2050 Eastern Gateway Concept Plan - City of Falls Church

may be waived by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
subject to conditions listed in Section 9-610 of the FCZO.
Maximum building height is 90 feet and may be increased
under approval by the Board of Supervisors under Section 9-
607. Minimum floor area ratio (FAR) is 0.80, but an increase of
1.0 may be permitted by the Board of Supervisors under
Section 9-618. 16 All regulations listed pertain to existing land
use classifications and zoning requirements, which will be subject
to change in this study.
Transportation and Parking
Average Daily Traffic
The Eastern Gateway and adjacent communities in Falls Church
and Arlington experience relatively high traffic volumes from
commuters and residents working, shopping, and doing business
in the area. Table 3.2 highlights the principal and minor
arterials serving the Eastern Gateway, and the related traffic
counts obtained from the Virginia Department of
Transportation. 17
Existing Transit Services
The Falls Church Eastern Gateway and East Falls Church Metro
Station are generally well served by a range of local and
regional public transportation services, including GEORGE, the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority
(WMATA) and Arlington Transit (ART). A brief description of the
providers’ services to Falls Church and the study area are
described below, with Table 3.3 including further details such as
fares and service hours for the routes that serve Falls Church
from each system. Note that bus services to the East and West
Falls Church Metro Stations are highlighted because these two
stations represent the major transit hubs that provide access to
Falls Church, though the stations physically lie just outside the
city boundaries. See Appendix A for route maps and schedules,
where available.
Table 3.2: VDOT Traffic Counts at Major Road Segments in the Falls
Church’s Eastern Gateway (2008)
Virginia
State
Route 7
U.S.
Route
338
Roosevelt
Street
Roosevelt
Boulevard
Street Name Type Traffic Counts AADT/AA
WDT
Leesburg Pike, Principal From Cherry 22,000/2
Broad Street Arterial St to East 4,000
Corporate
Hillwood
Avenue
N/A
N/A
Minor Arterial
Urban
Collector
Urban Minor
Arterial
Limit
From Cherry
St to South St
From Route 7
to Tuckahoe St
From the
South
Corporate
Limit Falls
Church to
Roosevelt St
8,500/9,
300
2,400/2,
600
18,000/2
0,000