Monday, September 24, 2018
Inaugural Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail Ride with Bike Fairfax
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation and Bike Fairfax want you to join them in celebrating Bike Your Park Day this Saturday with a six-mile family ride from Wakefield Park to Lake Accotink via the Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail.
Congressman Connolly is expected to officially kick off the ride, which will start and finish at the Audrey Moore RECenter, 8100 Braddock Road, Annandale, beginning at 10 a.m.
Bike Fairfax is part of FCDOT's bicycle and pedestrian programs. The Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail is a 40-mile long hiking and biking trail that begins in Occoquan and ends in Great Falls.
To RSVP for the ride, please send a note to bikefairfax@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Labels: bike your park day, bikefairfax, congressman connolly, cross county trail, FCDOT
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Learn to Ride with FABB!
FABB is holding adult ( 18+) learn to ride classes on August 11th and September 8th at the Fairfax County Government Center. These two hour class will be taught by League of American Bicyclists-certified instructors, and are a great chance to learn to ride in a safe and secure environment. Participants will learn the basics of riding, including balance and how to control the bike with brakes. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
Help us spread the word by sharing this blog post with anyone you know that may be interested.
Register and find more information here.
Labels: bikefairfax, learn to bike, learn to ride
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Job Openings for Transportation Planners
Our friends at the Fairfax County Department of Transportation asked us to help spread the word that two full-time positions with benefits with FCDOT’s Capital Projects and Traffic Engineering Division are available for qualified applicants. These are excellent opportunities for the right individuals to have a direct impact on making bicycling better in Fairfax County.
The first position is for a Bicycle Pedestrian Transportation Planner, who is responsible for project management for bicycle and pedestrian transportation capital projects and non-capital program areas and outreach. A competitive candidate will need a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field plus two years of experience related to transportation planning. More details about the position, requirements, and pay and benefits can be found here. The job listing closes this Friday at 5:00 pm.
The next opening is for a Bicycle Program Coordinator, who directly manages and oversees the county's comprehensive bicycle program BikeFairfax. This includes supervising other planners and managing capital projects, Capital Bikeshare, County Bike Parking, non-capital program areas and outreach. For this position, a competitive candidate needs four years of transportation-related planning experience in addition to a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, urban, regional or transportation planning, or a closely related field. More details on the position, requirements, and pay and benefits can be found here. This listing ends on February 9 at 5:00 pm.
Labels: bikefairfax, fairfax bicycle program, FCDOT, fcdot bicycle program
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Bike Count Volunteers Needed for September Survey
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.
Labels: bike count, bikefairfax, FCDOT
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Faces of Fairfax - Ricardo Estevez
Ricardo Estevez of Burke is a bike commuter who rides in part to honor his daughter, who is a leukemia survivor. In addition to his regular commute to work in Rosslyn, he likes to participate in charity rides. Asked what he likes most about biking, he responded that he enjoys not being in his car. He would like to see more trails and more funding for education on sharing the road for motorists and cyclists.
FABB applauds the progress Fairfax County has made in engineering more bike facilities, but our group continues to advocate for the unfunded education and encouragement aspects of the Bicycle Master Plan. We need cyclists and other concerned citizens to tell their supervisors that Fairfax County has to do more to promote biking and to educate cyclists and motorists about bike safety and the “rules of the road.” Funding the BikeFairfax office, as proposed in the Bicycle Master Plan, to handle such encouragement and education activities would be a good place to start.
FABB applauds the progress Fairfax County has made in engineering more bike facilities, but our group continues to advocate for the unfunded education and encouragement aspects of the Bicycle Master Plan. We need cyclists and other concerned citizens to tell their supervisors that Fairfax County has to do more to promote biking and to educate cyclists and motorists about bike safety and the “rules of the road.” Funding the BikeFairfax office, as proposed in the Bicycle Master Plan, to handle such encouragement and education activities would be a good place to start.
Labels: bicycle master plan, bicycle safety, bike to work day, bikefairfax, burke, Faces of Fairfax
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Fairfax County budget meetings
The FY2014 Fairfax County Budget was recently released. There appear to be no operating funds for the bicycle program. There are considerable funds for bike facilities in Tysons and Reston for improving access to the new Silver Line stations.
We plan to testify at the main public hearing before the Board of Supervisors in April (9-11) to ask for funds to implement a program for reporting aggressive drivers. We will also ask for funding for BikeFairfax, modeled on BikeArlington, to encourage more people to travel by bike. See our blog post on Supervisor McKay's direction to staff to "investigate if this model would work for Fairfax County and help us achieve some of the goals of our Fairfax County Bicycle Plan."
To speak at these town hall meetings, just show up. You can sign up online to speak at the April 9-11 Board of Supervisor budget meetings.
Town Hall Meeting |
Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield District Budget Meeting | Springfield Governmental Center - 6140 Rolling Road, Springfield | Wednesday, March 6 -
7:00 p.m.
TO BE RESCHEDULED
|
| McLean Budget Meeting | McLean Community Center - 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean | Tuesday, March 12 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Braddock District Budget Meeting | Kings Park Library, Braddock Hall - 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke | Wednesday, March 13 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Sully District Budget Meeting | Rocky Run Middle School - 4400 Stringfellow Rd., Chantilly | Wednesday, March 13 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Lee District Association | Franconia Governmental Center - 6121 Franconia Road, Alexandria | Thursday, March 14 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Braddock District Budget Meeting | Little Run Elementary School - 4511 Olley Lane, Fairfax | Monday, March 18 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Mason District Budget Town Meeting | Mason District Governmental Center - 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale | Wednesday, March 20 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Hunter Mill District Budget Meeting | Reston Community Center - Hunter Woods -- Rooms 3 and 4 - 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston | Wednesday, March 27 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Braddock District Budget Meeting | Robinson Secondary School (Lecture Hall) - 5035 Sideburn Rd., Fairfax | Tuesday, April 2 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Great Falls Budget Meeting | Great Falls Library - 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls | Tuesday, April 2 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Herndon Budget Meeting | Herndon Town Council Chambers - 765 Lynn Street, Herndon | Wednesday, April 3 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Hunter Mill District Budget Meeting | Vienna Community Center - 120 Cherry St SE, Vienna | Saturday, April 6 - 10:00 a.m. |
Labels: bikearlington, bikefairfax, budget hearings
