Transportation Choices

APS Multimodal Transportation Options

Arlington Public Schools encourages its communities to utilize health, green transportation options when traveling to and from APS schools and sites. Promoting these options is the focus of APS Go!, a community-wide, school-driven process that raises awareness and provides incentives, information and encouragement related to walking, biking, transit, car/vanpooling and school busing. Using these different modes to get to school makes us healthier, activates our brains, helps us build community, share experiences, save money, and help the environment. It’s a win-win for everyone!

APS families and employees can use the following resources to help plan travel on bike, on foot, on the bus or in carpools. Be sure to test out different options to find the one(s) that fit you best, and try them on a day when you aren’t in a rush.

Be on the lookout for these great events too! Walk to School Day in October, Love the Bus Week in February, and Bike to School Day in May.

Active Transportation

BikeArlington – Resources to encourage more bicycle riding, including maps and education classes

WalkArlington – Resources to help get more people walking, more of the time

Family/Student Resources:

APS Safe Routes to School – National program that works to make it safer and easier for students to walk or bike to school

Car Free Near Me  – Personalized transportation planning web app

iRide – SmarTrip card for students 6 years and older that offers discounted fare on ART buses. (Students 5 and under ride transit for free.)

Dieta Ceta-Auto – La Dieta Cero-Auto de Arlington te ofrece alternativas para llevar un estilo de vida diferente, fácil y divertido, sin necesidad de un auto.

Staff Resources:

APS Transit Flexible Spending Account – Pre-tax paycheck deductions for transit expenses

APS Commuter Benefits and Assistance Programs 

Arlington Transportation Partners – Arlington County Commuter Services’ Business-to-Business Transportation Consultants

Car Free A to Z – Plan your commute, compare transportation options, find healthiest, cheapest, greenest way to travel

Car Free Diet – Tips to help you leave your car at home

Car Free Near Me  – Personalized transportation planning web app

Commuter Connections Ride Matching – APS staff portal for ride matching and Guaranteed Ride Home

Commuter Direct – Helps you buy transit tickets and passes and have them delivered to your door

Commuter Page – Information about transportation options for the Washington, D.C. area, including commuter rail (MARC and VRE), Metro bus and rail, local bus systems and more

Dieta Ceta-Auto – La Dieta Cero-Auto de Arlington te ofrece alternativas para llevar un estilo de vida diferente, fácil y divertido, sin necesidad de un auto.

Vanpool Connect – Program to assist staff in joining or creating a vanpool