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Getting Around Clarendon

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Clarendon Metro station, on Metrorail's Orange Line, is in the center of Clarendon's shopping area. Metrobus and ART routes also serve the neighborhood. The Arlington Boulevard Trail provides bicycle access, and on-street bike lanes make it easy to bike around this urban village. Scroll down or choose a link below for more information about getting around Clarendon.

Metrorail | Metrobus | ART-Arlington Transit | Bicycling & Bikesharing | Walking | Carsharing | Taxis | Maps | Metro's Trip Planner (door-to-door instructions) | Transit Fares & Information

Metrorail

Regional rail service for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

• Clarendon station, on the Orange Line. Highland St., between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds. Elevator (handicapped access): Clarendon Park, next to Clarendon Metro station, between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds.
• CommuterPage.com® Metro system page – news and information about Metrorail and Metrobus
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) – operators of the Metro system

Metrobus

Regional bus service for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For additional bus routes, see ART, below.

• Metrobus routes serving Clarendon
  • Metrobus 38B – Ballston-Farragut Square
• CommuterPage.com® Metro System page – news and information about Metrobus and Metrorail, schedules and maps, more
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), operators of the Metro system

Arlington Transit–ART

ART is Arlington's local bus service. For additional bus service, see Metrobus, above.

• ART Routes serving Clarendon
  • ART 41 – Columbia Pike-Ballston-Court House
  • ART 42 – Ballston-Pentagon
  • ART 77 – Shirlington-Lyon Park-Court House
• ArlingtonTransit.com – general information, route maps and schedules

Bicycling & Bikesharing

• Bike Access – Clarendon and Wilson Boulevards both have bike lanes throughout the Clarendon area, providing connections to Court House and Virginia Square. Bike lanes on Fairfax Drive and Kirkwood Road link Clarendon to Ballston and the Custis Trail. Highland Street provides a good connection to the Arlington Boulevard Trail.
• Bike Parking – Bike parking is available at the Clarendon Metro Station, in the parking garage at the Market Common Clarendon and at on-street locations throughout Clarendon.
• Capital Bikeshare - Clarendon has several Capital Bikeshare stations, allowing anyone to pick up a bike for point to point travel at any time. The Clarendon stations make it easy to bike to other Capital Bikeshare stations throughout Arlington County, DC and Alexandria.
• Bicycling general information
  • BikeArlington.com
    
  • CommuterPage.com® Bicycling and Bikesharing page
  • Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA)

Walking

• Custis Trail – see “Bike Access” above.
• WalkArlington
  • WalkArlington Walkabout – Clarendon-Court House
    

Carsharing

• Zipcar – Car sharing locations in Clarendon and throughout the Ballston-Rosslyn corridor
• Car Sharing at Metro stations – information about WMATA's partnership with Zipcar to provide car sharing
• CommuterPage.com® Carsharing page – information about carsharing in the D.C. area

Taxis

• Blue Top Cab
• Red Top Cab
• CommuterPage.com® Taxicabs page – information about taxicabs in the Washington, D.C. area

Maps

• Clarendon Metro Station Neighborhood Map (StationMasters)
• Arlington Transit Options Map (PDF, 4.1 MB, Adobe Reader required)
• BikeArlington.com Maps and Rides page – includes a PDF version of the Arlington County Bike Map.
• Metrobus schedules and maps (CommuterPage.com)
• Metrorail system map (WMATA)

Metro's Trip Planner

Use Metro's Trip Planner to find out exactly how to get where you want to go in the Washington, D.C. area, using Metro bus and rail and local bus systems. The Trip Planner asks you where you're starting and when and where you want to go. Then it finds the best way for you to get there using the Metro system and local bus systems.

Transit Fares & Information

• CommuterPage.com® – Easy commutes begin here®.
• CommuterDirect.com® – Purchase transit fares online.
• The Commuter Store® - Brick-and-mortar stores with four Arlington locations and a Mobile Commuter Store.