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Completed path gives residents direct route to Innovation Center Metro station

Published March 3, 2026 at 2:45PM

Fairfax County officials celebrate the completion of the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access project (via Fairfax County/YouTube)

After more than a year of construction and a decade of planning, residents who live north of the Innovation Center Metro station near Herndon can finally walk or bike directly to the transit stop.

Fairfax County officials cut a ribbon last Friday (Feb. 27) to celebrate the completion of the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access project, which added a shared-use path and two pedestrian bridges to connect the neighborhoods along Farougi Court and Apgar Place to the Metro station’s kiss-and-ride lot.

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Fairfax County seeks corporate sponsors, more varied locations for Capital Bikeshare network

By Scott McCaffrey

Published February 25, 2026 at 10:00AM

A Capital Bikeshare station outside Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County officials are working on ways to reduce financial subsidies required to support Capital Bikeshare — with finding a countywide or regional sponsor as one potential option.

That would make the local rental bicycle and e-bike service more like Citi Bike in New York City, which is able to run without taxpayer subsidies thanks to high volume, somewhat higher rider costs and a financial partner in Citigroup.

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FCDOT to design protected bike facilities on part of Sunrise Valley Drive

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 3, 2025 at 9:15AM

Sunrise Valley Drive at Innovation Center Drive in Herndon (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

With a recently awarded grant, Fairfax County can begin designing protected bicycle facilities along Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station, the latest effort to make the roadway more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.

At its Nov. 19 meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) unanimously approved $84,000 for the Sunrise Valley Drive Protected Bicycle Infrastructure project as part of its fiscal year 2026-2027 Transit Within Reach program.

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Two bicyclists injured in separate crashes near W&OD Trail on Sunday

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 30, 2025 at 10:00AM

Fairfax County police and other first responders block Cedar Lane at the W&OD Trail crossing in Dunn Loring after a crash on Sept. 28, 2025 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Two bicyclists were injured on the same day in separate crashes at Washington & Old Dominion Trail crossings in Fairfax County.

Officers were first dispatched on Sunday (Sept. 28) around 10:28 a.m. to the 2300 block of Cedar Lane in Dunn Loring for a crash involving “a vehicle versus a bicyclist,” according to scanner traffic. A dispatcher told responders that a medic would be required.

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Fairfax County announces plans for new bike lanes and crosswalk improvements

By Vernon Miles

Published September 17, 2025 at 3:30PM | Updated September 22, 2025 at 11:58AM

Fairfax County is developing a program to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety (staff photo by Scott Fields)

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) announced yesterday that a series of meetings over the next month will cover plans to add new bike lanes and marked crosswalks around the county.

According to FCDOT, the restriping is scheduled for next year’s repaving season, which typically begins in the spring and ends in November.

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County board irked by sluggish pace of pedestrian, bicyclist improvements

By Scott McCaffrey

Published September 17, 2025 at 9:15AM

The Pedal with Petals Family Bike Ride returned to Tysons in 2024 for its second year (courtesy Tysons Community Alliance)

County supervisors reacted unhappily to how little of their approved funding for pedestrian and bicyclist improvements has filtered down to completed projects.

“How completely unacceptable — it has to change,” said Dranesville Supervisor Jimmy Bierman to the news that only about $12 million of the $82.1 million approved for improvements has been encumbered or spent.

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Plan for road diet with bike lanes on Huntington Avenue stalls

By Jared Serre

Published August 25, 2025 at 10:30AM

The proposed road diet concept for Huntington Avenue at Telegraph Road (via FCDOT)

A plan to add bike lanes and reconfigure part of Huntington Avenue in the Mount Vernon District has come to a halt without a clear path forward.

The project, which was a joint effort of Virginia’s Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT), has stalled after multiple years of planning, both agencies told FFXnow.

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Capital Bikeshare expands to Herndon area, Huntington Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2025 at 2:45PM

A Capital Bikeshare station at the West Falls Church Metro station (file photo)

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.

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County proposes design changes to make Gallows Road more bicycle and pedestrian-friendly

By Jared Serre

Published July 21, 2025 at 3:45PM

Fairfax County DOT official Mike Garcia speaks with a resident at Kilmer Middle School (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Fairfax County officials have outlined a long-term improvement plan for Gallows Road that they hope will support a more harmonious relationship between drivers and pedestrians.

Presented at community meetings on July 15 and 17, the “preferred alternatives” in the Gallows Road multimodal transportation study aim to modernize the corridor due to an increasing presence of active transportation — those who walk, jog and bike.

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Ranking shows how Fairfax’s bicycle-friendliness stacks up to other U.S. cities

By Vernon Miles

Published July 11, 2025 at 10:00AM

Bicyclists crossing Church Street in Vienna at the Washington & Old Dominion Trail (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A ranking of localities by their bicycle-friendliness has Fairfax City near the top in Virginia.

The City of Fairfax came in seventh place in Virginia in PeopleForBikes’ 2025 ranking of cities, which were released in mid-June. Fairfax came in 22nd across the south as a whole, and 286th in the U.S.