Master Transportation Plan
- Streets Element: The Complete Street policy informs the scope of this project to improve safety for all road users.
- Bike Element: Fairfax Drive is identified as a primary bicycle corridor.
Clarendon Sector Plan
- The plan identifies the project intersection and the surface parking behind it as improvement areas to better connect the western end of Clarendon to the central Clarendon area.
- Recommends a vision that is “dynamic, flexible, [and] pedestrian-oriented” for Clarendon’s western end.
- “Fairfax Drive’s condition east of Kirkwood Road should be redesigned as a shared street and linear park with an enhanced bicycle facility to allow greater pedestrian/bicyclist circulation and to create a more seamless connection to the Central Clarendon area.”
Vision Zero
- Vision Zero policies call on County staff and the Arlington community to take a proactive approach to safety in order to eliminate severe and fatal crashes from our transportation network by 2030.
- High Injury Network: The VA-237 Corridor (Fairfax Drive from N Glebe Road to 10th Street N 10th Street N from Fairfax Drive to N Barton Street) is part of Arlington County’s High Injury Network. These corridors experience high concentrations of critical crashes compared to other corridors in Arlington.
VA-237 Corridor Acquisition
- In 2018, Arlington County acquired jurisdiction of the VA-237 corridor (Fairfax Drive from Glebe Road to 10th Street N; 10th Street N from Fairfax Drive to Barton Street) from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
- In 2019, the county launched a three-week online public feedback form to gather input on travel behavior along the corridor.
- The input received helped identify where improvements can be made in terms of safety, mobility, and accessibility.
- The project intersection was one of the top intersections identified for improvements.
Arlington Public Schools (APS) Walk Zones