Arlington County Government, VA Most Recent, 7 Dec 2012

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From YouTube: Streetcar moving forward

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We take a look at the progress being made with the new Streetcar system that will operate along Columbia Pike and the Jefferson Davies corridor in Arlington County VA.

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With the streetcar project, moving forward, Arlington invited transit experts from the US and Canada to share their experiences with building their own transit systems and offer some advice of.

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Constructing our projects, the people who are out here on this panel I'm have a lot of great experience, different perspectives, different contracting methods. So it's really good to to seek out that that experience will.

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Have built out by the end of 2013 about 136 miles of rail projects in Utah, we're very proud of that, and we've been able to bring these projects in under budget and ahead of schedule. The procurement methods we've used. The way we've hired our contractors and designers has been very important part of the success of those projects, we're trying to share some of our ideas and what's worked for us and what hasn't our.

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Central quarter project, that's connecting the two downtown's we have. Two rail projects that have been completed in are open for revenue service. One light rail line, we're working on other projects, those light rail projects in place and under construction are similar to what the county is considering on the columbia pike pike line during.

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The planning phase during the preliminary design, it's public involvement. The key message that I would give is spend the time to figure out exactly what the needs are and what's going to make sense for the community and then well.

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I think there are a lot of lessons to learn from those who have done things and it's been tremendously rewarding already. It's.

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Very important in the early design phases to bring all the stakeholders together and have a very open, but also very frank, discussion about the design standards. The expectations for what this streetcar line is going to look like and that.

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Is the next phases county officials gather with staff, business leaders and residents to decide on the design elements of the streetcar that.

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Kind of communication that collaboration between the community and all the other stakeholders, it's really important for the success of the project.