THE BULLETIN ARLINGTON'S PAVED TRAILS • BIKE TO WORK DAY • METRO SHUTDOWN • RESOURCES FOR YOU S P R I N G 2 0 1 9 / I S S U E 6 T H E B U L L Explore Arlington E T I Trails During N Bike Month May is National Bike Month and a THE ARLINGTON LOOP great time to try bicycling for The Arlington Loop is a 16-mile your commute or for leisure by route along four different paved exploring trails. Arlington, trails that encircles much of Virginia’s extensive multi-use Arlington County. Trails that trail network provides a relaxing form this loop are foundational alternative to biking on the knowledge for those choosing to street, while still keeping you travel by bike in the County. connected to the places you need to go. Fundamental to the trail The Custis Trail network is a cross-section of The Custis is a four-mile trail that several trails, known as the runs from Bon Air Park near East Arlington Loop. Falls Church to the Key Bridge in Rosslyn. Running along I-66, parallel to the W&OD Trail, it this hilly trail helps connect extends farther east, connecting T H Northern Arlington and is easily the W&OD with the Mt. Vernon E B accessible from the Rosslyn- Trail. U L Ballston Corridor. L E T The W&OD Trail I N Mt. Vernon Trail The Washington and Old The Mt. Vernon Trail is an 18- Dominion Railroad Trail (or mile path along the Potomac W&OD Trail), the longest trail on River and George Washington this list, runs for 45 miles Parkway, connecting the entrance between Purceville in Loundon to Roosevelt Island with County to Shirlington. The trail Washington’s Mount Vernon was initially built as a rails-to- estate. The Mt. Vernon Trail is trails project, converted from a part of the Potomac Heritage stretch of the abandoned W&OD National Scenic Trail, a 710-mile Railroad. stretch of completed and planned trails, managed by the National MORE PAVED TRAILS IN Park Service. ARLINGTON F our Mile Run Trail The Arlington Loop surrounds Contrary to what its name may much of the County, but there are suggest, the Four Mile Run Trail several others trails worth is actually a seven-mile paved discovering. You can see all of trail. It runs along Four Mile Run Arlington’s trails, as well as the stream (also not four miles) from County’s streets ranked by biking Reagan Airport to Falls Church. comfort level, on BikeArlington’s While much of the trail runs Bicycle Comfort Map. N I T E L L U B E H T Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 17 This free annual event is the perfect opportunity to explore your options for biking to work and to encourage bike commuting to your residents, tenants, and colleagues. Be part of the first 20,000 people to register to receive a free t-shirt and get to your nearest pit stop early to take part in giveaways and pick up swag from vendors. VIEW PITSTOP INFO T H E B U L L E T I N Prepare for the Metro Shutdown Six Metrorail stations in Virginia, WHAT YOU CAN DO south of National Airport Metro For further details on the Station, will be closed this shutdown and how to navigate it, summer from May 25 to visit Arlington Transportation September 8. Blue and Yellow Partners’ (ATP) website. Watch Line service will terminate at or join one of ATP’s recorded Reagan National Airport webinars to learn location- throughout the summer. specific information for affected neighborhoods. Property managers should be prepared to answer questions and find solutions to ease tenants’ longer commutes. The stations affected are: Braddock Road FIND OPTIONS King Street-Old Town Eisenhower Ave & SHARE INFO Huntington Van Dorn Street Franconia-Springfield 19 T H E B U L L Top Guides for E T I Property Managers N Property managers can prepare for site visits and changes to their TDM installations by downloading the new Pre-Site Visit Checklist and the Transportation Information Display (TID) standards guide by the TDM for Site Plans team. 1. KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT If you have a site visit coming up, the new Pre-Site Visit Checklist for property managers is a good refresher on what you need to know prior to your annual site visit. All property managers should read and download the pre-site visit checklist DOWNLOAD in advance of their next site visit. The PRE-SITE VISIT CHECKLIST checklist includes: Key information to know about your property and its TDM plan Relevant documents you should prepare 2. UNDERSTAND THE GUIDES In addition, if you are looking to install a new kiosk or transit information screen on your property, the updated Transportation Information Display (TID) Standards Guide provides all the necessary information for you. This guide DOWNLOAD includes: TID STANDARDS GUIDE Details on the types of displays that can be purchased Required dimensions for the displays Ideal locations for each type of display 2 7 Q U E S T I O N S ? Reach out to your TDM for Site Plans representative to learn more about topics shared in this issue. PHOTO CREDITS Sam Kittner/ Kittner.com Reema Desai/ ReemaDesai.com.