Proposed stations in Westover Village

[Jason Hardin]

Greetings. I wanted to introduce myself to the forum and provide a little bit of information on some proposed stations in Arlington. For the last nine months, I’ve been assisting in the planning of new Capital Bikeshare stations in Arlington. We haven’t added many new stations this year, as we’ve had delays in obtaining new equipment, but we’ve still been identifying and planning new sites in the meantime, so we’re ready to expand once the stations begin to arrive.

As part of our planning process for each proposed site, we reach out to civic associations and nearby residents, and we thought it makes sense to add this forum to our efforts as well. We’re currently at this step for two proposed sites in the Westover Village neighborhood in Arlington – one at Patrick Henry Drive and Washington Boulevard, the other at Westover Park. Both fit into a broader context of expansion west from Ballston. We also are planning stations at/near Westover Library, East Falls Church Metro, Virginia Hospital Center and other points. More information, including the exact location/footprint of the proposed sites, is available here.

For those interested, I’ll be talking about our plans in the area at a meeting of the Westover Village Civic Association tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Westover Library. Sorry for the late notice about the meeting – the main idea is to provide notices on this forum on a regular basis, and I’ll be providing more advance notice for future stations, but I thought it still made sense to mention this meeting. Of course, even if you can’t make it, feel free to leave a comment here or to email me directly with thoughts or suggestions.

Thanks!
Jason

Jason Hardin
Capital Bikeshare Planner
Consultant to Arlington County Commuter Services
jason@metrobike.net

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[PotomacCyclist]

It’s after the peak of the evening commute now, but still close enough where rebalancing issues aren’t resolved from today’s evening commute.

On the CaBi map, you can see the stations that have emptied out: Downtown, Foggy Bottom, Metro Center, National Mall in DC; Court House area and the Ballston Metro in Arlington.

https://secure.capitalbikeshare.com/map/

I only see that one Arlington station is completely full now. I don’t know how much of the rebalancing is due to natural usage patterns and how much is due to rebalancing crews. I’ve seen the rebalancing vans in Arlington and in DC frequently, so I know they don’t focus only on DC.

I’m not too familiar with the Westover neighborhood. But if there’s a natural one-way commute pattern during rush hours, there is a possibility of rebalancing issues. I don’t know how many vans are in use in Arlington. If it’s only one, it will have to travel from locations like Westover to the in-demand areas like Court House, Ballston, Pentagon City and Crystal City.

[PotomacCyclist]

This map analyzes rebalancing issues in near real-time. The color coding lets us see where the rebalancing issues are quickly. The full stations are located in a ring around central DC, although not all of those stations are full at this time. There is another set of full stations in Alexandria, Potomac Yard-Arlington, Four Mile Run in Arlington and a station on Arlington Blvd. near Arlington Forest (the last being a station that is filling up quickly but not yet full).

http://www.rausnitz.com/track/dc

I can’t predict exactly what the commute patterns will be for the new Westover stations, but this map can help to show what those patterns might be. At the very least, there is a higher potential for rebalancing issues there, based on its location in relation to the closest Metro stations and employment centers.

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