Editing Arlington County, Virginia (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2019-06-26 11 51 06 View south along Interstate 395 (Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway) from the overpass for U.S. Route 1 southbound (Richmond Highway) in Arlington County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)|I-395]] southbound in Arlington, near the Pentagon]]

===Streets and roads===
{{main|Streets and highways of Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County, Virginia, street-naming system}}
Arlington forms part of the region's core transportation network. The county is traversed by two [[Interstate Highway System|interstate highways]]: [[Interstate 66|I-66]] in the northern part of the county and [[Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)|I-395]] in the eastern part, both with [[high-occupancy vehicle lane|HOV lanes]] or restrictions. In addition, the county is served by the [[George Washington Memorial Parkway]]. In total, Arlington County maintains {{convert|376|mi}} of roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/uepd/snow/EnvironmentalServicesSnow.aspx |title=County website |publisher=Arlingtonva.us |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref>

The street names in Arlington generally follow a unified countywide convention. The north–south streets are generally alphabetical, starting with one-syllable names, then two-, three- and four-syllable names. The first alphabetical street is Ball Street. The last is Arizona. Many east–west streets are numbered. Route 50 divides Arlington County. Streets are generally labeled North above Route 50, and South below.

Arlington has more than {{convert|100|mi|km}} of on-street and paved off-road bicycle trails.<ref name="BikeArlington">{{cite web|title=BikeArlington|url=http://www.bikearlington.com/|publisher=Arlington County Department of Environmental Services|access-date=July 5, 2014}}</ref> Off-road trails travel along the [[Potomac River]] or its tributaries, [[rail trail|abandoned railroad beds]], or major highways, including [[Four Mile Run Trail]] that travels the length of the county; the [[Custis Trail]], which runs the width of the county from Rosslyn; the [[Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park|Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail]] (W&OD Trail) that travels {{convert|45|mi|km}} from the Shirlington neighborhood out to western Loudoun County; and the [[Mount Vernon Trail]] that runs for {{convert|17|mi|km}} along the Potomac, continuing through Alexandria to [[Mount Vernon]].

===Public transport===
{{Further|Arlington Transit|Virginia Railway Express|Washington Metro}}
[[File:Ballston–MU (WMATA station) - 02.jpg|thumb|The {{wmata|Ballston–MU}} station serving the [[Orange Line (Washington Metro)|Orange]] and [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver]] lines of the [[Washington Metro]]. Arlington is home to the first suburban stations on the Washington Metrorail system.]]
Forty percent of Virginia's transit trips begin or end in Arlington, with the vast majority originating from [[Washington Metro]] rail stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/36079630?rel=0&startSlide=7|title=FY 2015-FY 2024 Proposed Capital Improvement Plan|access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref>

Arlington is served by the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] (WMATA or Metro), the regional transit agency covering parts of [[Northern Virginia]], [[Maryland]], and [[Washington, D.C.]] Arlington has stations on the [[Blue Line (Washington Metro)|Blue]], [[Orange Line (Washington Metro)|Orange]], [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver]] and [[Yellow Line (Washington Metro)|Yellow]] lines of the [[Washington Metro]] rail system. Arlington is also served by WMATA's regional [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|Metrobus]] service. This includes [[Metroway]], the first [[bus rapid transit]] (BRT) in the D.C. area, a joint project between WMATA, Arlington County, and Alexandria, with wait times similar to those of Metro trains. Metroway began service in August 2014.<ref name="brt">{{cite news |url=http://www.wmata.com/about/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5738 |title=Metroway premium transit service starting this summer |date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815052153/http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5738 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=live |author=WMATA}}</ref>

Arlington also operates its own county bus system, [[Arlington Transit]] (ART), which supplements Metrobus service with in-county routes and connections to the rail system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arlingtontransit.com/pages/about/|title=About ART - Arlington Transit|website=www.arlingtontransit.com|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Virginia Railway Express]] commuter rail system has one station in Arlington County, at the [[Crystal City station (VRE)|Crystal City station]]. Public bus services operated by other Northern Virginia jurisdictions include some stops in Arlington, most commonly at the Pentagon. These services include [[DASH (bus)|DASH]] (Alexandria Transit Company), [[Fairfax Connector]], PRTC OmniRide ([[Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission]]), and the [[Loudoun County Commuter Bus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commuterpage.com/ways-to-get-around/local-bus-systems/|title=Local Bus Systems|website=www.commuterpage.com|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commuterpage.com/ways-to-get-around/commuter-buses/|title=Commuter Buses|website=www.commuterpage.com|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>

===Other===
[[File:Reagan Terminal B-C.JPG|thumb|[[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]] in Crystal City]]
[[File:Capital Bikeshare DC 09 2010 515.JPG|thumb|Arlington's bicycle sharing service near [[Pentagon City]]]]
[[File:DCA 07 2011 hybrid taxi 3139.jpg|thumb|[[Hybrid taxi]]s in Pentagon City]]
[[Capital Bikeshare]], a [[bicycle sharing system]], began operations in September 2010 with 14 rental locations primarily around [[Washington Metro]] stations throughout the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalbikeshare.com/|title=Capital Bikeshare has launched!|publisher=Capital Bikeshare|access-date=September 22, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101029164741/http://capitalbikeshare.com/| archive-date= October 29, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Arlington County is home to [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]], which provides domestic air services to the Washington, D.C., area. In 2009, ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]'' readers voted it the country's best airport.<ref>[http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/501691 "2009 Business Travel Awards from Conde Nast Traveler"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006090122/http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/501691 |date=October 6, 2009 }} Retrieved October 27, 2009.</ref> Nearby international airports are [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], located in [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax]] and [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun]] counties in Virginia, and [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport|Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport]], located in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland]].

In 2007, the county authorized [[EnviroCAB]], a new taxi company, to operate exclusively with a [[hybrid electric vehicle|hybrid-electric]] fleet of 50 vehicles and also issued permits for existing companies to add 35 hybrid cabs to their fleets. As operations began in 2008, EnvironCab became the first all-hybrid taxicab fleet in the United States, and the company not only offset the emissions generated by its fleet of hybrids, but also the equivalent emissions of 100 non-hybrid taxis in service in the metropolitan area.<ref name=HybridTaxi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/10/20/all-hybrid-taxi-fleet-debuts-sunny-phoenix|title=All-Hybrid Taxi Fleet Debuts in Sunny Phoenix|publisher=GreenBiz|date=October 20, 2009|access-date=July 10, 2010}}</ref> The [[Green transport|green]] taxi expansion was part of a county campaign known as Fresh AIRE, or Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions, that aimed to cut [[Greenhouse gas emissions|production of greenhouse gases]] from county buildings and vehicles by 10 percent by 2012.<ref name="HybridTaxi">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/19/AR2007091902438.html|title=Arlinton County: Board Gives Go-Ahead to Eco-Friendly Taxicabs|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 7, 2007|access-date=July 10, 2010 | first=Kirstin | last=Downey}}</ref> Arlington has a higher than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 13.4 percent of Arlington households lacked a car, and dropped slightly to 12.7 percent in 2016. The national average is 8.7 percent in 2016. Arlington averaged 1.40 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map|journal=Governing|date=December 9, 2014 |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|access-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>