Lynn Street - 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.
• Bike Element: N. Lynn Street is identified as a primary bicycling corridor.

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: N. Lynn Street is part of Arlington County’s High Injury Network (2022). These corridors experience high concentrations of critical crashes compared to other corridors in Arlington.

• N. Lynn Street High Injury Network Safety Audit – Spring 2023
  • Crash data collected from 2018-2023 revealed that while total crashes in this corridor have decreased since the start of the pandemic, visible injury crash numbers were near pre-pandemic levels and both severe injury crashes involved a pedestrian. Crash report descriptions include information about drivers failing to yield to pedestrians
  • Common concerns shared for this roadway segment include drivers not yielding to people walking or biking as well as vehicles blocking bike or travel lanes.

Core of Rosslyn Transportation Study

• This transportation study assessed the feasibility and impact of the multimodal transportation vision set out in the 2015 Rosslyn Sector Plan.
• Recommendations from the preferred alternative for N. Lynn Street include the street remaining one-way with off-peak parking and the addition of a northbound protected bicycle facility.

Nearby projects

• 1901 N. Moore Street (RCA Site) is a private development currently under construction. During construction, travel lane and sidewalk closures are anticipated as part of the maintenance of traffic plan. Once completed, the project will deliver an improved streetscape and an enhanced bicycle facility on the west side between 19^th Street N. and Wilson Boulevard.
• The Lynn Street Esplanade and Custis Trail Improvements project was a pedestrian and bicycle safety, traffic management, and street beautification project completed in 2020. Since project completion, collisions decreased in this area.

Roadway characteristics

This section of N. Lynn Street is a four-lane, one-way arterial road traveling north. It has a bike lane and some parking on both sides of the street. The corridor has high pedestrian, transit, bicycle, and vehicle volumes because of its density and mix of commercial, business, and residential uses.

Speed

The posted speed limit in this area is 25 mph.

Destinations

This project will take place one street over from the Rosslyn Metro stop, which serves many other public transit routes including the DC Circulator, Georgetown Bus, and WMATA/ART Buses and a Capital Bikeshare station. Nearby are two major multi-use trails, the Mt. Vernon and Custis Trails. The southern boundary of this corridor is located one mile away from Innovation Elementary School. This corridor is also within a mile of Gateway Park, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Dark Star Park, Iwo Jima Memorial, and Arlington National Cemetery.

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, 517KB)

• Feedback Form Comments(PDF, 165KB)
• Interactive Map Comments(PDF, 1MB)

The now-closed Online Feedback Form is available for review using one of the links below:

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Level of Engagement: Involve

• Learn what we heard during Existing Conditions Feedback and how it helped inform the concept design
• Review and share comments on concepts

Input gathered will help evaluate and refine development of a final concept.

• Concept Design

Level of Engagement: Communicate

• Learn what we heard during Concept Design Feedback and how it helped inform the final design
  • Engagement summary
• View final designs online
  • Final concept design

Level of Engagement: Communicate

• Details about construction schedule and anticipated impacts are shared

• Resurfacing and remarking work is completed

• Staff conduct observations to ensure each corridor is functioning as intended