iRide for Arlington Teens

Your ride's here.

You've got places to go. People to see. Things to do. You just need a way to get there.

With Metrobus, Metrorail and ART, you’ve always got a ride. No more begging your parents to take you everywhere. No more bumming a ride off your friends.

And the best part is, riding the bus or the train is actually really easy. Check out the links below to find out everything you need to know.

See your art on an ART bus! Design the outside of an ART bus using the theme of "Share Our Streets -- Be a PAL." The winning design will be used to wrap an ART bus that will travel throughout Arlington for everyone to see! Find out more.

Quick links

iRide Brochure (PDF, 4.53 MB, Adobe Reader required)

This brochure tells you how to read a timetable, how to pay bus fare, where to catch the bus and includes a map that shows you which buses will take you to your school.

Metro Trip Planner
Use this great tool from Metro to plan your trip in Arlington, or anywhere in the DC area, using public transportation.

Online Schedules
Get up-to-date schedules for Metrobus and local bus routes in Northern Virginia.

Mobile Schedules
Get news and current bus schedules delivered to your web-enabled mobile device, wherever you are.

Transit Options Map thumbnailTransit Options Map
(PDF, 4.1 MB, Adobe Reader required)
Map of Arlington showing all of the bus and rail routes and major transfer points.

Get Into ART
Official site of ART-Arlington Transit, Arlington's local bus system. ART will move you! Students with middle or high school IDs pay 75¢ cash fare. Or buy iRide tokens at the Commuter Store or Arlington Rec Centers, 20 tokens for $15.

Metrobus Routes Serving Arlington
The Metro system serves the entire DC area. The ART site has a section with the Metrobus routes that will get you around Arlington.

Tools and Resources
Check out this section for lots more tools to make it easy to get around.

Did You Know?

1964 -- 50% of U.S. kids rode bikes to school, obesity rate among children: 12%. 2004 -- 3% rode to school, obesity rate: 45%

News Headlines
Metro service information for Memorial Day

May 20, 2013, WMATA

Metro weekend rebuilding work May 24-27

May 20, 2013, WMATA

Man dies after being struck by Metrobus

Lindsay A. Powers, May 23, 2013, Gazette.Net

Ballston is the end of the Orange Line this weekend

May 23, 2013, ARLnow

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Upcoming Events
Transportation Development Plan Community Forum

Saturday, June 1, 2013 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Tour de Cure

Sunday, June 2, 2013

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Friday, September 27, 2013 – Sunday, September 29, 2013

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