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From YouTube: NewsMakers; Columbia Pike Transformation
Description
News show featuring people and events in Arlington County.
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Columbia
pike
is
a
major
east-west
corridor
in
arlington.
It
serves
as
the
main
street
for
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods
and
it
has
historically
been
a
very
auto
oriented,
suburban
strip,
and
this
is
not
only
an
opportunity
to
revitalize
this
transportation
corridor
but
to
really
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
the
neighborhoods.
And
then
we
have
the
streetcar
project,
which
is
a
project
we're
working
on
cooperatively,
with
Fairfax
County
to
basically
run
streetcars
from
baileys
crossroads
into
pentagon
city
right
here
and
by
next
to
where
we're
standing.
Everybody.
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We
do
have
some
local
sources.
The
one
thing
that
General
Assembly
did.
That's
still
in
effect
is
a
local
commercial
surcharge
for
transportation
purposes
that
the
county
has
taken
advantage
of,
but
we
asked
to
combine
that
with
a
number
of
different
sources,
including
some
state
and
federal
transportation
funds.
As
I
said,
on
the
state
side,
it's
been
really
drying
up,
we're
hoping
on
the
federal
side
that
gets
better
with
a
new
transportation
funding
bill
that
is
being
developed.
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I
think
that
you
see
in
Arlington
a
great
success
story
on
a
transit-oriented
redevelopment
focusing
in
on
the
metro
areas
and
around.
So
that's
what
you
see
why
you
have
rods
on
Anna
Clarendon
before
columbia,
pike.
Also
it's
a
corridor.
It's
three
and
a
half
miles
long.
So
people
say
why
does
it
take
so
long?
Well,
there's
a
lot
to
redevelop.
There's
a
lot
of
to
revitalize
and.
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So
we're
completing
this
project.
Now
we've
already
started
on
the
next
one
farther
west
here
down
a
four
mile
run,
which
will
make
all
kinds
of
improvements
over
the
next
several
years.
It'll
take
a
while,
but
when
we're
done
similar
to
hear
you
can
have
new
sidewalk,
better
crossings,
better
lined
intersections
a
safer
environment
and
a
better
place
for
people
to
walk
and
do
business.