Open House: Performance Parking Pilot Project

Join County transportation staff for a look at what we've learned from the Performance Parking Pilot Project since it began in 2023. For the last two years, staff have used a network of 4,500 sensors embedded under metered parking spaces in the Rosslyn-Ballston and Route 1 corridors in Arlington to learn more about parking demand and pilot management techniques to make metered parking more available, more often in our commercial corridors.

At this meeting you can:

• See what we have learned about parking demand, occupancy and ways we can use this data to manage our parking spaces
• Check out some of the data visualizations we have developed with the information we've gathered
• Talk to our team about the pilot and the next steps from here
• Provide your feedback on the future of performance parking in Arlington

This open house precedes a book talk we are co-hosting with Arlington County Libraries at 6:30pm. Join DES Parking and Curbspace Manager Melissa McMahon in conversation with Henry Grabar, author of "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" for a revealing discussion of how parking shapes the world around us, and how we can effectively manage it.

Learn more about this event from our friends at Arlington Public Libraries 

Event details

• Tuesday, September 9, 2025
• Arlington Central Library - Second Floor
  
  • 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington VA, 22201
• Open house
  • 5:00 - 6:30 pm
• Book Talk
  • 6:30 - 7:45pm

   

Meeting directions

To reach the open house and book talk

• Go up the atrium stairs or use the elevator to access the second floor
• Go to the northeast corner of the building, to the left of the periodicals section

We can provide reasonable modifications for people with disabilities and language translation upon request. Please make all requests to Nate Graham by email at nsgraham@arlingtonva.us or by phone at 703-228-3112 by September 2, 2025.

When

Location

To be held in the lobby of the Barbara M. Donellan Auditorium

Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA, 22201, View Map