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Arlington County Board endorses refreshed transportation vision, adds ‘desirable choices’ language after public debate
Summary
After months of public outreach, the County Board unanimously endorsed a refreshed transportation vision and goals aimed at making transit, walking and biking more viable — inserting the word “desirable” into the plan’s language after several speakers urged clearer commitment to reducing car dependence.
The Arlington County Board on July 19 unanimously endorsed a refreshed transportation vision and set of goals intended to guide the master transportation plan update, adopting a last-minute amendment to emphasize “desirable choices” beyond using a car.
Board members voted 5-0 to approve the resolution after staff presented a plan built from two phases of public engagement that included more than 12,000 direct contacts, about 2,500 online feedback forms and an interactive map with more than 2,700 submissions. The board added the word desirable to the phrase that now reads “with desirable choices beyond using a car.”
County transportation staff said the refresh replaces a decades-old modal structure with a holistic strategy, linking Vision Zero, transit strategic planning and mode networks so the county can prioritize where…
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