Take the Route 29 Study Survey

Shared by Fairfax County Dept. of Transportation

Take the survey for the Route 29 Active Transportation Study by December 19th. Fairfax County is looking to improve active transportation facilities and transit along Route 29 between the Beltway and Tripps Run at the City of Falls Church/Fairfax County border. Use the feedback boxes and map to share how you use the corridor and what improvements are needed to make walking, biking, and transit better. Project information is here.

Take the survey

Suggested talking points:

Improve Walking and Biking Connections: Provide safe, connected, and unobstructed sidewalks, paths and bike connections along the entire corridor. Use traffic calming to deter speeding, increase the buffer between sidewalks and roadways, and improve visibility where pedestrian and bicycle facilities cross side streets or utilize service roads.
Provide Safer Crossing Options: Add high visibility crosswalks at more frequent intervals. Provide additional signalized pedestrian crossings to better connect neighborhoods to services and bus stops.
Enhance Access to Transit: Ensure bus stops are ADA compliant, have sidewalk connections for safer access, and shelters, benches, and real time arrival information. Increase Metrobus F50 frequency for faster connections to the East Falls Church and Dunn Loring Metro stations and other destinations.

More about Active Fairfax Transportation Plan

Active Fairfax launched in 2020 to consolidate the county's various policies and plans guiding the development of trails and bikeways. WABA has worked with Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling and grassroots advocates across the county to ensure that the plan lays the groundwork for a robust bike network across the county.

The resulting draft map and Active Transportation Toolkit lay out a vision for where and what a comprehensive all-ages-and-abilities active transportation network could and should look like. What it does not do is fund or otherwise begin to build out this ambitious network – we’re certain to face a budget battle in the future, but hopefully one we’re well-equipped to win by having the right plan in place.

More about Complete Streets

Complete Streets are streets designed to accommodate all users, and that prioritize historically underinvested modes of transportation like transit, walking, and biking. An incomplete street might lack adequate sidewalks, low-stress bike infrastructure, or safe and comfortable access to transit.

Effective Complete Streets policies change the way a jurisdiction plans and builds transportation infrastructure—sidewalks, low stress bike infrastructure, and transit should be included in any new or rebuilt street by default, rather than as an add-on when there's space or demand.

While most regional jurisdictions have a Complete Streets policy of some sort, they lack teeth and permit transportation departments to continue to build streets that put cars first and squeeze other modes into the margins.

More about Advocacy

WABA fights for a region where biking, walking and transit are the best ways to get around.

We educate policymakers and organize grassroots advocates for to speak up for safer places to bike and walk; and for laws and policies that protect people who are walking and biking, reduce dangerous driving, and facilitate changes to the built environment.