property near the route.
The subway also attracted wealthier newcomers who expect even better schools and other county services. So, when the county’s three high schools were scheduled for reconstruction, the two North Arlington high schools were bumped ahead of Wakefield, the one South Arlington high school. Wakefield had been first in line but instead fell to the back of the line. Other South Arlington schools, like Thomas Jefferson Middle School, get patch-ups while North Arlington schools get new construction. I’m also told that it’s next to impossible for South Arlington kids to gain transfers into North Arlington’s “magnet” science focus school.
In recent years, one of the prime examples of actual new construction in South Arlington has been the expansion of the wastewater treatment facility off South Glebe Road. Yes, one thing that folks in North Arlington do seem willing to give us is their sewage.
So, in my view, the fate of the Columbia Pike streetcar is more than just whether Arlington County will live up to a commitment made to South Arlington residents at those public meetings years ago, but whether the County Board will tolerate the deepening division of Arlington into two separate-and-unequal communities, one that is predominately white and wealthy (and which gets favored treatment) and one that is more racially and ethnically diverse (and which gets the short-end of the stick).
Will the people of North Arlington continue to get the benefit of a very expensive subway system that we all helped pay for – and will the folks of South Arlington be denied a much less expensive surface rail line? Does Arlington really want to be known as a county that feels its North residents should have access to a modern subway while its South residents must make do with buses?
It’s time to build the Columbia Pike streetcar, finally.
Signed/
Robert Parry
3524 7th Street South
Arlington, VA 22204-1567
Robert Parry is a veteran investigative journalist who worked for The Associated Press, Newsweek, PBS Frontline and Bloomberg News. He currently edits the investigative Web site, Consortiumnews.com. He can be reached by e-mail at robrtparry@aol.com.
Mark Sorensen
The Madison
I think that the streetcar program would be an excellent addition to the area. I know that I would use it frequently. I support it for the economic development and ecologic advantages it would bring to the Columbia Pike neighborhood.
Lorne Epstein
Maywood
Ashley Lapato
South Riding, VA
Lareese Miracle
Leesburg, VA
Joshua Boatner
Penrose
Lori Haddad
Aurora Hills
car free, tourism, neighborhood ambience
Annette Osso
Barcroft
Wave of the future
Holds lots of people
Good for people and economic growth
Lionel
Nauck
economic development and accessibility for transportation.
Kevin Lucier
Douglas Park
Monisha Sarna
Douglas Park
Eric Guggenheimer
all
Lived in Europe, its about time we do it here......
Love Rutledge
Alexandria, VA
Looking to buy a house in Arlington on the Col. Pike and would like to use the street car to commute to work at the Pentagon
Maurita Mulligan
Arlington
Anri Nichol
Arlington Village
This is good for the environment. We would also like to go carless, and can only do it with a street car.
Marc Nichol
Arlington Village
The Columbia Pike Street Car will be a winner. Please make this happen!
Jeff Sellers
Arlington
ridership, aesthetics, creating a destination
David McDuff
Penrose
Would love to see the Pike even more accessable.
Andrew Mooore
Penrose
As a small business owner transportation is hugely important to me. It is imperative that we continue to invest in our infrastructure.
Katrina Klein Schultz
Penrose
I Live in the Penrose and think the street car is great for our neighborhood and it enhances all of the local businesses
Zachary Bly
Douglas Park
Fewer cars! More transit!
Marianne Aiken
Radnor Heights
Delores Fischer-Jenkins
Columbia Pike, the west end
We need a modern transportation system that will decrease auto traffic on Columbia Pike. The Pike Corridor was ignored during the Metro Rail process and its time that the Pike be given adequate transportation options. The trolley will increase tourist options thus bringing revenue to the county.
Sherry Blankenship
Alcova Heights
In huge support of the streetcar!
Robert Swennes
Leeway Overlee
This is a visionary transportation element in Arlington County. Much of what has become great about this community in the past 20 years has been due to the vision of Arlington's leaders and senior staff a generation before. The planned streetcar system will rejuvenate the Columbia Pike corridor for the 21st century and and is expected over time to provide critically needed mass transportation improvements to affected nearby key roadways in Crystal City and Potomac Yards as well as along Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) in nearby Fairfax County. But care must be taken to protect as much affordable housing along the Pike as possible and to limit redevelopment to something substantially less than that permitted along the Rosslyn-Ballston Metro corridor.
Darren Hildebrand
Columbia Heights West
Improving Columbia Pike is very important to the economic viability of South Arlington. For too long the majority of the new affordable housing units have been put into the 22204 ZIP; it is time for improvements for the property owners in this area too. Discussion of the improvements to Columbia Pike have been ongoing for nearly a decade since the first charette back in 2000 -- the streetcar will bring a much needed revitalization to the area and has been delayed far too long.
Mary Khoury
Columbia Pike
Linda Gaines
Barcroft
Increase public transit ridership, reduce traffic on Columbia Pike, make public transit to Pentagon City and Crystal City, and Metro easier.
Christopher Kupczyk and Katherine Zucca
Barcroft
John Moran
Foxcroft Heights
Economic development - safety - slow down traffic - make Columbia Pike more pedestrian friendly / walkable neighborhoods - END the ARTERY nature of the Pike
Karen Darner
Barcroft
I grew up in the St. Louis area and was fortunate to experience streetcar transportation with my grandmother. Your whole perspective is elevated, and the Columbia Pike trolley will be similar. We will have our own positive distinction for a special part of Arlington, and it definitely will attract people to our neck of the woods. I only wish this great idea and partnership were now!
Rick Reinsch
Penrose
To help get cars off the road
Patrick Bryan
Arlington, VA
Economic development; ridership
Joe Berger
Barcrroft
It brings a cornucopia of goodness--development, efficiency, effectiveness. And having lived in Europe for nearly a decade and relied in them regularly, streetcars do work. Arlington--and the Pike-corridor are only going to get more crowded. This is the right mitigation strategy.
Doretta E. Shull
S. Four Mile Run Dr. & Columbia Pike
Having lived for several years in European cities with electric tram line infrastructure, I strongly feel that this additional transportation mode will provide a rider-welcomed quality of life boost to Arlington County workers and residents.
Jenny Tsao
Columbia Forest
It will definitely increase ridership due to the potential efficiency and speed improvements that the streetcars will offer, which will in turn have economic benefits. It will also increase the appeal of the Arlington area that is included in the streetcars.
Rick Keller
Dominion Hills
Economic development, smartest environmental choice, long-term planning, smart growth, and to provide the Co with a negotiating tool for the creation of committed affordable housing
Peter Anderson
Barcroft
Economic development
Andrea Popp
Barcroft
Ridership, economic development
Bill Gearhart
For the proposed route, it is the best way to attract riders and move people. The route has the requisite population density and density projections. It is financially feasible (buses are not cheap), and of the various options provides the easiest access to public transportation for those with mobility limitations and for parents with small children and strollers.
Jennifer Paul
Westover
As a North Arlington resident of 17 years whose family has benefited in many ways from forward-thinking public transit investments made by taking MetroRail underground through North Arlington decades ago, I support the street car plan as a comparable strategic investment for Columbia Pike in particular and the Arlington community overall.
Margaret Hall
Columbia Forest
All the reasons given on this site. Columbia Pike needs the upgrade for transportation and economic development. I fully support this.
Nick Bartolomeo
Pentagon City
Levels of ridership, attractive public transit, efficiency, and starting to build a light-rail network in the DC metro area.
James Tsai
Columbia Forest
I am a new resident of Arlington. I think that the streetcar is good sensible transportation to keep Arlington on track for smart growth. Having seen the streetcars in Minneapolis and Portland I can say that they really do connect communities and are affordable for all to ride. Glad to see this group get together!
Linda Massaro
United States
I am pleased to see there is a group in favor of the street car. I support your effort and I support the project. I think will be good for this area that need revitalization.
Brian Dean
Rosslyn
(1) Columbia Pike need, (2) Success of other light rail/ street cars in numerous locations around the world, (3) Need to connect Fairfax to Arlington to Alexandria, (4) Possibly future to have a Route 7 street car that crosses the Columbia Pike street car along with other lines.
Dan Lockard
Gary Palmatier
Arlington Village
Convenience of ridership and permanence of progressive, alternative public transportation. Long-term economic development and sustainability.
Cindy R.
Penrose / Arlington Heights
I live along the orange line but work along the Pike. There's so much potential there for first-rate urban living. And with apologies to any friends who might sympathize with AST, but reading their web resources is like reading Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis blog.
Felicia Rameo
Nauck
Laurie Martin
Douglas Park
Steve Cole
Bluemont
Moving more people, more conveniently, faster and more economically is vital to revitalization of the Pike.
Ron Novak
Douglas Park
Economic Development and improved efficiency of commuting.
Peter Owen
Clarendon
My personal experience in riding both streetcars and buses is that streetcars offer a more comfortable, more reliable trip. Also, I think the streetcars connecting Alexandria and Fairfax through south Arlington will improve our local economy and overall quality of life.
Michelle Tolbert
Arlington Heights
Our family lives in Arlington Heights and strongly believe the street car will be a huge transportation, economic, and environmental benefit for our area
Kevin Bianco
Arlington, VA
Permanence, economic development, environmental sustainability, air quality, safety etc etc. I think we should reconsider making the streetcar run down the middle of Columbia pike and reducing the number of traffic lanes. Let's make the pike a true neighborhood, a walkable safe place to raise our children. Right now there are too many speeding cars cutting through our collective home to go to or come back from somewhere else. We should make Columbia pike a destination. Right now it's a two lane super hwy, where crossing is equal to a game of frogger.
Jim Webster
I'd consider moving to the Pike if it were there. It would be nice to have a subway but streetcar is the best practical option. Even the best bus system would be second class.
Robert H. Williams
Alcova Heights
It will be a very significant investment in South Arlington. Will create jobs and encourage more business along the Pike. I am 100% behind it.
Caroline Klam
Stafford, Albemarle, Glebe
Great, green way to move people and enhance the county
Jim Oliver
Aurora Highlands
I collect the experience of riding public transit. I have ridden on systems all over the world. I have lived on Columbia Pike and used 16 buses for almost 20 years to commute for work, to take my son to school, Tae Kwon Do, and for social and recreational purposes. I am an engineer. I know streetcars and I know Columbia Pike.
Jane Metcalfe
Glebewood Village
Leslie Mead
Glen Carlin
Shawn Shafer
Nauk
Dustin Gamache
Penrose
Reid Goldstein
Douglas Park
Streetcar is the right decision at the right time. We need a higher capacity, high quality, permanent transit system for the Pike to develop as planned; we need to take the long view in planning for the future; interest rates are low today; better and more seamless transportation links are increasingly important for commuters and non-commuters alike; more opportunities for work, shop and recreation will arise as transportation evolves… Just like the Metrorail corridors, the possibilities for transformation are tangible, exciting and immeasurable!
Jim Feaster
Michael Brinley
Penrose
Invesments in our infrastructure will last for hundreds of years. New buses could be sold tomorrow.
This is exactly what we need as a city to stay competitive for the next several decades.
Elizabeth A. Floyd
Ashton Heights
Increase ridership, reduce SOV (single occupancy vehicle) travel, increase access to non-Metro linked neighborhoods, economic vibrancy. Plus, streetcars are just cool!
Timothy Ferguson
Barcroft
Steve Meyer
Alcova Heights
Andrew Rosti
Columbia Heights West
It will provide the corridor with the dedicated mass transit necessary to support the existing population as well as the planned future growth. It will bring a vibrancy and attention to an area of the county that deserves it as well as much needed capital investment from both public and private sources.
Michael Nemeth
Shirlington
All transportation solutions should be looked at and considered. I have yet to hear realistic reasons why a streetcar would not work or benefit the residents, businesses, the county and its growth when it has considerably in other cities around the nation. Hopefully, it will for Arlington as well.
Carlos Gomez-Rosa
Douglas Park
Support based on the potential for economic development that will bring to the Arlington Columbia Pike corridor which will benefit business, employers, and residents.
Jean Stoner
Penrose
Economic development, increase use of public transit
Kristy Anderson
Douglas Park
property value, neighborhood revitalization, modern and efficient transportation option on the Columbia Pike corridor, fair spending of Arlington County taxes for residents of south Arlington
Samantha Hunter
Douglas Park
I've tried the bus - never again. Please, let's move forward and get this project going. Enough talk about fancier buses. That's not going to get it done. South Arlington deserves a better form of mass transit, and streetcar is it.
Dean Amel
United States
Experience elsewhere has shown that streetcars attract a higher ridership than buses, even well-designed BRT systems. I believe that a streetcar is the best way to move people out of their cars and onto mass transit, something that will become more important as the Columbia Pike corridor continues to develop and become more densely settled.
Megan Mack
Barcroft
The #16 buses are great. Streetcars sound like a good way to build on the public transport we have, improve accessibility, and provide a new attraction to the Pike. I look forward to riding!
Christopher Thompson
Alcova Heights
We own a house in Alcova Heights and we are confident that the streetcars will do much for our property values and our connectivity to greater Washington and the rest of South Arlington. We are posted out of state now but will be back in a few years and we hope the cars are running by then.
Joel Curtis
Alcova Heights
Maria Abarca
Alcova Heights
Josh Holly
Alcova Heights
Larry Yungk
Alcova Heights
I travel to a number of cities with modern streetcar lines. In Geneva, Switzerland - a city of about 200,000 very similar in size to Arlington, they have two streetcar lines. They go right through the heart of the city down very busy narrow main streets - and I observe no issues about traffic. What I like about the streetcars is it's very easy to know where they go even as a tourist. They are roomier inside than buses - and as the cars are interconnected its easy to walk between cars. You don't get that effect of buses with one jammed, the next one empty. Also, they stop and start more smoothly than buses. The main down side are the electric wires, but they are less conspicuous than old trolley lines were (e.g. the one I knew in Pittsburgh). Plus, there are no fumes and it's quieter than a bus.
My observation is that there are people who will ride streetcars and avoid buses, but few bus riders who would shun a streetcar. So I think it will lure more people into using public transportation. As for traffic issues, again - in Geneva, they run down the streets. Where passengers are picked up - there are lanes for traffic to flow around the streetcar. The effect on traffic is no more than what a bus would be.
Finally, like Metro - the investment in a infrastructure like this will strengthen the economy along the corridor where it runs. It will be inconvenient and a headache when it is being built. But so was Metro when it was being built (I was living in NW Washington when the Red Line was going in) and no one can doubt the positive impact on neighborhoods with close Metro access. And many of us enjoy the fact we can take metro to get destinations throughout the city. This will provide that kind of easy comfortable access for others to reach Columbia Pike businesses and other destinations.
Lida Anestidou
Columbia Heights
1) It is vital to have a more efficient way to catch the metro at Pentagon City. if we can't extend metro inside South Arlington then the streetcar is a good alternative
2) It will help with the economic advancement of South Arlington and the improvement of the neighborhoods
3) Arlington is committed to spending energy resources responsibly, at least the streetcar does not rely on gasoline
Connie Mahan
Douglas Park
Go Streetcar! Will be a great addition to our public transit portfolio. I heartily endorse it.
David Dickson
Douglas Park
I have lived in the Columbia Pike corridor and used transit for more than 25 years. In that time I have seen the continuing redevelopment along the corridor and the accompanying changes in transit service. The streetcar is the transit option that will best serve current and future residents and workers as the corridor continues to grow and thrive.
Eric Harold
Barcroft
With the public funding of the interstate highway system transportation was dramatically changed and in very short order we became a society dominated by cars. The new urban development philosophies that focus on integrating walkability and high quality, permanent public transportation finally provide the recipe for promoting development WITHOUT increasing cars and congestion on the roads. The streetcar is a critical component of this and an excellent investment of public money. It's time to build the streetcar and continue the amazing growth of Columbia Pike.
Lola Lombard
Arlington Heights
Economic development
Katia Goffin
Penrose
Street cars are great for economic development ans well as for the fabric of the community. It makes traveling easy and should lessen car use as well as ease congestion.
Scott Brinitzer
Barcroft
I strongly support the Columbia Pike street car as it believe that the streetcar will be an integral part of the development of the Pike over the next several decades. Planners in the 1960's fought for, and got, the orange line through Arlington, altering, for the better, much of the core of our county. The time is now to spur improvements, spur "smart growth" along the Columbia Pike corridor.
Jon Hensley
Columbia Heights
Barbara Swart
Barcroft
The Pike is growing! We need streetcar transit to keep up with increased business and residential density.
Brian Harner
Penrose
I wholeheartedly support the Columbia Pike streetcar and the enormous benefit this will offer to Arlington for years to come! Urban Streetcars have been proven time after time to offer economic, social, and environmental benefits to every community that has built them, and I am proud of Arlington for undertaking this important project.
John Murphy
Penrose
I own Washington Workplace, a business employing 33 people in Penrose. We strongly support the Streetcar.
Hey????? Hasn't this thing been approved already?
David Kinsman
Arlington Heights
Tim and Ann Felker
Ashton Heights--south end, less than a mile from Columbia Pike
In November 2012, we visited my brother, a former Arlingtonian, in Portland, Oregon. He lives in affordable housing on Grand Ave, S.E. and the Portland Streetcar line stops directly in front of his house all day and night. The cars are quieter than buses, take up a lane only as much as a bus would. The tracks did not disrupt traffic flow or pedestrian crossing. Parking has been rearranged to keep cars out of the track lane, but traffic flows compatibly with the train cars. My brother is disabled so accessing the street car is much easier and less embarrassing for him than having to slow down passengers on a bus that requires a great deal of effort to enter. We are very much in favor of the street car addition to Arlington transportation options.
Another perspective...I recently spent 7 months moving my elderly mother around in a wheel chair. Wheel chair accessibility is not exactly the picnic that the signs would make you think....just try maneuvering a wheel chair over uneven sidewalks, frightening ramps, scary lifts. It is a most uncomfortable situation since wheel chairs do not have shock absorbers! Providing public transportation for the disabled which does not have these barriers would be one more thing to be proud of in Arlington.
WE LOVE THE STREETCAR AS PROPOSED. GO FOR IT NOW.
Sarah McKinley
Columbia Heights
Many people that I meet find the capital costs of the streetcar daunting--a problem that has faced every large-scale project since time began. What they don't realize is that these costs are capitalized over a long period of time, and for many thousands of people. Today, noone would question the wisdom of building the public transportation in London or New York. The fact is that the long-term benefits of building those systems will extend for hundreds of years. The street car is a permanent transportation solution that will eventually connect us not only to shops along the Pike, but to Fairfax County, DC and beyond. As a fixed-route system, it will be easy to use, and people like them. I have seen these systems in other cities and they work very well. Yes, we can buy more buses, but they aren't as comfortable to ride or as attractive. And yes, there will be more people riding the streetcar than would ride the bus. And in the long run, that does make a difference.
Michael Collier
Same reasons as my wife, Kim Collier!
Kim Collier
Barcroft
The street car would lessen traffic on the Pike and provide citizens an alternative means of transportation in this area. It would also help foster economic development and bring back a "home town" feel to the unique and historic nature of the Pike.
John Kirkpatrick
Columbia Forest
Believe that the streetcar is the best long term solution to support growth on the Pike.
Hans Bauman
Waycroft-Woodlawn
Kendra Slatt
Penrose
The Streetcar is the key to walkable, sustainable Columbia Pike!
Judith Richter
Barcroft
Why is it people will ride a streetcar but not a bus? Never understood that logic but it certainly exists. I'm all for providing a public transportation system that will actually get people out of their cars.
Jerry Brill
Columbia Forest
I am delighted to think that we might one day have a streetcar system on Columbia Pike. I have lived on the Pike for more than 50 years. I am retired, now, so I am no longer concerned with commuting to a job, but plan to utilize the streetcar for transportation to medical appointments, routine shopping expeditions, luncheon or dinner outings, visiting friends who live along the Pike, and for connecting with the metrorail system for visits to other metropolitan areas. I hope the Columbia Pike streetcar system is fully operational by the time it is necessary for me to give up my car. If so, it will help me to live independently and remain in my home for years to come.
Christine Hopkins
Barcroft
It will help mould the redevelopment that is inevitable and necessary for Columbia Pike. Fixed transportation shows the permanency of the feature and is the only solution that is good enough for South Arlington if we are to be a fullly developed destination with Arlington.
Sean Moore
I'm excited for the streetcar and the opportunities it will bring to communities lining the pike. I have lived in Douglas Park for 17 years and am pleased with the development that has come to Arlington.
The county has seen phenomenal growth that has provided new retail, residential and office areas through clustering development around transit. All of this has been done with minimal increases in local traffic counts despite major increases in density. At the same time the county has moved to support existing single family neighborhoods and affordable housing.
Location is key in real estate and land is finite. These things are the advantages that Arlington has over other locales. Growth in Arlington is inevitable and we have to provide the infrastructure needed to facilitate that growth. The streetcar provides an opportunity to mitigate the impacts of the growth that is coming to the Pike and secure financial support from companies wishing to develop projects along the Pike.
We can choose to invest in the future or stick our heads in the sand and let developers build their projects by-right, this is Virginia after all, without supporting transit options and hope for the best. The county studied the options and determined the streetcar to be the best option for the Pike. I agree with the county's findings. The streetcar is a good investment, will support the inevitable growth coming to Arlington and yes is well within the county's financial means. We need to continue to invest in the county's future and the streetcar is a logical next step.
Sean R. Moore
Douglas Park
Kari Footland Walker
Barcroft
Economic development - particularly along Columbia Pike! This is the forgotten area of Arlington and if you do not help this area of Arlington, what does it say about how much the Board cares about the ENTIRE county (and not just the North side). Do NOT continue to neglect South Arlington!!
Lowell Feld
Virginia Square
Projects like this one make a great deal of sense as we work to build a more energy efficient, environmentally friendly Arlington County. It was a big mistake for America to have moved away from streetcars in the first place - even going so far as to tear up streetcar lines and pave them over to make them friendly to cars! Now, at a time when global warming threatens massive devastation to humans and to every other species on this planet, we need to transition as rapidly as possible to smart growth/transit-oriented development, renewable energy, and mass transit alternatives like streetcars. As for this specific project, it's been carefully studied and extensively discussed for years. Now it's time to stop endlessly debating and build it already!
Jason Kiker
Barcroft
I love the idea of more and better public transportation. This will significantly increase the livability of our area.
Anne Santarone
Barcroft
Streetcar service would be a permanent infrastructure investment in and enhancement of the Columbia Pike corridor.
The service would be a benefit to the overall community by promoting ridership and access to the Pike corridor services, and would add to the home values in our Barcroft location. We support the streetcar project.
Andrew and Carol Hunter
Barcroft
Long term economic development in sustained and livable manner
Elizabeth Kiker
Barcroft
I want streetcars for easy, attractive public transportation.
Mr Tim Torma
Bluemont
This is an investment in making Arlington a great place for decades to come an an important piece of an overall growth strategy that has protected the environment, grown the local economy and improved quality of life in Arlington. It is time to stop talking and start building.
Linley Mancilla
Columbia Heights West
Ridership.
Charley Conrad
Four Mile Run
The street car will give us more rides up and down the pike, increase property values and enhance south Arligton as a place to visit, eat and shop.
Kip Malinosky
Rooslyn
We need to stop being so reliant on cars. A street would Columbia Pike to become a much more dense, walkable community.
Elisa Ortiz
Columbia Heights
John Grant
Nauck
Christine
Penrose
It's proven to increase ridership over buses, it will promote a lively Columbia Pike and it keeps Arlington on the map for being forward thinking about transportation. Don't let us fall behind DC!
Katie Loughney
Arlington Heights
I am a real estate agent and do a lot of business in the neighborhoods along Columbia Pike (I am also a resident of Arlington Heights). Many of my clients decide they want to search for a new home around Columbia Pike because of the street car. They believe that the street car will increase property values and they think it is a fabulous area to live. In addition many business along the Pike lose business because they are not on a metro stop and people don't want to take a bus from the metro to get to the restaurants on the Pike, however, they would take a street car. The street car is undoubtedly a draw for people! Please bring the street car!!
Bryant Monroe
Barcroft
The Streetcar is the right choice to meet our transit needs now and for the future.
Jennifer Abel
Arlington Heights
The county board has already voted in support of it, most of the funding is coming from federal dollars, and anything that gets cars off the roads is a good plan, so there should no longer be any argument about it.
Inta Malis
Columbia Forest
A streetcar network will support and encourage the kind of development that has made Arlington a great place to live and work. The thoughtful work of our past leaders created the community we are today. We must be equally committed to planning for the next generation. Streetcars are an essential piece of a transportation system that will support growth while maintaining a high quality of life for our residents and workforce.
Pat Williamson
Barcroft
It will brighten the dreary corridor west of Glebe Road immensely
Linda Dye
Douglas Park
I have lived in the Pike corridor and ridden the Route 16 buses since 1975. People who won't ride a bus will ride a streetcar - the experience of numerous cities demonstrates that.
Our community has approved increased mixed-use density in 4 specific geographic areas along the Pike through the Form-Based Code. The private sector has begun to redevelop these areas with the understanding that a streetcar line would be built. In 2006 both the Arlington and Fairfax county boards approved streetcar as the Locally Preferred Alternative after full vetting in both counties. In 2012 both county boards approved streetcar again after full vetting.
In 2012 the Arlington County board approved the Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Plan for the multi-family apartment areas between the 4 geographic areas covered by the Form-Based Code. The Neighborhoods Plan has an extremely ambitious goal - to preserve 100% of affordable housing. This goal cannot be achieved without streetcar.
Our community has approved increased density, the private sector is responding - it's time for the county to demonstrate a significant commitment to the health of the Pike corridor through streetcar. From a financial standpoint there is unlikely to be a better time for any jurisdiction to make investments in infrastructure than now.
Mary Beth Zimmerman
Michael Robinson
Barcroft (since 2002)
I'm looking forward to the County being great for ALL its taxpayers... not just those in North Arlington. The development and transportation ideas emerging along the Pike are great and greatly encourages me to stay.
Mark Loughney
Arlington Heights
The streetcar project would be the closest we will ever get to a Metro line in South Arlington. Permanence, capacity and character.
Gayle Fleming
Commons of Arlington/Arlington Heights
I believe the subway will make the Columbia Pike corridor a sought after destination for entertainment, dining and shopping. I love the fact that it will be much more bike accessible than metro buses. The streetcars in Denver and New Orleans are very popular both with locals and tourists
Diane Duston
Alcova Heights
I have lived in South Arlington near Columbia Pike for 27 years and have waited for a very long time for revitalization on the Pike to occur. It is finally under way, and I believe the streetcar is an essential part of its success. The streetcar will give South Arlington a transportation system comparable to the Metro which has worked wonders to revitalize the Rosslyn to Ballston corridor in North Arlington. Let's not let anything get in the way of upgrading the Pike!
Nathan Gould
Claremont
Economic Development
Michael Kerley
Arlington Forest
I wholeheartedly support the streetcar! The streetcar option is the minimum that should be invested on Columbia Pike. I wish political leaders should be more clear on what Arlington would be investing in - economic development. The possibility of keeping current residents, retaining affordable housing, and improving transportation, while all vitally important, would be byproducts of economic development.
James C. Webster
United States
The Pike needs first class transport - not the proposal of the new "Arlingtonians for Second-Class Transport" or the Tea Party
Hurist Morgan
Columbia Heights
I support the Streetcar option because it has the potential to change South Arlington in a way that benefits all of Arlington County.
Amy Smorodin
Columbia Heights
Andres Lorenzo Garcia
Columbia Forest
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
- C. S. Lewis
Harry Rogers
Arlington Village
Because it is the right thing to do.
Greg Greeley
Douglas Park
I'm looking forward to having a streetcar on the Pike!
Juan Huaylla
Penrose Square
I think it will help with ridership along Columbia Pike and it will help with economic development. Furthermore it will connect South Arlington to the metro stations and if extended it can help connect past baileys crossroads into seven corners. I lived in London and Paris and I have seen first hand what street cars or light rails can do. I think this will help Arlington tremendously.
Lisa Nisenson
Lyon Park
Having been a citizen activist in the R-B corridor, my view is one of equitable access to great transit. While the Pike will not be the same regional transit technology as the subway, in the end subtracting cars, increasing livability and inducing quality are what we in the corridor got with lots of taxpayer and private investment. I am still learning about the options along Columbia Pike, but it seems like the higher you go in non-streetcar options, the sooner you seed the transition to a streetcar anyway.
Donovan Littler
Penrose
Bus's routes are unpredictable unless you've rode it for years. A street car just going up and down Columbia Pike would make access for kids a lot easier.
Debbie Doyle
Shirlington
Sherkhan A. Khan
Arlington Heights
Ridership, Economic Development, Healthy Neighborhoods
Natalie Wowk
Columbia Pike
I would love to see the Columbia Pike corridor more built up and more walkable-- and better public transit options will most definitely impact this.
Ernesto Rosell
United States
I believe this project will spearhead a better and more balanced quality of life for all residents and commuters alike. Let's look at other cities (i.e., Portland, OR)where similar initiatives have taken place, and the overall positive results (good jobs, higher property values, sounder tax base,cleaner environment, urban renewal just to name a few)it has brought over time.
James Esterson
Lyon Park
I would like to see increased mass transit options for Arlington.
Leonardo Sarli
Barcroft
Street cars show real commitment to the future of a place by it's citizens. This commitment attracts outside investment & promotes smart growth. The street car is an essential piece to real place making and for the smart growth of Columbia Pike. I strongly support the street car.
Starr Lanman
Penrose
Ridership
Eric Lanman
Tom Greenfield
Penrose
Streetcar is the quality transit service the Columbia Pike corridor deserves. Citizens should expect and demand nothing less. Bus options can not provide the comfort and convenience of a streetcar = guided transit with a steel wheel running on a smooth running surface i.e. a rail. The community has done its part. Through the Form Based Code and recent neighborhood plans, the Columbia Pike neighborhoods have agreed to significantly increased development and new population growth on par with Arlington metro stations. This vision was always built on the premise there would be a first class streetcar service to draw all these people out of their cars and create a more pedestrian friendly corridor. Again the community did its part. The County Board needs to follow through and provide the necessary streetcar service.
David DeCamp
Economic Development. The Streetcar + Good Planning = A lovable, lively Columbia Pike where people live, work & shop. (Pretty much the opposite of Rockville Pike and Leesburg Pike)
David
Columbia Pike & South George Mason
I already ride the bus on Columbia Pike and would take more trips using the streetcar.
Kathryn Scruggs
Dominion Hills
Bobby
Columbia Pike & South Four Mile Run Drive
I am convinced that the streetcar is the best alternative for Columbia Pike after reading the arguments on both side.
Thad Parsons
Alexandria, Va
I support the streetcar because it has the ability to permanently connect Arlington and Alexandria, making it easier to live in the larger area without a car.
Adam Franklin
Douglas Park
Dharm Guruswamy
Carlton Condominium
Building a streetcar along Columbia Pike is long studied idea whose time has come.
Ryan Arnold
Bluemont
Trista Gormley
Penrose
Ridership
Shaun Brodie
Crystal City
Short of VDOT letting the County redevelop Columbia Pike into the mixed modality urban road it should be, the streetcar appears to me to be the best option to both spur long-term development and move residents for work and play.
Michael Perkins
Arlington-East Falls Church
John Burke
Alcova Heights
I support the streetcar. I participated in the process. I think Columbia Pike should be transformed into a walkable urban boulevard. I believe that the streetcar is the most cost effective transportation infrastructure that will support that transformation. A new underground Metro line is too expensive. Any option at grade level that requires its own right of way would be too expensive. Enhanced bus service would not effectively support the transformation. What the BRT boosters are selling is not actually BRT, it is enhanced bus service. Enhanced bus service was delivered to the Pike in 2003 and encouraged approximately 0 development projects during a massive real estate boom. It wasn’t until the streetcar was selected as the locally preferred alternative in 2006 that developers started looking at the Pike. The costs are included in the 10 year CIP and we never breach our exceedingly conservative debt caps. We can’t afford not to build the streetcar. Without it, the corridor will continue to be traffic clogged and economically stagnant.
Eric Nastasi
Rosslyn
Ridership, economic development, less car dependency, decreases traffic, better mass transit connectivity.
Chris Remuzzi
Columbia Forest
The density is already here along the Columbia Pike Corridor. We need a high quality transit solution as soon as possible.
Sara Kays
Maywood
convenience, economic development, Arlington always needs new ways of public transportation due to the drastically increasing population within the county over the past decade
Mark and Nancy Buchholz
Arlington Ridge
Virginia, a strong property right state, gives localities very few means to control developers who want to redevelop land they own. This means Arlington needs to provide something, along the Pike that would increase a developers interest in negotiating with the County. The streetcar provides that. Metro provided that. Adding more buses does not, because it is more of the same thing we have now, strings of overcrowded buses focused largely on getting people to the pentagon. A streetcar provides an urban alternative that, with multi car multi entrance/exit is more attractive to intra-Pike transit than the current inter-county bus model. It is a must have that will make developers more interested in accommodating the County's interest in maintaining the affordable housing stock, than simply tearing it down to attract high priced buyers who just want to commute to DC or Tyson's. the streetcar maintains the Pike's focus on neighborhoods, whereas more buses, or bigger buses, enables the deterioration of our neighborhoods by catering to those who only want to sleep here, not live here.
Betsy Stark
Maywood
I strongly support the Streetcars in Arlington to boost the economy, move people more efficiently and easily.
Rik Opstelten
Pike and S. Courthouse
I believe the streetcar represents the kind of long-lasting, reliable investment that is needed to elevate the Pike to a neighborhood that is a desirable, walkable, and lively as any in Arlington. I look forward to the future of the neighborhood.
Dan Hauser
Courthouse
The streetcar is an excellent investment in infrastructure and will bring new economic opportunities to Columbia Pike.
Henry Dunbar
Douglas Park
Investment in mass transportation is critical for the county to remain a first class community. Columbia Pike in particular will always be viewed as a second-class destination until it has permanent mass transit options. Streetcars were vetted long ago as the most viable option, and it's time to end debate and move forward with making it happen.
Ed Fendley
Bluemont
Who knew public transport could be so stylish? I've used streetcars in several cities, and have come to love them because they're efficient and fun. If we learn from what's been done in Portland and a number of European cities, streetcars will enliven the sidewalks and businesses of Columbia Pike and make it a vibrant and cool place. But how soon can we get them on Wilson Boulevard??
Kevin D. Kayes
Maywood
A street car system on Columbia Pike would allow the south end of the County to share in the same type of economic development that is prevalent along the orange line through the heart of the county. It will mean more jobs and opportunities for everyone who lives in that part of Arlington. I lived a block off the western portion of Columbia Pike in 1978 when I first moved to Arlington and it has not changed much since then. Compare that to the development that has occurred in other parts of Arlington and its clear more needs to be done - other than add more buses on Columbia Pike. Streetcars are viewed as a significant upgrade to buses by users and a much nicer form of public transportation. In addition to attracting many, many more riders, a streetcar system will also spur economic development for that part of the County in a way that no dedicated bus system will ever do. Arlington County has developed a world class public transportation system and there is no reason we should not include the residents and neighborhoods of South Arlington and provide them with the same types of improvements that we take for granted in other parts of the County.
Paul & Sharon Timpane
Douglas Park
We 100% support the streetcar initiative. This long overdue transportation infrastructure investment in Columbia Pike is a perfect fit. Expense is reasonable for a long neglected transportation corridor. We witheld our votes for the "local" politician who is once again opposing Columbia Pike neighborhoods/school investments and will continue to do so.
Tiera Bonnefond
Alcova Heights
I am one of those people who will never take a bus to a destination along Columbia Pike or to Pentagon City. I would, however,take a streetcar. I grew up in Perth, Australia, where I rode the trolley bus system on a regular basis. It was quiet and a very fuel efficient way to get around. I see the proposed streetcar as a very similar mode of transportation.
Kathleen Daugherty
Alcova Heights
This is an investment for the future. It's important that we do this.
Christopher Forinash
Lee Heights
Great streets and streetcars form the backbone of great places.
Penny Everline
Lyon Park
We need a sustainable solution to meet the growing transportation demand along Columbia Pike. I live in a great walkable, transit-oriented community in North Arlington. It took a lot of thoughtful planning and investment in transit and other transportation infrastructure for us to get where we are today. I want my friends and colleagues who live along the Pike to have the same great access I enjoy. It is time to make this investment in Columbia Pike's, our County's, and our region's future!
Jeffrey Coupe
Douglas Park
Expanded network of transportation in the Columbia Pike corridor that links to main Metro lines; knowledge of light rail and street car networks in other cities and countries that offer excellent service.
Rick Holt
Arlington Forest
Developing a walk able city - more public transport - fewer cars. Develop the Colombia Pike Corridor
Karen Serfis
Ashton Heights
I have seen how well streetcars work in Europe and I think it will really improve transportation in Arlington.
Jessica King
Penrose
Gretchen Carter
Alcova Heights
Lander Allin
Alcova Heights
We need a transportation system to meet the long-term needs of the Columbia Pike community. The Streetcar is the best option for meeting those needs and ensuring that the Pike has a vibrant and prosperous future.
Takis Karantonis
Columbia Heights
In the 60s and 70s more than 2000 residential units were built in the eastern half of my neighborhood under blatant disregard of all sound planning standards. This is roughly 9x the average population density of Arlington. A mediocre at best bus service was all the transit that was afforded to thousands of my neighbors. These urban atrocities are still there, towering 12 stories high in the middle of a paved parking lot wasteland that empties daily into the Pike. Repairing this will require decades of community efforts, significant incentives for redevelopment and improvement but first and foremost modern, efficient, comfortable, high capacity and high ridership transportation. I support modern streetcars in Arlington because they have a proven track record to be urban game changers. The sense of permanency inherent to streetcars supports the local economy, creates jobs and local wealth and is the foundation for a livable, diverse, desirable community. The community I want my neighborhood to be.
Jason Rylander
Waycroft-Woodlawn
I strongly support the streetcar project as an essential part of a broader community vision for Columbia Pike, Crystal City and all of Arlington. Just as the Orange Line has done, the streetcar will spur economic development while helping to meet the transportation needs of current and future residents. This project is the product of thousands of hours of community dialogue and is the best choice for a growing Arlington. It is time to move forward!
Randy Swart
Barcroft
The streetcar is part of the vision for rebuilding Columbia Pike. We who live along the Pike have spent a decade working on that vision in countless meetings, committees, emails, phone calls at every step of the Arlington Way. It is required to meet affordable housing needs through bonus density. Streetcar now!
Edward Khoury
Arlington
I completely agree with the analysis on this topic on the website.
Streetcars will increase ridership immensely and turn what is now fast becoming a slum into a once again thriving community. Any bus system would fail to do this.
Furthermore, the addition of a streetcars is consistent with the concept of Town Centers and walkable communities planned by the COLUMBIA PIKE REVITALIZATION ORGANIZATION (CPRO) in its’ efforts to revitalize Columbia Pike and its adjacent neighborhoods.
Brian Edward Wilhour
Douglas Park
Please INVEST in our community. The streetcar is an excellent INVESTMENT - the prospect of which has already prompted economic and business development in the Columbia Pike Corridor.
Sarah Chatterson Absetz
Columbia Heights
Arlington needs to invest in its future in order for it to grow and prosper. Forty years ago DC took a chance and invested in Metro- now it is one of the best transportation networks in the country. It is now time for Arlington to invest. BRT and buses are not stable enough to encourage businesses to locate along their lines. Had North Arlington had a BRT instead of metro it would not be the vibrant area it is today. I am looking to buy a house along Columbia Pike, mainly because of the streetcar.
Jeff
Courthouse
I have a condo along the pike and I know neither I nor any one I know will ride a bus. A streetcar is a much more attractive option to ride and I could see it dramatically increasing the amount of people who take public transportation up and down the pike to go to restaurants, bars, etc. Adding more buses is a cop out that will just add more congestion, what if they had just added bus lines to clarendon instead of a metro line?
Jason Stanford
Fillmore
I find the current bus system and schedule extremely confusing. A street car would guarantee the route rather than hoping that buses 16A-M will take me where I want to go.
Ken Cox
Shirlington
want to see it completed.
Barbara P Burch
United States
Columbia Pike and the residents of/visitors to South Arlington deserve a true rapid transit method of transport.
John Snyder
Douglas Park
Increased ridership to reduce traffic in my neighborhood; better intra-Pike transit for me and my family; support our local businesses; and help us preserve affordable housing through the Pike Neighborhoods Plan.
Juliet Hiznay
Arlington Heights
Columbia Pike Streetcar? The sooner the better!
Stephen Finafrock
Park Glen/Columbia Heights West
Ridership, reliability, increased desirability of Columbia Pike as a business/residential/social destination, increased capacity on the Pike by removing SOV's and placing them in transit.
Chris Slatt
Penrose
Ridership, Ridership, Ridership!