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I-495 Southside Express Lanes Study Meetings
FABB encourages Alexandria-area riders to participate in Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) public information meetings to provide information about the I-495 Southside Express Lanes study and demand consideration of including a shared-use path in the...
May FABB Meeting: Focus on Active Transportation
Please plan now to join FABB for our next virtual meeting on Wednesday, May 18, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. We are happy to announce that our feature speaker will be Nicole Wynands, Active Transportation Planner for Fairfax County Active Transportation Program. You can...
Spring Hill/Lewinsville Roads Intersection Improvement Study Meeting
FABB encourages local Tysons and McLean riders to Speak Up! for better bike infrastructure as part of plans to improve the dangerous intersection for Spring Hill and Lewinsville Roads. The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) will host a virtual meeting...
Speak Up! for Proposed Fairfax City Trail Connection
Fairfax City is preparing an application for Smart Scale funding to complete a trail connection across Route 50 between the George Snyder Trail (currently in design) and the Willcoxon Trail, which connects further east with the Cross-County Trail. Share your ideas...
Speak Up! for Bicycle Projects for Northern Virginia
Fairfax County riders have until midnight, May 22, to show their support for bicycle projects included in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) FY2022-2027 Six Year Program (SYP). You can Speak Up! directly at a hybrid public hearing, offering both...
Support Planned Shared-Use Path Along Route 28
FABB encourages local riders to participate in an FCDOT virtual stakeholder meeting for the Route 28 Widening Project on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 12 Noon to 1:30 pm. Presentations will update the community on the status of the project, upcoming construction...
VDOT Spring Transportation Meeting
FABB is encouraging Fairfax County riders to offer their ideas on making better bicycling part of Virginia Department of Transportation projects in person and on line. The in-person opportunity is on Wednesday, May 4, at the VDOT spring transportation and Commonwealth...
Speak Up! to Improve Visualize 2045
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is updating its Visualize 2045 long-range transportation plan for the metropolitan Washington region. The draft, however, is woefully unbalanced against transit and other forms of multi-modal...
Revive the Bicycle Commuter Benefit
Act now to ask Congress to encourage bike commuting with tax incentives to make biking more accessible, affordable, and attainable. Bicycling to work has numerous benefits for the people biking and for society at large, including better health outcomes, lower...