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Close the Gap: Help Connect Chain Bridge Road to the I-66 Trail
A new shared-use path along Chain Bridge Road could make bicycling and walking in Fairfax City more convenient—but FABB believes the design needs to go farther to deliver a continuous connection. Please speak up and urge the city to extend the proposed path north...
Help Shape Safer Streets at Virtual Repaving/Restriping Meetings
Fairfax County riders have an opportunity to help shape new bicycle lanes and pedestrian crossings—and FABB encourages you to speak up! The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) will hold three virtual public meetings in early November to discuss...
Ride for Your Life on November 15
FABB encourages Northern Virginia riders to bring your bikes, your families, and your commitment to safer streets to Washington, DC, on Sunday, November 15, for Ride for Your Life 2026. This ride, walk, and rally will honor people killed in traffic crashes and demand...
Remember, Honor, Act: Join the World Day of Remembrance on November 15
Every person riding a bicycle, walking to school, or rolling through a neighborhood deserves to arrive safely. On Sunday, November 15, at 10:30 a.m., FABB encourages local riders to join Fairfax Families for Safe Streets and the Northern Virginia Families for Safe...
Protect Oakton’s Trails: Speak Up on Alternative 2A
Oakton-area riders have an opportunity to help shape transportation improvements—and protect a valued trail connection. Fairfax County is seeking feedback on concepts presented at the October 5 meeting for the Oakton Congestion and Safety Study. FABB urges local...
Help Shape a More Bikeable Springfield
Fairfax County continues to develop a new vision for the Franconia-Springfield area that could guide growth and transportation decisions for the next 20 years or more. Local bicyclists should make sure our voices are part of that vision. On Tuesday, October 20,...
Random Hills Trail Connection Now Open
Good news for Fairfax County bicyclists: the new Random Hills Park connection to the I-66 Parallel Trail is now open! The Fairfax County Park Authority project adds approximately 1,000 feet of paved trail, connecting the I-66 Parallel Trail with the existing trail...
Speak Up for Smarter, Safer Transportation Priorities
Virginia is deciding how to spend billions of dollars on transportation—and bicyclists have an opportunity to tell state officials that safer streets, better bicycling and walking connections, transit, and maintenance of the infrastructure we already have should come...
Celebrate the Mount Vernon Trail
The Mount Vernon Trail is officially joining the Hall of Fame—and local bicyclists are invited to help celebrate! Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) and the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail will hold a special ceremony on Thursday, October 8, at 10:30 a.m. at the...