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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: Columbia Pike Transit Stations
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with Arlington County Board members on the major issues discussed at July's Board meeting
A
Welcome
back
I'm
here
with
County
Board
Chair,
Christian,
Dorsey
and
board
member
Katie
crystal
we're
going
to
tell
me
when
we
can
expect
to
see
new
transit
stations
along
Columbia
Pike.
Now
this
generated
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
that
transit
stations
and
the
Pyke's
transit
as
a
whole
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion
for
quite
some
time.
So
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
these
new
transit
stations.
I.
B
Would
be
happy
to
so
we
were
very
glad
to
finally
be
in
the
position
of
awarding
a
contract.
These
stations
are
expected
to
be
operating
by
fall.
2020,
it
is
behind.
This
project
is
behind
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
Some
are
the
stations
have
been
reworked
to
bring
down
the
cost,
and
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
coordination
with
our
partners
at
wa
mata
on
bus
service
and
beyond.
The
reality
is
that
Columbia
Pike
is
the
busiest
bus
corridor
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia.
B
It
needs
more
than
what
folks
think
of
as
if
somebody
characterize
it
to
me
recently
is
a
simple
bus
station
with
a
maybe
a
roof
and
a
bench
right.
This
is
a
station
that
actually
serves
thousands
of
riders
every
day
at
peak
times,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
build
here
is
something
that's
probably
a
little
more
akin
to
what
you
might
picture
with
a
metro
station
platform
rather
than
that
kind
of
traditional,
simple
bench.
So
it's
been
a
very
involved
project
and
it's
a
really
critical
one.
C
If
I
could
just
make
sure
that
we
were
very
clear
about
this
because,
as
you
mentioned
Kara,
this
has
been
the
subject
for
many
years
and
a
lot
of
it
has
been
misinterpreted-
the
actual
transit
stations,
the
things
that
you
see
above
ground,
those
are
being
delivered
and
those
come
in
different
configurations,
single
sized
up
to
quadruple
size
depending
on
the
needs
of
the
riders
at
that
particular
stop.
But
on
average,
the
above-ground
portion,
the
actual
bus,
stop
the
transit
station,
those
cost
150
thousand
dollars
on
average
for
all
of
those
configurations.
C
B
C
C
These
are
going
to
replace
existing
bus
stations,
and
you
know,
we've
seen
a
vision
of
this
in
Crystal
City,
for
example,
where
there
are
a
number
of
these
types
of
stations
already
installed
and
in
place
as
part
of
the
Crystal
City
Potomac
yard
transit
way.
So
this
is
very
similar.
It's
gonna
have
its
own
look
for
Columbia
Pike,
but
it's
very
similar
to
that
concept,
so
we're
bringing
it
to
an
area
that,
as
Katie
said,
is
by
virtue
of
demand,
long
needed
it
and.
B
I
think
what's
interesting,
so
I'm
a
Pike
bus
rider
right.
My
picture
I
live
not
too
far
from
the
intersection
where
one
of
these
stops
is
coming
and
I.
Think
for
our
for
our
writers
of
this
frequent
service
on
the
Columbia
Pike,
you
can
envision
how
transformative
it
would
be
to
have
some
of
those
infrastructure
elements
Christians
talking
about
if
you've
ever
waited,
because
your
bus
is
the
third
one
in
line
and
you're
waiting
for
each
bus
to
load
its
passengers.
You
keep
that
here
that
big
hydraulic
sound
is.
B
It
lowers
closer
to
the
ground
to
accommodate
somebody
with
a
stroller
or
mobility
device,
and
you
can
imagine
having
that
that
physical
in
ground
infrastructure
that
allows
multiple
buses
to
board
at
the
same
time
doesn't
require
the
buses
to
raise
and
lower.
Guy
really
starts
to
add
up
this
number
of
minutes,
and
so
you
can
imagine
at
scale
as
those
buses
are
trying
to
go
down
the
pike
more
more
quickly
and
more
effectively.
B
B
C
That
way,
and
already
we
started
delivering
what
we're
calling
the
premium
transit
network
on
on
Columbia
Pike,
which
first
began
with
consolidating
the
11
different
bus
routes
that
go
along
Columbia
Pike,
operated
by
Metro
LaMotta.
We
can
solid
they've
consolidated
those
into
about
five,
so
that
it's
much
more
user-friendly
that
you
understand
where
these
buses
are
going
to
go,
and
you
don't
have
to
remember
the
16
AC
j
GH.
All
of
those
things
you
can
have
a
more
simplified
approach.
We
have
more
work
to
do
there,
but
with
that
simplification
also
came
added
service.
C
So
you
know
the
key
to
making
transit
useful,
which
is
really
the
paradigm
is
to
have
frequent
reliable
service
that
doesn't
get
bogged
down.
That
makes
it
easy
for
users
to
understand
and
then,
when
they
have
that
waiting
experience
at
a
shelter
it's
going
to
be
comfortable.
So
this
is
what
this
is
all
designed
to
do
and
it's
gonna
come
in
these
phases
where
we
we
get
the
buses
going
to
where
they
need
to
go.
We're
gonna,
expand
service
into
Crystal,
City
very
soon,
from
Columbia
Pike
for
a
one-seat
ride.
C
B
A
B
B
That's
a
signal
that
that
transit
is
a
fixed
and
serious
part
of
the
corridor
and
for
an
area
that
we're
trying
to
develop
in
a
way
that
is
just
as
transit
oriented
as
rail
as
a
rail
corridors,
but
doesn't
have
the
rail
that
fixed
infrastructure
sends
a
really
important
message
to
the
riders
and
the
people
who
might
be
interested
in
building
or
starting
a
business
on
Columbia
Pike.
Did
this
system
of
transit
oriented
development
that
our
LinkedIn
is
built
on
is
here
to
stay
at.