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Bicycle parking at new Reston Park & Ride Lot

Bike parking at new Sunset Hills Park and Ride lot

The new Silver Line station at Wiehle Ave in Reston is at the same location as the Reston East Park & Ride lot. A mixed use development will soon be under construction at that site, including a new Metro parking garage. The Reston East lot is scheduled to close on April 3. On that same date the replacement parking lot at the intersection of Town Center Parkway and Sunset Hills Rd will open, the Sunset Hills Park and Ride lot. The new lot is adjacent to the Reston Town Center and the W&OD Trail.

As you can see from the photo on the right, 10 new inverted U bike racks and several lockers were recently installed at the site. The really good news is that they appear to be installed correctly, adjacent to the bus pickup area, not stuck in some corner of the lot. Kudos to the bike coordinator for a job well done. The only thing that would make this even better would be a covering like the one on the left. We can dream can't we?

W&OD connector trail

There is a new connector trail from the park and ride lot to the W&OD Trail. Extra care will need to be taken here as this is located where cyclists on the W&OD Trail coming from the west are traveling fast after crossing the Town Center Parkway bridge.

Labels: W and OD Trail

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