This Week in FABB: 2014

This Week in FABB: 2014

FABB hopes you will take some time this week and celebrate–perhaps with a ride–the fifth-year anniversary of the Fairfax County Bicycle Master Plan.  It was at the end of October 2014 that the Board of Supervisors held the final public hearing on the plan...
Bike Gear Trade-In Event in Vienna

Bike Gear Trade-In Event in Vienna

We were sad to see that the bike shop, Spokes, Etc at Belle View in Alexandria is temporarily closed after a fire at the shopping center shuttered it and several other businesses. Because of the closure a scheduled event to let people sell their old bikes and cycling...
FABB Weighs In on Long Bridge Project

FABB Weighs In on Long Bridge Project

Although not in Fairfax County, one of the most important transportation projects in our region is the planned rebuilding of Long Bridge, the lone bridge that carriers rail traffic across the Potomac River between Virginia and the District. Proposals to renovate the...
This Week in FABB: 2011

This Week in FABB: 2011

Eight years ago this week the Old Dominion released its State Bicycle Policy Plan. This document still guides planning by the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, which provides planning assistance to state and local...