Four Mile Run Drive - Resurfacing for Complete Streets 2023

Master Transportation Plan

• Streets Element: The Complete Street policy informs the scope of this project to improve safety for all road users.

Vision Zero

• Vision Zero policies call on County staff and the Arlington community to take a proactive approach to safety in order to eliminate severe and fatal crashes from our transportation network by 2030.
  • High Injury Network: Four Mile Run Drive is part of Arlington County’s High Injury Network (2021). These corridors experience high concentrations of critical crashes compared to other corridors in Arlington.
    • Four Mile Run Drive High Injury Network Safety Audit – Spring 2022
      • Findings from the audit include low traffic volumes for a two-lane arterial roadway, speeding issues and community interest in reducing vehicle speeds and improving pedestrian crossings.
  • Crash Hot Spots: The intersections of S. Walter Reed Drive & Four Mile Run Drive and S. George Mason Drive & Four Mile Run Drive were identified as crash hot spots in 2019 for vehicle and bicycle crashes.

Four Mile Run Area Plan

• The Four Mile Run Area Plan (2018) presents a comprehensive future vision for the Four Mile Run Valley and specific strategies to achieve that vision. Recommendations related to this road segment included reconfiguring the roadway to provide two lanes in each direction with a shared center turn lane while maximizing on-street parallel parking on both sides of the street and improving crosswalks and bicycle crossings at key intersection.

George Mason Drive Multimodal Transportation Study

• The George Mason Drive Multimodal Transportation study (2023) proposed traffic and crossing safety improvement at intersection of S. George Mason Drive and S. Four Mile Run Drive. The plan proposed converting the outside westbound lane of S. Four Mile Run Drive to a right-only lane and removing the merge lane on westbound S. Four Mile Run Drive Major to improve traffic and crossing safety. 

Roadway characteristics

Four Mile Run Drive is an arterial road in a commercial and residential area. This segment of the roadway currently has two travel lanes in each direction, with left turn lanes at S. Walter Reed Drive. There are parking lanes on the north and south sides of the street which have peak hour parking restrictions. The roadway is also parallel to the multi-use Washington & Old Dominion Trail.

Speed

The posted speed limit is 30 mph. The 85th percentile speed exceeds the speed limit by 8 miles per hour.

Destinations

This section of road is close to a variety of community amenities, including parks (Barcroft Park, Four Mile Run Stream, Jennie Dean Park, Doctor’s Branch Park), trails (W&OD, Four Mile Run), and other recreation facilities, such as the Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center. It is also nearby several schools (Wakefield High School, Claremont Elementary School, and Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria Campus); while no school walk zones require crossing this section of Four Mile Run Drive, students may need to walk along the corridor. The commercial uses along this roadway section are often frequented by larger vehicles.

Transit

This corridor is served by many buses, including the Arlington Transit bus line 72, and Metrobus lines 22A and 22C.

Level of Engagement: Involve

• Discuss project goals and how you currently use the streets
• Share specific ideas and concerns for the street sections

This input will be used to refine to goals and develop concept options.

Engagement Summary - Existing Conditions and Experiences(PDF, 340KB)

• Feedback Form Comments(PDF, 162KB)
• Interactive Map Comment(PDF, 2MB)