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Updated 2/20/2008

Columbia Pike is a vibrant, busy thoroughfare running east and west through Arlington and Fairfax Counties from Arlington Cemetery to Bailey’s Crossroads and beyond to Annandale. The Pike is experiencing rapid growth as a residential, employment, and commercial corridor due in large part to its direct proximity to the District of Columbia and major regional attractors including the Pentagon, Pentagon City, Bailey’s Crossroads, and the Skyline complex near the intersection of Columbia Pike and Leesburg Pike.

The Pike Transit Initiative aims to develop an advanced transit system which will increase mobility and serve the emerging transit market between the Pentagon/Pentagon City area and Bailey’s Crossroads, as well as support Arlington and Fairfax County land use and redevelopment initiatives for the corridor. This coordination between transportation and land use planning has been a distinguishing feature of the Pike Transit Initiative from the outset.

Current Status of Project

In 2005, The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) completed the technical analysis of transit alternatives for Columbia Pike. The final document details the alternatives considered, technical evaluation process, public and stakeholder input, and conclusions of the study.

In the spring of 2006, the Arlington County Board and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors formally adopted the Modified Streetcar Alternative as the preferred alternative emerging from the Alternatives Analysis (AA) process.

This opens the way for WMATA, Arlington County, and Fairfax County staff to refine the project plan and:

• Develop concepts for station stops and facilities,
• Assess right-of-way and utilities effects, and
• Prepare a detailed financial plan.

Information gathered through these tasks will complete required environmental documentation and allow the project team and the Columbia Pike community to weigh important questions regarding project funding and financing.

To catch up on earlier phases of the project, please visit About the Study. Thanks for visiting the Pike Transit Initiative web site and please come back soon!

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