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Published January 6, 2023 at 10:15AM

Haycock Road bridge over I-66 (via Google Maps)

A proposed shared-use path on Haycock Road over I-66 is among several pedestrian and bicycle projects in the West Falls Church Metro station area that the McLean Citizens Association believes Fairfax County should prioritize for funding.

The organization, which routinely weighs in on issues affecting the greater McLean area, approved a resolution on Wednesday (Jan. 4) endorsing 19 projects recommended by an advisory group that the county convened to study the West Falls Church Transit Station Area’s (TSA) active transportation infrastructure.

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Police: Bicyclist runs into box truck in Annandale, taken to hospital

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 6, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated January 7, 2023 at 11:23AM

Fairfax County police car (file photo)

(Updated at 11:25 a.m. on 1/7/2023) A collision involving a box truck and a bicyclist on Columbia Pike in Annandale last night (Thursday) sent the latter to the hospital.

The crash occurred near the John Marr Drive intersection around 6:52 p.m. It was initially reported to Fairfax County’s dispatch center as a large box truck hitting a motorcycle, but that was later corrected to “a box truck versus a bicyclist,” according to scanner traffic.

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Federal funds secured for cycle path to Innovation Center Metro station

By Fatimah Waseem

Published December 22, 2022 at 1:30PM | Updated December 22, 2022 at 2:00PM

A walkway over Sunrise Valley Drive leads to the Innovation Center Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A cycle path to the Innovation Center Metro station is circling closer to construction.

Roughly $4 million in federal funding was secured for the project, which will include a cycle path from Sunrise Valley Drive to Innovation Metro Station, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced yesterday.

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Tysons Bikeshare stations may be shuffled from office to residential sites

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 12, 2022 at 1:30PM

Two parking spaces on Chain Bridge Road near Kingston at McLean Crossing could be replaced by a Capital Bikeshare station (via Fairfax County)

Much has changed in the landscape of Tysons and people’s travel habits since Capital Bikeshare first pulled into town in 2016.

As a result, Fairfax County plans to relocate some of the bicycle-sharing company’s 15 established stations in the area to new spots that better accommodate Tysons’ growing residential population and the rise of remote work accelerated by the pandemic.

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Here’s where the new Huntington and Franconia Capital Bikeshare stations could go

By Matt Blitz

Published December 8, 2022 at 3:00PM

The soon-to-be location of a new Capital Bikeshare station on Fort Drive in Huntington (staff photo by Matt Blitz)

Fairfax County is adding seven Capital Bikeshare electric bicycle stations in the Franconia District, splitting them between the Franconia/Springfield Metro station and the Huntington transit station area.

Last week, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) held a public meeting where it laid out its plan for the expansion of the Capital Bikeshare program in the Franconia District.

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Report recommends Haycock Road diet, ‘slow streets’ and sidewalks for West Falls Church Metro area

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 7, 2022 at 2:15PM

A new report recommends pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the West Falls Church Transit Station Area (via Fairfax County)

The pedestrian and bicycle network around the West Falls Church Metro station in Idylwood is uncomfortable to use in some places and nonexistent in many others, a newly released report found.

The West Falls Church Active Transportation Study confirms community complaints that local roads are unsafe and inadequate for current residents, let alone the influx of newcomers anticipated with 1.8 million square feet of new development planned in the transit station area (TSA).

Around Town

Photos: Hundreds of bicycle racers compete at Reston’s Lake Fairfax Park, raising money to restore trails

By Jay Westcott

Published December 6, 2022 at 3:45PM

Bicycle racers compete in the Capital Cross Classic, a cyclocross race, at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Close to 600 racers gathered at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston over the weekend to raise money for the park’s trails.

The annual event, called 2022 Capital Cross Classic, took place on Sunday (Dec. 4) at the park, which is located at 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive.

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Fairfax County seeks to boost bicycle parking with new requirements for developers

By Matt Blitz

Published November 30, 2022 at 1:30PM

Bicycles parked outside the Greensboro Metro station entrance in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County hopes to increase the availability of bicycle parking spaces by establishing a tiered system that sets minimum requirements for developers.

At a land use committee meeting last week, the Board of Supervisors received an update on the county’s Parking Reimagined project, a comprehensive overhaul of the county’s three-decade-old parking requirements.

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Capital Bikeshare could expand to Vienna, Franconia and Huntington

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 30, 2022 at 9:30AM

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

Fairfax County might soon expand its Capital Bikeshare network beyond the Silver Line corridor.

The county’s transportation department has proposed adding 28 new stations, including seven in the Franconia District and 21 additional locations in the Providence District.

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County allocates funds for pedestrian improvements, including at Reston Town Center

By Fatimah Waseem

Published November 3, 2022 at 10:15AM

The intersection of Gallows Road and Cottage Street in the Dunn Loring area, commuting time on an autumn Monday morning (file photo via Fairfax County)

Two pedestrian and bicyclist improvements on Bluemont Way and Green Range Drive in Reston were among more than a dozen projects granted funding earlier this week. by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors earlier this week.

At a meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 1), the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved $5 million for active transportation and maintenance projects, including $2.7 million for two crosswalk improvement projects in each magisterial district.