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Biking around the Metro Shutdown
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From May 23 through September 7, the Vienna, Dunn Loring, East Falls Church, West Falls Church, and Silver line service will be closed as part of WMATA’s Platform Improvement Project. While shuttle buses will be available to travel to points west of Ballston-MU station, biking is a stress-free option for your trips that will reduce the load of passengers on the shuttles and put a smile on your face. Here’s how to pull it off:
May. 27, 2020, ATP How Rethinking Space Could Help Us Move Past Coronavirus
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Welcome back to our series on transportation recovery during and after COVID-19. Before reading our third piece, we suggest reading our introduction and messaging blogs. Transportation planning and disease prevention entail different forms of expertise. But mathematically, getting people where they need to go, and stopping the spread of COVID-19 are both exercises of geometry....
May. 27, 2020, Mobility Lab New Phone Number for STAR Customer Call Center Effective June 1
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A new phone number for the STAR Customer Call Center will start being used on Monday, June 1. The new phone number will be 703-228-1900.
May. 21, 2020, ART Holiday Service on May 25 for Memorial Day
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ART will operate holiday service on Monday, May 25, 2020, in observance of Memorial Day. ART 41, 42, 45, 51, 55 and 87 will operate on Sunday schedules. All other ART routes will not operate and the ART customer call center will be closed.
May. 19, 2020, ART How Mobility Messaging Can Inject Confidence Into a COVID-Changed Society
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Welcome back to the second article in our series on transportation recovery during and after COVID-19. If you missed our introductory article, you can read it here. COVID-19 and the devastation it has caused has made people uneasy about spending time in shared public spaces like buses and trains. And by continuing to go out...
May. 18, 2020, Mobility Lab Champion of the Month: 3434 Washington Blvd
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For employers, the routine task of employee commutes to and from work while practicing social distancing has posed new challenges that many companies are looking to solve. Lincoln Property Companies 3434 Washington Blvd led by Jennifer Roberts, Senior Property Manager partnered with Arlington Transportation Partners (ATP) to find solutions that support their tenants’ commutes.
May. 8, 2020, ATP Congratulations Champions 2019-2020
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It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week, and we want to take the opportunity to recognize the 16 Arlington Public Schools (APS) and programs that participated in Champions during the 2019-2020 school year. Even though the usual APS Board Meeting recognition can’t take place, we still appreciate all your efforts and your schools deserve to be recognized.
May. 7, 2020, ATP Navigating the Summer Metro Shutdown
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As part of WMATA’s Platform Improvement Project, the Vienna, Dunn Loring, and both East and West Falls Church Metro Stations, as well as all Silver Line service will be closed from May 23 through September 7. West Falls Church Metro Station will remain open as both Silver and Orange Line trains can pass through the closed stations but will not stop at them. We take a look at how your business can avoid any disruption to your employees’ daily commutes.
May. 4, 2020, ATP As Society Recovers from COVID-19, TDM Can Aid Mobility’s Evolution from Essential to Sustainable
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COVID-19 has upended transportation behavior as we knew it, centralizing mobility’s mission on one thing: fulfilling essential needs that keep civilization functioning. There’s no concrete timeline for society’s recovery from the crisis. It’s become clear that the recovery, shaped by complex health and economic variables, won’t be a binary switch back to normal. But it’s...
May. 1, 2020, Mobility Lab Prepare for the Orange and Silver Line Shutdown
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Last summer, as part of the Platform Improvement Project Phase I, WMATA temporarily closed six Blue and Yellow line stations in Alexandria and Springfield to perform major upgrades and create a safer and better passenger experience. This year the focus will be on the Orange Line stations in the Merrifield and Oakton areas, and the Silver Line stations. Metro recently announced that all stations on the Silver Line will be closed from Saturday May 23 through Labor Day, as they take advantage of historically low ridership and traffic-free highways to connect Metrorail to the “phase II” stations constructed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). Take some time ahead of the closures to learn about your options and how to prepare for the road ahead.
May. 1, 2020, ATP