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ART Report in Regards to Current Service
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Arlington Transit bus service has been hurt in recent months by several issues that are causing missed trips. The County is working to resolve the issues and improve service.
Jan. 19, 2019, ART Can cities have our data and protect it, too? Participants at TransportationCamp 2019 discuss
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Data breaches and misuse of personal information became commonplace over the past few years. So as mobility companies further blur the line between providing technology and transportation services, how they use the troves of data they collect on customers has become a growing concern among privacy advocates. At TransportationCamp DC 2019, a new data standard... Read more »
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Jan. 17, 2019, Mobility Lab Holiday Service on January 21 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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ART will operate holiday service on Monday, January 21, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ART 41, 42, 43, 45, 51, 55, 77 and 87 will operate Saturday schedules. All other ART routes will not operate and the ART Customer Call Center will be closed.
Jan. 16, 2019, ART Favorite Bike Things from 2018
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2018 was a great year in Arlington for people biking—new events, the launch of electric scooters (e-scooters), and the number of places people can bike grew. We also met a lot of new people and even got to spend time with familiar faces. As we plan for 2019, we’re taking a moment to share a Read More
Jan. 8, 2019, BikeArlington 2018’s Greatest Hits: Our top five articles
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What a year! The transportation world changed a lot, from the rise of e-scooters to the Great Bikeshare Acquisitions, and we’ve tried to cover it all. Here are our five most popular articles from this year. Danes bike for the same reason Americans drive: they’re lazy Two barriers that keep pop culture from embracing public... Read more »
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Dec. 31, 2018, Mobility Lab Help Arlington Plan for the Future of Biking
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County staff and members of a citizen working group have been hard at work for the past year and a half to update the Bicycle Element of Arlington County’s Master Transportation Plan. They’ve been a busy group, meeting monthly to discuss edits and make revisions, reviewing bike plans from peer cities, meeting with a variety Read More
Dec. 21, 2018, BikeArlington Free ART Rides on December 20 & 21
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Everyone rides ART for free on Thursday, December 20 and Friday, December 21. Happy holidays and thank you for riding ART!
Dec. 20, 2018, ART In Pittsburgh, machine learning improves traffic for all road users – not just cars
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What if an omnipresent cop were directing traffic, aware of all flows and bottlenecks, moving people walking and in vehicles to their destinations as rapidly as possible? In Pittsburgh, the next best thing is happening: an array of sensors, in conjunction with machine learning, is directing traffic signals to keep cars and people flowing. Named... Read more »
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Dec. 18, 2018, Mobility Lab Holiday Service on Christmas and New Year's Day
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ART will operate holiday service on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1). On both days, ART 41, 42, 43, 45, 51, 55 and 87 will operate Sunday service. All other ART routes will not operate.
Dec. 17, 2018, ART Bike Social Scene: Winter Riding with Freezing Saddles
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We definitely get it. It can be harder to find the joy in hopping on your bike after the clocks change back, and there’s less daylight and temperatures start to get cold. Well, a local group of bike riders has the answered the winter doldrums by organizing an annual winter riding competition called Freezing Saddles. Read More
Dec. 6, 2018, BikeArlington