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Description
Arlington County's Transit Oriented Development over the last 40 years is explained in this 9 minute video. Former Director of Planning Bob Brosnan takes us on a journey from the post-war visionary leaders, who laid Arlington's award winning foundations, to a transit-oriented future. Brosnan gives a concise definition of Arlington's Smart Growth, its benefits, and where that growth is headed.
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So
it's
not
to
say
that
there
aren't
impacts
and
some
tension
on
those
edges.
That
is
one
of
the
issues
we
deal
with
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
but
those
edges
have
have
been
maintained
and
I
think
that's
because
we
put
the
vision
in
place.
We
stuck
to
it
and
we've
had
a
consistent
political
will
to
hold
those
lines.
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Development
always
has
issues
associated
with
it.
I
would
say
that
focus
on
smart
growth
is
actually
a
focus
on
trying
to
minimize
or
manage
those
issues.
The
tensions
that
we
see
in
arlington
are
not
so
much
the
result
of
smart
growth
as
they
are
the
result
of
growth
at
all,
and
I
would
say
that
most
of
the
challenges
we
face
would
be
worse.
If
we
hadn't
focused
development,
where
we've
developed
it.
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We've
been
able
to
avoid
being
choked
by
traffic
arlington
is
between
fairfax
county,
which
has
1.1
million
people
living
in
it,
and
one
of
the
larger
counties
in
the
united
states
and
the
district
company.
So
people
are
traveling
through
arlington
a
lot
both
by
transit,
but
also
by
automobiles.
We
are
really
part
of
the
the
region's
urban
core.
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We
are
at
the
foot
of
three
main
bridges
into
the
district
of
columbia,
regional
traffic,
if
you
will
will
continue
to
grow
and
where
that
goes
will
be
a
fundamental
issue
for
arlington.
I
think
arlington
has
the
the
planning
in
place
to
address
that
we've
also
got
programs
in
place
to
address
that
we
have
neighborhood
traffic.
Calming
programs
which,
I
would
say
are
are
focused
as
much
on
on
keeping
the
regional
traffic
out
as
they
are
the
local
traffic
out.
So
I
think
the
regional
traffic
is
the
issue.
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We
have
changed,
behaviors
people,
don't
bring
cars
with
them
or
you
know,
are
willing
to.
You
know,
have
one
car
versus
two
nineteen
percent
of
the
people
who
live
in
the
rosin
boston
carter,
owned
no
cars,
39
percent
of
those
people
who
live
in
the
rosin
bolson
car
to
take
transit
to
work.
So
that's
a
lot
of
people
that
aren't
in
cars
aren't
congesting
our
streets.
That's
what
amazes
people!
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There
is
no
doubt
that
growth
brings
about
construction-related
issues
and
that's
something
I
hear
about
you
know
pretty
much
all
the
time.
That's
temporary,
but
there
are
issues
with
that.
Affordable
housing
is
a
very
big
issue.
I
think
it's
the
same
with
affordable
local
retail.
We
have
high
density
fairly
high,
expensive
development
corridors.
We've
got
rings
of
single
family,
ranging
from
very
large
expensive
units
to
smaller
expensive
units,
and
then
we
have
a
wide
array
of
garden
apartments
that
provide
our
affordable
housing
and
rental
housing
opportunities.