Performance Parking Pilot

Arlington County is testing new digital signage to direct you to real-time information about available metered parking spaces. 

The first two signs were installed in the Courthouse neighborhood: 

1. Corner of N Courthouse Rd & 13th St N (you will see this sign if you are heading north on N Courthouse Rd)
2. Corner of Clarendon Blvd and N Barton St (you will see this sign if you are heading east on Clarendon Blvd)

We will be installing more signs in additional neighborhoods within the Performance Parking Pilot project corridors and testing different formats and layouts. Here is an infographic for the current format that explains each part of the signage:

Let us know what you think of the new digital signs and the project overall at the feedback form below. 

• Public Dashboard: Examine parking trends by area, month, day, hour
• API: For the tech-savvy, an API to access real-time event data feed
• Open Date Portal: Historical County parking trend and policy data available via an open API (search for "performance parking")

The goals of the pilot project, as stated in the grant application submitted to VDOT for funding, are as follows:

• On-street parking is easier to find on block faces with high parking demand than it is today.
• More people choose to park on block faces where demand is low today.
• Fewer instances of double parking occur, freeing up travel lanes and reducing conflicts
• Drivers spend less time looking for on-street parking.
• Drivers perceive that they spend less time looking for on-street parking.
• Members of the public perceive that they have better on-street parking information.
• Vehicle miles travelled resulting from on-street parking search or “cruising” are reduced in the areas with the system.
• Mobile emissions from vehicles are reduced in the areas with the system as a result of reduced vehicle miles travelled.
• Ensuring throughout this process, that community engagement is equitable and inclusive.

Note: these goals are not listed in order of priority, and the first opportunity for public engagement will center on identifying community preferences for prioritizing these goals.

The project does not:

• Seek to increase overall parking revenue. 
• Increase all metered parking rates across the board.
• Decrease the number of reserved ADA-accessible parking spaces. 
• Create dynamically or fast-changing metered pricing (i.e., it is not like the HOT lanes). 

For more information on this pilot project, review our FAQs.

Spring-Summer 2023: Prioritizing Community Goals

The project team kicked off the pilot project in 2023 by introducing the project team, sharing goals and covering the basics of the technology and tools that will be used to meet those goals.

Read the Engagement Summary

Community Kick-Off Meeting, Feb. 23, 2023

Watch the Virtual Kick-Off Meeting | Meeting Slides

Online Feedback Form

An online feedback form was available for six months, from February through July 2023. This feedback helped us prioritize the goals of the Performance Parking Pilot Project as we installed the system, and informed the next steps for the project.

Presentations to Groups

• Transportation Commission, Meeting Recording, Feb. 2
• Rosslyn BID Staff Introduction Call, Feb. 6
• Chamber Staff Introduction Call, Feb. 7
• Latino Economic Development Center Call, Feb. 7
• Arlington Community Federal Credit Union Call, Feb. 8
• Disability Advisory Commission, Meeting Recording, Feb. 21
• Ballston BID, Feb. 22
• National Landing BID Roundtable, March 22
• CC/PC Transportation Open House, March 27
• Planning Commission, Meeting Recording (starting at approx. 05:00), April 10
• Information Technology Advisory Commission, Meeting Recording, May 24
• Chamber Government Affairs Subcommittee Meeting, June 21

For more information on this pilot project, review our FAQs.

Project Update Video

Following the installation of the sensor network, the completion of public outreach and engagement, and in preparation for the next phase of the pilot project, the team has prepared a Project Update Video to share an overview of the latest information on the Performance Pilot Project. In the recording below, you'll learn more about:

• What we heard in community and business outreach
• What we've learned so far from our data collection
• How we're using this data to propose changes to metered parking in the pilot corridors
• What comes next for the pilot

Watch the Video

Project Open House Meeting: Dec. 6, 2023

The project team held an in-person open house at the Navy League Building to share what we've learned so far and next steps for the Performance Parking Pilot Project. 

Learn more

Meeting Resources

•  Meeting Boards (English-Spanish)

• Other Languages: Arabic | Amharic | Mongolian | Chinese

Presentations to Groups

Links to recordings and slides as presented will be linked as they become available.

• National Landing BID Transportation Subcommittee, Oct. 12, 2023
• Information Technology Advisory Committee, Oct. 25: Meeting Recording
• Transportation Commission, Oct. 26: Meeting Recording | Presentation Slides
• Planning Commission, Oct. 30: Meeting Recording, (starting at approx.1:20:00)
• Rosslyn BID Staff Call, Nov. 3
• Disability Advisory Commission, Nov. 21: Meeting Recording | Presentation Slides(PDF, 4MB)
• Ballston BID Meeting, Nov. 29

2024 events on next tab

• Open House 2 - 251 S 18th St Crystal City, Feb. 5, 2024
• Transportation Commission Meeting #3, Feb. 8: Meeting Recording | Slide Presentation(PDF, 1MB)
• Ballston BID Property Manager's Luncheon Presentation #1, Feb. 14
• Chamber Government Affairs Subcommittee Meeting #2, Feb. 21
• NLBID 23rd St Subcommitttee Meeting, Feb. 22
• Clarendon Alliance Exec Director Introduction Call, April 10
• Commission on Aging Meeting #1, June 17: Slide Presentation(PDF, 3MB)
• Ballston Property Manager's Luncheon Presentation #2, Aug. 21
• 55+ Program Presentation: "Performance Parking 101," Sept. 10: Slide Presentation(PDF, 2MB)
• ITS DC Conference 2024 Presentation to Industry on PPP Project, Sept. 26
• Code the Curb, Nov. 16

• Disability Advisory Commission Meeting #3, Feb. 17, 2025: Slide Presentation(PDF, 4MB)
• Chamber Government Affairs Subcommittee Meeting #3, Feb. 19
• Information Technology Advisory Committee Meeting #3, Feb. 26
• Transportation Commission Meeting #4, March 13
• Commission on Aging Meeting #2, April 21
• Ballston BID Property Manager's Luncheon Presentation #3, April 24