Someone submitted a 14-page white paper on Columbia Pike transit service as part of their comments on the strategic plan during the comment period and staff put the whole thing into the board book/public record. Honestly inspirational.

Arlington County should definitely 💯 take full control of Glebe and Langston from VDOT. Without control we will never be able to fix those corridors to improve #VisionZero pedestrian safety or expand transit access. We are at the whim of people who think in terms of highways and faster VMT.

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🚴‍♀️Hey Arlington fam! 🛴 The Columbia Pike Bike Boulevards plan is out & it is missing the mark on safety + connectivity. 😬 Speak up for a plan that is safe, comfortable, and connected with a long-term vision! 🗓️ Deadline: Sun 10/5, 11:59 PM

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Nobody in Arlington should have to put up with this casual disrespect of the neighborhood. People should be able to walk on streets that are safe

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Great overview of what Missing Middle housing can bring to Arlington. share.google/EIBd7UpJOgOG...

The average new house in Arlington costs 2.4M

Wilson Blvd is really important and it's wild that we just let people block half of it whenever they want

With the new protected bike lane, cars are now double parking on Wilson Blvd itself @arl-infra.bsky.social

Hiring competent leaders seems like a good idea for future nonprofits. Sad to see the outcome of this adventure.

What is the point of the plans and the planners if the plans don't include apartment buildings in Rosslyn? We have a housing shortage! "the plan did not meet the Fort Myer Heights North Plan or countywide Comprehensive Plan."

Sad news about an awesome tower in Arlington. www.bisnow.com/washington-d...

They get smaller and fewer every year, but always there to remind you. I will not forget, and those of us who watched the Pentagon burn are not likely to…

Here's the whole map. More info at ssafety.org/happy-wheels/

No new zoning at East Falls Church No new zoning along R-B corridor No new zoning in Aurora Heights What have they been doing?

We have the worst urban planners

Not much point in dynamic pricing for parking if nobody bothers to pay anyway...

Is the county seriously going to deny this nice-looking building for being too tall? It's in Rosslyn! It's the shortest building in the picture! We have a housing shortage!

Arlington having an unofficial network of bike routes named after Sesame Street characters actually rules

Missing Middle zoning (aka making duplexes to 6plexes by-right on single-family lots, depending on their size) is once again legal in Arlington. At least until the next round of dead-ender litigation from NIMBYs who don't seem to get that Arlingtonians keep voting for pro-MM County Board candidates.

Could have been statewide but it was killed by democrats in the senate

Saw tennis star & noted NWSL boyfriend Ben Shelton in the tunnels postgame in DC. Gave a couple of folks an informal injury update, saying he plans to play next in the Tokyo Open in about three weeks. Shelton pulled out of the U.S. Open early and will miss the upcoming Laver Cup.

We support federal employees (as long as they don't want to live here)

The SW baseball field at Quincy Park could probably be repurposed into a bit of a plaza/bocce situation

Need: a Lisbon-style cafe kiosk right by the playground in Quincy Park so mom and dad can grab a coffee while kids play

Have you been thinking to yourself “everything sucks and I should do something about it”? Do you live in or near Arlington? Perhaps even DC? I’ll be kicking off a canvass launch tomorrow, **walkable from metro** at 1 pm! Knocking doors is, in fact, the most important thing rn mobilize.us/s/yxxKVd

Arlington Missing Middle is back (again), baby! Now, this does send it back to the circuit court, apparently, but the original NIMBY judge is no longer serving and this is from the *full* Court of Appeals, unlike the 3-judge panel that had that yes-then-no ruling two+ months ago. @arlnow.bsky.social

I still think about the Empire State Building taking ~13 months but the Crystal City Water Park renovation took ~18 months.

11.7 million dollars to replace a creaky elevator

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/09/03/advocates-seek-county-support-for-cutting-red-tape-around-affordable-housing-in-2026/ “The Unitarians gave up on a housing project … and now Clarendon Presbyterian’s vision of building senior housing is on hold after three years of work and $300,000 — not […]

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New tonight: The Virginia Court of Appeals appears to have reinstated Arlington’s “missing middle” plan, reversing an order from a circuit court judge that put a stop to the EHO policy.

Any church that wants to should be allowed to add housing to its property (like this one in Ballston)

These new townhomes will cost half as much as the average new house (2.4M)

A beautiful day for my first time riding the length of the Mount Vernon Trail from Rosslyn. The upgraded water fountain at the trailhead was much appreciated, @mountvernontrail.org!

YOU GOTTA PUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP

Suck it Alexandria

rich nimbys in charlottesville lost the political debate over zoning, leveraged the legal system to try to stop it, and are going to lose the political debate again for the simple reason that the voters of cville support zoning reform and have elected a city council that intends to see it through

Zone for development by-right and cut the unnecessary workload on the volunteers.

I made a thing. What do you learn from it? #urbanism #ArlingtonVA

Medieval castle along the North Rhine for just $1.6M or a newly constructed 5 Bedroom SFH in South Arlington for $1.75M?

Arlington county police need to do something about the double parking in the Rosslyn bus bay cooridor

Contractors get so sad when you tell them the job is in Arlington. Terrible reputation.

My bus gets stuck in this traffic too

Arlington should stick with at-large representation. It's only ten miles across and the districts would be on top of each other.

There are like 14 buildings in Arlington,VA taller than anything in Ireland

The Falls Church City food scene is blowing up alongside all the new housing. Bullish on Falls Church City as future Kowloon of the DMV