• The City will be re-evaluating key components of the project at the West Taylor Run and Duke Street intersection. As such, certain materials and graphics may come at later dates than previously anticipated.

• The City will be proceeding forward in evaluating the Telegraph Road access point with the standard intersection design and the compact intersection design. The concepts will be including controlled pedestrian crossings at one or both ramps. The evaluation will include both environmental and operational assessments to determine the preferred design.

  • Standard intersection design graphic

  • Compact intersection design graphic

  • The City hosted a community meeting on November 15. 

    • View the recorded PRESENTATION 
    • If you have any further questions please contact the City project manager below.

• See FAQs  at the bottom of the page 

• To better evaluate the feasibility and success of shorter-term solutions to more immediately address the neighborhood cut-through traffic concerns voiced by the community, the project team is working through a two-phased pilot to address traffic congestion along Duke Street and shift cut-through traffic off neighborhood streets.  With new access to a data management platform, the City is better equipped to evaluate changes and understand the impacts to the community.  Visit the project page for more information about the Duke Street Traffic Mitigation Pilots.
• The traffic mitigation Phase I pilot used signal timing changes to successfully reduce cut-through traffic trips during the afternoon rush hour on West Taylor Run Parkway by 47% and even more on other neighborhood streets, shifting the traffic to Quaker Lane.  

• The project team is continuing to work with the community and garner feedback on Phase II of the pilot. Phase II includes reinstating Phase I signal timing AND restricting access from West Taylor Run Parkway to the Telegraph Road ramp.  The pilot will test how traffic patterns shift for cut-through drivers as well as the impact on the immediate neighborhood.  The larger intersection project proposes this closure. The Phase II pilot has been extended to March 2023.  

• This project is being closely coordinated with Duke Street Transitway corridor redesign project.  Community engagement has been ongoing in October 2022 and November 2022.  Information boards  have been presented with initial ideas at West Taylor Run and Duke Street during these meetings.

The Duke and West Taylor Run Parkway intersection has been the topic of discussion for a number of years and was identified as a high crash location through the City's Vision Zero Program.  The Central Alexandria Traffic Study (CATS) Task Force took a comprehensive look at traffic issues in the area and included among the final recommendations that City staff pursue short- and long-term improvements to the intersection of Duke Street, and West Taylor Run Parkway and their impacts on surrounding neighborhoods.   The Task Force, comprised of civic association leaders,  recommended The City began to address the recommendations immediately and sought funding for both short and long-term solutions and Redesign the W. Taylor Run - Duke Street Intersection, with the primary objectives of reducing cut-through traffic and improving safety.  The city was then awarded $5.7M funds from Virginia’s Smart Scale Program contributing to the redesign of the West Taylor Run Parkway intersection, as well as additional access to the Telegraph Road interchange.

 In February 2019, the City hosted a community meeting to get input on the concerns and issues at the intersection of Duke Street and West Taylor Run Parkway. The concept plan that was included in the grant application was shared, and the community provided feedback on the design.  The team discussed the timeline, funding, and process for community engagement for both the short and long-term recommendations for this project.  However, the project was put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic due staffing needs for other City priorities.  

In 2021, the City project team expanded to include consultants who would assist with traffic analysis and concept designs for both the ramp and the intersection.  They also worked with the community to design a two-phase Pilot that would test various signal timing and intersection design options to measure the impact of traffic congestion along Duke Street and alleviate cut-through traffic in the neighborhoods.  The first pilot was completed in April 2021 and showed very positive results.  The second pilot is ongoing and will be completed in March 2023. Staff engaged with the community in fall 2022 to cover design options for the West Taylor Run and Duke Street project.  

The project team will evaluate the feedback from the community and consider a design that best meets the goals of the project, aligns with the CATs Task Force Recommendation, the Alexandria Mobility Plan and the goals of Vision Zero.  

• Multimodal Transportation Analysis  - Ongoing
• First Round of Community Outreach/ Engagement – Completed in Nov-Dec 2022
• Concept Design – Spring 2023
• Second Round of Community Outreach/ Engagement – Spring 2023
• Design - Fall 2023
• Community Outreach/ Engagement – Winter 2024
• Construction - 2024/2025 (Potential for short-term mitigation implementation earlier)

• West Taylor Run and Duke Street Project Information Boards
• Duke Street Traffic Mitigation Pilots 
• Central Alexandria Traffic Study Community Meeting – 2/4/2019
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Central Alexandria Traffic Study (CATS) Recommendations Progress
  • CATS Comments Summary

Contact: Daniel.Scolese@AlexandriaVA.gov