Beginning Friday, October 31, due to construction activity, ART 56 bus stops located at Military Rd and 25th Rd N will temporarily relocate to the 4100 block of Nelly Custis Rd in both directions. Thank you for your patience. (10/28 11:00AM)

Building more apartments near public transit can help address the housing crisis and climate change Metro areas from Los Angeles to Boston have taken the lead in tying new housing developments to their proximity to public transit, often teaming up with developers to streamline the permitting process and passing policies that promote developments that include a greater number of units. Inside the huge new factory that will build DC's Metro trains Hitachi recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the plant, offering a first look at the 307,000-square-foot facility. The huge building sits near a FedEx distribution center on what was until just a few years ago farmland. App alerts Virginia drivers to blocked railroad crossings Forty solar-powered sensors at railroad crossings in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk enable the app to alert users in real time when trains are blocking roadways. Amtrak modernization efforts advance across the Northeast The Washington project centers on the Ivy City Rail Yard, where crews start phased construction of a new maintenance facility described in more detail in Amtrak and Partners Break Ground on Ivy City Rail Yard Modernization Project in Washington, D.C. For many commuters, this still sounds abstract, but it directly underpins the coming Airo train rollout. One third of DC's Circuit Rideshare trips are to grocery stores A rideshare program in Southwest Washington, D.C. helped local residents access grocery stores, with data from its two-year pilot showing that 32 percent of trips made using Circuit Rideshare were made to and from grocery stores. Metrorail's signaling system is showing its age. Here's why it needs a new one Modern train control will make the system more reliable. This technology would replace these rooms filled with racks of relays and decaying wires with digital systems that allow trains to detect one another directly, rather than relying on track-based circuits. Officials break ground on railway improvement projects at Alexandria Amtrak station Planned undertakings at the 120-year-old station include the construction of a fourth railway track, as well as the replacement of two aging railroad bridges at King Street and Commonwealth Avenue. The streets underneath the bridges are also slated for renovations. As part of safety push, motor assist on DC e-bikes is slowing down The city’s thousands of undocked e-bikes will have a limit on how fast they can go. Now, the boost feature on Lime e-bikes won’t be able to go faster than 18 miles per hour, the company said in a statement.  Fare free transit is great, but reliable services are better Overall, removing the direct costs to transit riders should not be overlooked as a meaningful way to improve transit access. However, if local, state, and federal leaders are looking to improve livelihoods, they must build their transit systems and supporting policy platforms on what outcomes are most desired when it comes to improving transit services.  Study: Metro systems cut driving significantly more than other forms of transit Using data from 400 cities, researcher Rafael Prieto-Curiel examined the share of car trips compared to active mobility and public transit. “In cities with a metro, the average share of car trips is 37%, compared to 50% in cities with trams only and 54% in cities without rail systems.” Residents of metro cities also use transit much more frequently. 

Thanksgiving Day (11/27/2025) TRAC at Arlington Farmers Market (11/29/2025) Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting (12/01/2025) Every month on the first Monday