FABB Blog

Can you spare a few hours to help make bicycling better in our local communities? The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) is trying to qualify for funding for better bike infrastructure. To do this, they need bike counts and volunteers to help do the counting. 

To participate volunteers need to log in and sign up for the specific location, date and time through the Fairfax County Volunteer portal here. 

The name of the project is “Counts for state funding – Bicycle and Pedestrian.” Opportunities are currently available to participate on October 10, 11, 23, 24 and 25 in the morning and afternoon (times are location dependent and are listed in the volunteer calendar). 

Counts are set to occur at the following locations: 

• Little River Turnpike at I-495 ramps
• Little River Turnpike at Conwell Drive
• Columbia Pike at Lincolnia Drive
• South Lakes Drive at Tanbark Drive (East)
• Franklin Farms Road at Thorngate  Drive
• Franklin Farms Road at Old Dairy Road
• Bluemont Way at Democracy Drive
• Fry Rd, 300 feet North of Richmond Highway 

If you live near these locations, won’t you please help FCDOT and your community by volunteering to do a bike count? 

And, if you can’t do a bike count, get some friends and family together and go for a ride past one or more of the eight locations. 

Thanks!

Reston friends! The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers to help count bicycles and pedestrians at the intersection of South Lakes Drive and Springwood Drive during June 2-4, 2018. Can you help? 

The collected data will determine the need for a crosswalk at the intersection. School bound bike traffic turns left at the intersection as do cyclists going to the trail that goes to the underpass under Soapstone.  The count will provide a helpful snapshot of current numbers of people walking and biking along this corridor before improvements are implemented.

Counting forms and instructions will be provided. No prior experience is necessary. If you are interested, you can sign up here. 

Just wanted to remind FABB members that there are still some slots available for volunteer bike counters for the Fairfax County Department of Transportation and BikeFairfax bike and pedestrian count.

This year's annual bicycle and pedestrian counts, which are part of the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, will be held on Thursday, September 14, from 5-7pm and on Saturday, September 16, from 12-2pm.

To sign up, please visit this Fairfax County volunteer site.  

Please sign up soon. Orientation training is scheduled for Thursday, September 7, from 6:30-7:30pm at 4050 Legato Road, Suite 400, in Fairfax. If you are unable to attend the orientation, the county will be able to provide you with training materials via email.

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is currently looking for volunteers to help with a bike and pedestrian count at two locations in Reston (Colts Neck Rd at the elementary school and Twin Branches at the pool). These roads are getting repaved in a few weeks and will receive new bike lanes and crosswalks. We would like to gather before and after pedestrian and bicycle data to better determine the impact of the infrastructure improvements.

The counting dates are June 6-11, 6am to 9pm. We will break up the counting period into 3h shifts: 6-9am, 9am-12pm, 12pm-3pm, 3pm-6pm, 6-9pm. On street parking is available at both counting locations if you prefer to count from the comfort of your car.

Please let me know if you are interested in participating, and which day(s) and shift(s) you would like to take on. Shifts will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.

We will send out training materials on how and what to count by the end of this week. We will also set up a volunteer sign up form for this opportunity in the Fairfax County volunteer system so that volunteers can be covered by insurance and log their hours.