Capital Bikeshare is finally arriving in the Herndon and Huntington areas.
The bicycle-sharing service operated by Lyft is rolling out 10 new docking stations around the Innovation Center and Huntington Metro stations earlier this month, years after they were initially proposed.
Installations in the Innovation Center area began earlier this month, and all six stations are expected to be in place by early next week, according to the Fairfax County Department of Transportation. Four stations will then be added in Huntington.
“We anticipate all station installations being completed by the end of next week, weather permitting,” FCDOT spokesperson Benjamin Boxer said.
The locations of the stations are:
Innovation Center
- Innovation Center Metro South (next to the station’s southern entrance)
- Carta Way at Sayward Blvd
- Coppermine Road and River Birch Road
- Dulles Technology Drive at Sunrise Valley Drive
- Woodland Park Road at Cooperative Way
- McNair Farms Drive and Thomas Jefferson Drive
Huntington
- Huntington Metro North
- Huntington Avenue and Metroview Parkway
- Huntington Avenue and Farrington Avenue
- Huntington Avenue & Old Richmond Highway
The new stations will be stocked with a combination of traditional and electric bicycles, though the mix will fluctuate going forward as the bikes are moved by riders and redistributed based on demand.
In addition, Capital Bikeshare will roll out 71 new bikes — including 70 electric bikes — across the county’s network “over the next few weeks,” according to the Fairfax County Department of Transportation.
“This is a key milestone in the multimodal vision for these two Metro station communities,” FCDOT spokesperson Benjamin Boxer said by email. “Bikeshare provides another option for biking to and from mass transit, commercial centers, leisure and more without the need to own and maintain your own bicycle — and it helps reduce trips in a car.”
After the expansion this August, Fairfax County will have 94 Capital Bikeshare stations total with more than 500 bikes, 215 of them electric.
Additional stations are expected this fall in the Town of Vienna, and FCDOT shared plans last summer for an expansion into Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads. Those stations are currently projected to arrive in spring 2026, Boxer says.
Capital Bikeshare has more than 800 stations with approximately 8,000 bicycles across the D.C. region.
Reporting record growth over the past year, with this spring’s National Cherry Blossom Festival bringing a single-day high of 35,569 trips, the company announced last month that it would increase its prices, starting Aug. 1. Changes included an increase in annual membership rates from $95 to $120 per year, 30-day passes from $20 to $25, and day passes from $8 to $10.
Screenshot via FCDOT
