Friday, March 15, 2013
With the Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley project slotted for cancelation, should another way to move visitors and residents be considered?
The Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley project, which made a bumpy ride through City Hall in 2012, appears to be off the tracks. With the city facing a $31 million budget shortfall, City Manager Rashad Young is recommending abandoning the project and its $700,000 price tag in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2014. The pilot project was to be funded with money set aside for transportation projects in the city. • See: City Manager Proposes $626.6 Million Operating Budget The project was subject to plenty of scrutiny from lawmakers, business owners and citizens, who debated how far north into Arlandria the route would travel and later what other neighborhoods it would traverse. • See: Council Approves Trolley Route Serving Del Ray and Arlandria …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
DASH looking into providing shrink-wrapped buses for weekend service.
With the Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley project currently in limbo, Alexandria’s bus system may lend a hand to get the service running in some capacity. Patch revealed last week that the Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley line was in jeopardy after the city failed to receive a bid during a month-long contractor proposal period. The route, approved by City Council in June, connects King Street Metro to Braddock Road Metro via Commonwealth Avenue and Braddock Road and then moves through Del Ray and into Arlandria before turning around. The motorized trolleys would run Thursday through Sunday primarily in the afternoon and evening hours. City officials cited the economy and the risk involved for contractors to supply and operate trolleys for potentially …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
City did not receive a bid to operate the line following a request for contractors.
The Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley project appears to be in a bit of jeopardy. After City Council approved a route from King Street Metro to Arlandria in June, the city’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services issued a formal request for proposals to operate the line on Oct. 4. According to a Nov. 16 report from City Manager Rashad Young, the city publicized the request and held a meeting for interested investors. However, no bids had been submitted when the request period closed on Oct. 31. The city opted to have a contractor operate the Del Ray-Arlandria line instead of DASH, which operates the King Street Trolley. The city used a contractor to operate the King Street line until April, when its new hybrid trolleys went into …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Alexandria city staff will discuss neighborhood traffic, the Route 1 BRT and the status of the Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley.
The City of Alexandria is hosting a community meeting to discuss transportation issues in Del Ray, including neighborhood traffic, the Route 1 BRT and the status of the Del Ray/Arlandria Trolley. The meeting is scheduled to run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mount Vernon Recreation Center. The meeting comes after a group of citizens hit Alexandria City Council a second time with concerns over truck traffic and speeding on E. Custis, E. Howell and Monroe avenues and also worries over the burgeoning development in Potomac Yard and its transportation effects on Del Ray. Rich Baier, director of Alexandria’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, told council at a Nov. 17 hearing that money is again available in the …
amy lu
10:59 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
The trolley is meant to bring tourists from Old Town to Del Ray/Arlandria. imo, two things adversely impact those tourist from visiting Del Ray: Wayfinding signage and a coordinated parking plan. The City spent money to complete a Wayfinding study. Implementation so far consists of public parking Wayfinding signs in Old Town and possibly a few replacement signs adhere to the recommended format. … more ›