Getting Around Clarendon

Clarendon Metro station, on Metrorail's Orange and Silver lines, 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 & Bike-Sharing | Shared Electric Scooters | Walking | Car-Sharing | Taxis | Maps | Trip Planners | Transit Fares & Information | Real-Time

Metrorail

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

• Clarendon station, on the Orange and Silver lines. Highland St., between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds. Elevator (handicapped access): Clarendon Park, next to Clarendon Metro station, between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds.
• Bus service map from Clarendon Station (PDF) – includes bus boarding locations
• CommuterPage.com® Metro System page – information about Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) – operators of the Metro system

Metrobus

Regional bus service for the Washington, D.C. area, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). For additional bus routes, see ART, below.

• Metrobus routes serving Clarendon
  • Metrobus 4B - Pershing Dr.-Arlington Blvd.
  • Metrobus 38B – Ballston-Farragut Square
• WMATA Bus Schedules page
• Bus service map from Clarendon Station (PDF) – includes bus boarding locations
• CommuterPage.com® Metro System page – information about Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess
• 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 45 - Columbia Pike-DHS/Sequoia-Rosslyn
  • ART 62 - Court House Metro-Lorcom Lane-Ballston Metro
  • ART 77 - Shirlington-Lyon Park-Courthouse
• Bus service map from Clarendon Station (PDF) – includes bus boarding locations
• ArlingtonTransit.com – information, route maps and schedules

Bicycling & Bike-Sharing

• Bike facilities – Clarendon and Wilson Boulevards both have bike lanes through Clarendon, providing connections to Courthouse 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 – available at the Clarendon Metro Station, in the parking garage at the Market Common Clarendon and at on-street locations throughout Clarendon.
• Capital Bikeshare – stations along Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards, Fairfax Drive, and 10th Street N.
• Bicycling general information
  • Car-Free Diet Bicycling page
  • Car-Free Diet Shared Mobility Devices page
  • Arlington County Shared Micro-Mobility Devices page
  • BikeArlington.com
  • Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA)

Shared Electric Scooters

Arlington County is allowing shared e-scooters under a demonstration program. Several companies hold permits to operate in Arlington.

• Car-Free Diet Shared Mobility Devices page
• Arlington County Shared Micro-Mobility Devices page

Walking

• Custis Trail – see “Bicycling & Bikesharing” above.
• WalkArlington – information about walking in Arlington

Car-Sharing

• Zipcar – car-sharing locations throughout the Ballston-Rosslyn corridor
• CommuterPage.com® Car-Sharing page – information about car-sharing in the D.C. area

Taxis

• Arlington Blue Top Cab
• Arlington Yellow Cab (703) 522-2222
• CommuterPage.com® Taxicabs, Uber, Lyft page – information about taxicabs and transportation network companies in the Washington, D.C. area

Maps

• Arlington's Car-Free Diet Map – map of Arlington showing bus routes, bike routes, bicycle/pedestrian trails, Metro stations, Capital Bikeshare stations, and more. (PDF, 4.5 MB, Adobe Reader required.)
• Car-Free Near Me™ – maps transportation facilities near any location you choose in Arlington or the Washington, D.C. area, and provides real-time information for ART and Metrobus stops, Capital Bikeshare stations, and more.
• BikeArlington.com Maps & Routes page – includes PDF versions of the Arlington County Bike Map and Bicycle Comfort Level Map.
• CommuterPage.com Maps & Trip Planners page
• Metro's Maps page

Trip Planners

• Use Metro's Trip Planner to find out how to get where you want to go in the Washington, D.C. area, using Metrobus 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.
• CommuterPage.com Maps & Trip Planners page

Transit Fares & Information

• CommuterPage.com® – information about car-free transportation options in the Washington, D.C. area
• CommuterDirect.com® – purchase transit fares online
• The Commuter Store® – five Arlington brick-and-mortar store locations and Mobile Commuter Stores. A Mobile Store makes regularly-scheduled visits to Clarendon, on Clarendon Blvd. near Highland St. Mobile Store schedule.

Real-Time

Real-time transportation information for Clarendon