22202 Transportation & Planning Data – Development and Transportation

Note: The following information is from the 2016 data set. For the 2020 data update, visit the home page.

Development

Highlight: The 22202 zip code area contains over 13 million square feet of office development and over 15,100 residential units. Projects that are under construction or approved as part of a final site plan and unbuilt will add an additional 1.2 million square feet of office space and over 3,400 residential units.

Highlight: Based on data collected by Arlington County, residents of apartment buildings in Pentagon City are biking, walking or using transit for 71 percent of work trips and 74 percent of non-work trips.

Highlight: During peak periods, Potomac Yard buildings generate only about 25 percent of the auto traffic predicted using industry standard formulas for transportation studies.

Crystal City Multimodal Transportation Study Memo

Highlight: The Crystal City Sector Plan coordinated land use and transportation planning; studying the surrounding roadway network with 2030 and 2050 buildout horizons. Ultimately, the development levels approved by the County Board as part of the plan ended up being less than those used for the transportation study.

Historic Development, Traffic & Transit Trends

Highlight: Since 2000, development and transit use in the 22202 zip code area increased, while the overall daily traffic in the area decreased by more than 13 percent.

Traffic Impact Studies & Analyses

Highlight: Twenty-one reports dating back to 1999 have been compiled for development projects within the 22202 zip code area for this reporting.