Arlington County has set the goal of becoming the most bicycle-friendly community on the East Coast, and it has devoted serious resources to make it happen. The task takes more than building bike lanes and painting sharrows — it takes changing the culture of transportation, as explained in this video produced by the county.
The hoped-for payoff: Arlington will be able to absorb tens of thousands of new residents and employee without impairing the ability of citizens to get around. The county is vulnerable charges of wasting money on frivolities like million-dollar bus stops but it has done a brilliant job of proving that density need not cause congestion.
— JAB
