Editing Transit-oriented development (section)

=====Arlington County, Virginia=====
{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|275px|image1=ArlingtonTODimage3.jpg|caption1=Aerial view of [[Rosslyn-Ballston corridor]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]]. High density, mixed use development is concentrated within ¼–½ mile from the [[Rosslyn (WMATA station)|Rosslyn]], [[Court House (WMATA station)|Court House]] and [[Clarendon (WMATA station)|Clarendon]] [[Washington Metro]] stations (shown in red), with limited density outside that area.|image2=Ballston TOD.jpg|caption2=Street-level view of the area around the [[Ballston–MU station]], also in Arlington County, Virginia. Note the mixed-use development (from left to right: ground floor [[retail]] under apartment building, office buildings, shopping mall (at the end of the street), apartment building, office building with ground floor retail), [[pedestrian]] oriented facilities including wide sidewalk, and [[bus stop]] facility in the center distance. [[Parking]] in this location is limited, relatively expensive, and located underground.}}
For over 30 years, the government has pursued a [[Urban planning|development strategy]] of concentrating much of its new development within {{convert|1/4|to|1/2|mi|m}} from the county's [[Washington Metro]] [[rapid transit]] stations and the high-volume bus lines of [[Virginia State Route 244|Columbia Pike]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/CPHD/planning/CPHDPlanningSmartGrowth.aspx |title=Smart Growth : Planning Division : Arlington, Virginia |publisher=Arlingtonva.us |date=March 7, 2011 |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> Within the transit areas, the government has a policy of encouraging [[mixed-use development|mixed-use]] and [[Walkability|pedestrian-]] and transit-oriented development.<ref name="arlingtonva.us">{{Cite web |url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/CPHD/planning/powerpoint/rbpresentation/rbpresentation_060107.pdf |title=30 Years of Smart Growth - Arlington County's Experience with Transit Oriented Development in the Rosslyn-Ballston Metro Corridor |access-date=June 8, 2013 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924171835/http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/CPHD/planning/powerpoint/rbpresentation/rbpresentation_060107.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some of these "[[urban village]]" communities include [[Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia|Rosslyn]], [[Ballston, Virginia|Ballston]], [[Clarendon, Arlington, Virginia|Clarendon]], [[Courthouse, Arlington, Virginia|Courthouse]], [[Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia|Pentagon City]], [[Crystal City, Virginia|Crystal City]], [[Lyon Village, Arlington, Virginia|Lyon Village]], [[Shirlington, Arlington, Virginia|Shirlington]], [[Virginia Square, Virginia|Virginia Square]], and [[Westover, Arlington, Virginia|Westover]].

In 2002, Arlington received the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]]'s National Award for Smart Growth Achievement for "Overall Excellence in [[Smart Growth]]" — the first ever granted by the agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/arlington.htm|title=Arlington County, Virginia – National Award for Smart Growth Achievement – 2002 Winners Presentation|publisher=Epa.gov |date=June 28, 2006 |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref>

In September 2010, [[Arlington County, Virginia]], in partnership with [[Washington, D.C.]], opened [[Capital Bikeshare]], a [[bicycle sharing system]].<ref name=grist>{{cite web|url=http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-20-washington-d.c.-launches-the-nations-largest-bike-share-program/|title=Washington, D.C., launches the nation's largest bike share program|author=Matt Martinez|date=September 20, 2010|publisher=[[Grist (magazine)|Grist]]|access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name=NYT092010>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/bike-sharing-expands-in-washington/|title=Bike Sharing Expands in Washington|author=J. David Goodman|date=September 20, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/traffic/arlington-joins-dc-in-bike-sharing-program-092010|title=Arlington Joins DC in Bike-Sharing Program|publisher=MyFoxDC.com|date=September 20, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref> By February 2011, Capital Bikeshare had 14 stations in the [[Pentagon City]], [[Potomac Yard]], and [[Crystal City, Virginia|Crystal City]] neighborhoods in Arlington.<ref name=grist/> Arlington County also announced plans to add 30 stations in fall 2011, primarily along the densely populated corridor between the [[Rosslyn, Virginia|Rosslyn]] and [[Ballston, Virginia|Ballston]] neighborhoods, and 30 more in 2012.<ref name=expansion>{{cite web|title=Arlington votes (sort of) to expand CaBi; more places likely to follow|url=http://www.thewashcycle.com/2011/10/arlington-votes-to-add-more-cabi-stations-sort-of.html|work=TheWashCycle|access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref>