Sunday, August 5, 2018
Speak Up! Fairfax City-Mason-Vienna Region Bikeshare Feasibility Study
Here’s another opportunity for Fairfax County riders to make bicycling better. The City of Fairfax, George Mason University, the Town of Vienna, and Fairfax County are working together to evaluate bringing bikeshare to these communities. This feasibility study aims to understand how a bikeshare system would be used to travel throughout these communities as well as to connect to the metropolitan region. It also will identify what type of bikeshare system will be most successful and where shared bicycles and other bikeshare infrastructure should be located.
The bikeshare study is evaluating the area that extends from the W&OD trail in Vienna south through the City of Fairfax and into George Mason University. It includes the GMU-Fairfax campus south to the Burke VRE train station and nearby neighborhoods; the central corridor through the City of Fairfax including Old Town, Northfax, Fairfax Circle, and other commercial and residential centers along Chain Bridge Road and Old Lee Highway; neighborhoods around and including the Vienna/GMU-Fairfax Metrorail Station; and in Vienna, Maple Avenue, the W&OD trail, and surrounding neighborhoods.
The study group wants your input! Study staff will be out in the community conducting "pop-up" events throughout the summer. Specific community meetings about bikeshare are being planned and will be announced soon.
You also can provide input online by logging into cabistations.org to suggest locations where bikeshare stations or priority bikeshare parking areas should be located. There also is a brief survey you can take to express your interest in bikeshare and what kind of system you would like to see by answering a few short questions.
For more information about the Fairfax City-Mason-Vienna bikeshare study, email PW-Transportation@fairfaxva.gov or call (703) 385-7810.
Labels: bikeshare, city of fairfax, feasibility study, george mason university, vienna
Sunday, May 7, 2017
FABB’s Fairfax-Vienna Social Ride, 13 May
Please join FABB this coming Saturday, 13 May, for a social ride from George Mason University through Old Town Fairfax, the Cross-County Trail, and the Vienna Metro station area to downtown Vienna. It will be fun and educational! The round trip of 16 miles will include four to five brief stops to view and discuss recent and planned bicycling facility improvements throughout the area.
Find more details and sign up for the ride here.
Labels: city of fairfax, cross county trail, fabb social ride, george mason university, vienna
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Peter Norton discusses his book Fighting Traffic
From the meeting announcement:
Who do the streets really belong to?
Join us for a special evening discussing transportation, how we got here and where we are going. First a presentation by Peter Norton on his (highly) acclaimed book “Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City" followed by a "Pizza & Perspectives" panel discussion with local transportation experts on “Shaping the Urban Environment through Multimodal Transportation", Founders Hall Multi-Purpose room, at the George Mason University campus in Arlington on October 6. The event is free to all.Date: October 6, 2015
Location: Founders Hall, Arlington Campus
PART 1
Location: Founders Hall, Room 111
Time: 4:30pm - Reception and Light Refreshments
5:00pm - Professor Peter Norton's Presentation Several signed copies of Professor Norton's book will be raffled off after the presentation.
PART 2
Location: Founders Hall Multipurpose Room
Time: 6:00pm - Pizza and Perspectives Panel Discussion with Transportation Experts Topic: Shaping the Urban Environment Through Multimodal Transportation
7:15pm - Wrap up
Please RSVP for PART 1 of the program as space is limited. An RSVP is not needed for PART 2 of the program. Thank you and we look forward to sharing the evening with you.
Labels: george mason university, peter norton
Thursday, September 17, 2015
University Dr. Road Diet Public Hearing September 29
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| University Dr. at Sager Ave. looking north Image from Google Maps Streetview |
This section of University is an important bicycle connection between George Mason University and the City of Fairfax. Reducing the travel lanes from 2 lanes in each direction to 1 regular lane and a bike lane in each direction will greatly benefit cyclists traveling between the two destinations.
The project will be evaluated for one year to determine whether or not to make it a permanent change. Cyclists are encouraged to attend the hearing and speak out in support of the project.
To learn more about the project before the public hearing see a copy of the City Council presentation.
Labels: george mason university, road diet, university drive
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Fairfax bike projects receive funding
Transportation Alternatives is the consolidated program in the latest federal transportation law, MAP-21, that funds expanded travel choices like bicycling and walking, or that make other enhancements like mitigating the environmental impacts of transportation facilities. The Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the entity tasked with allotting this money in the DC Region.
This is great news for Fairfax cyclists. The bike share system in Reston will be the first in Fairfax County. The funding will help implement the system but the county will need to find funding for operating costs and additional staff to help manage the system. With the coming of Metro to Reston next year, and a mostly connected trail system, bike sharing will be a great way to get around Reston. See previous articles on bikesharing in Reston. Thanks for Supervisor Hudgins, bike coordinator Charlie Strunk, and members of the Reston community for supporting this effort.- Fairfax County will receive funding to install bike stations and operating hardware to support the expansion of Capital Bikeshare to Reston, which the County hopes will give people more options for accessing Metrorail stations along the planned Silver Line.
- Fairfax Mason to Metro Bicycle Route. Develop a backbone bicycle route through the City and into Fairfax County to connect George Mason University with the Vienna Metrorail Station. The project aims to increase and improve bicycle and pedestrian travel between major hubs of activity in the City of Fairfax, Fairfax County, and George Mason University.
- Pickett Road Trail Underpass. Install a 12 foot wide concrete trail under the existing Pickett Road bridge over Accotink Creek, and construct asphalt trail segments to connect the underpass to the existing City of Fairfax trail system. Install two culverts to convey existing storm drainage outfalls under the proposed trail, and install wayfinding signage.
- Cross County Trail - Lorton. The proposed section of the Cross County Trail in Lorton will traverse the Lorton Arts Foundation property and connect Occoquan Regional Park and the Laurel Hill Greenway
The Mason to Metro Bicycle Route and the Pickett Road Trail Underpass projects are linked. The underpass will provide a safer connection across Pickett Road for cyclists traveling between the Vienna Metro station and Mason. FABB members have been part of this planning effort for several years and their hard work is paying off.
Labels: bike share, george mason university, pickett road, reston, transportation alternatives
Friday, January 25, 2013
GMU encourages students to register their bikes
Mason has a bicycle registration program that allows anyone who is affiliated with this campus and has a G number (it's our personal identifier with the school) to register their bike and receive a free OnGuard U-Lock ($40 value), a personalized registration sticker, and a free VDOT guide to rules of the road for cyclists. I've made this little three-step, how-to guide for anyone who would like to register. More info can be found at bike.gmu.edu.
Labels: bike registration, george mason university, gmu
Friday, October 26, 2012
Fairfax Bike Summit is Saturday
We set a goal for 200 people for the summit and there are now 208 people registered. We have room for a few more so you can still register online.
We're encouraging people to ride to the summit. The weather forecast looks good despite the approach of Hurricane Sandy. There will be some indoor bike valet parking supplemented by bike racks outside The HUB entrance.
There will be breakfast snacks, coffee, and tea. Several vendors will have transportation bikes and gear including A-1 Cycling, Bikenetic, bikes@vienna, Spokes, Etc. and The Bike Lane. Bikes for the World will have a table as will Fairfax County DOT, Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE), REI, Lose the Training Wheels, and Tour de Cure.
Here is the list of speakers:
- Supervisor Cathy Hudgins, Hunter Mill District - Welcome
- Josh Cantor, Director of Parking and Transportation, George Mason University - Welcome
- Andy Clarke, President of the League of American Bicyclists and a Fairfax County resident - Fixing the suburbs
- Tom Biesiadny, Director of the Fairfax County Department of Transportation - Fairfax County Bicycle Master Plan
- Aaron Georgelas, Partner, Georgelas Group - Remaking Tysons
- Randy Dittberner, Traffic engineer, VDOT - Better Roads
- Christine Green, National Safe Routes to School Partnership - Safe Routes to School
- Chris Eatough, BikeArlington, six time endurance cycling world champion - BikeArlington
- Fionnuala Quinn, Civil engineer, FABB vice chair - Who cycles? Growing Cycling Participation
- Charlie Denney, Alta Planning+Design - Bikesharing for Fairfax
- Anne Mader, Co-owner, The Bike Lane - Sports & Recreational Biking
- Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth - Future Challenge
Labels: fairfax bike summit, george mason university, gmu
