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The Transportation Department is responsible for managing mobility
options and quality of service for the City of Arlington through transportation
programming, planning, policy development, and operations. The
Transportation Department is made up of three divisions – Transportation
Planning and Programming, Handitran, and the Municipal Airport.

The Transportation Planning and Programming division is responsible for
long-range transportation planning efforts including Connect Arlington, the
City’s transportation framework, the Thoroughfare Development Plan and the
Hike and Bike System Master Plan. The division also manages the City’s contracted public transportation service, the Arlington
On-Demand Rideshare service. Acquisition and management of grant funding in addition to planning, programming and
operations for autonomous vehicle services, urban air mobility, and other innovative transportation programs also come from
this division.
The Handitran division provides demand-response door-to-door, rideshare
transportation for eligible residents with disabilities that prevent them from
driving or are 65 years of age or older. The service is provided through a
mix of City-owned/operated ADA accessible vans and a contracted vehicle
service. Handitran operates Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 10
p.m. and Saturday’s from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The service area includes
the Arlington city limits plus an additional 1.5 miles beyond the City’s
border.

The Arlington Municipal Airport is a full-service general aviation airport that
is owned by the City of Arlington. Designated as a National Airport, it provides an alternative to DFW Airport and Love Field, for
flight training, corporate, cargo, charter, and private aviation. Approximately 230 aircraft and 18 businesses are based at the
Airport, including Bell’s Flight Test Research Center, Van Bortel Aircraft,
Inc., Harrison Aviation, and Airline Transport Professionals (ATP). The
Airport provides fifty-six T-hangars, two commercial hangars, and 52 tie-
downs for lease, in addition to those offered by FMF and Airport
Properties, Inc. The terminal building (LEED Gold certified) houses
Airport Operations and six businesses. Runway 16/34 is 6,080 ft. long
by 100 ft. wide, with east and west parallel taxiways. Air Traffic Control
services are provided through the FAA’s Federal Contract Tower
program.

Arlington Water Utilities provides safe, high-quality drinking water to Arlington’s nearly 400,000 residents, more than 14
million yearly visitors, and thousands of people served by the department’s wholesale water customers in Tarrant County.
Arlington operates two water treatment plants with a combined daily production capacity of 172.5 million gallons per-day. The
department is responsible for the maintenance and operation of more than 1,256 miles of sanitary sewer main and more than
1,462 miles of water main.

Arlington Water is made up of seven divisions – Customer Care and
Business Services, Operations, Treatment, Engineering and Support
Services, Administration, Financial Services, and Communications.
Some key tasks for the department include forecasting financial
needs for rate setting, water treatment, water and sewer line
construction and maintenance, and water conservation initiatives.
The Lake Arlington Native Plant and Pollinator Garden is a
conservation outreach project of Arlington Water. The garden offers

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