The proposed improvements to Braddock Road are pretty good but safety-focused refinements could make it great.

Calling on the Fairfax City Council to do the right thing and proceed with building the George Snyder Trail.

Initial designs for Shreve Road & Haycock Road/Route 7 intersection are good. Let’s make them great.

WABA’s joint letter calling on Dominion Energy halt clear-cutting along the W&OD Trail.

On February 20, WABA provided comments to VDOT re: updating Virginia’s Manual on Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

On February 5, 2025 WABA testified at the DDOT Oversight Hearing.

Talking points in support of Virginia legislation mandating a study of VDOT maintenance practices.

WABA & CSG suggested pro-bicycle tweaks to Fairfax County’s 2025 draft legislative priorities list.

MC 4-25 is enabling legislation that would grant similar authority to locate stop-sign enforcement cameras near Montgomery County schools. 

WABA supports bill MC 1-25, which would allow speed-limit reduction to 15 MPH in Montgomery County without an engineering and traffic investigation.

To advance this recommendation, we ask that Montgomery Planning make specific Bikeshare station recommendations as part of the UBC Plan working draft.

Better bike parking, bikeshare, and the Arlington Memorial Trail could be coming soon.

Comments on priorities for Prince George’s County’s FY25 budget

WABA recommendation for M-NCPPC Prince George’s County Fy26 budget

Comments on priorities for Prince George’s County’s FY25 budget

Comments on the MD 198/Sandy Spring Rd Sidewalk Improvements Project

Supporting a road diet on Eisenhower in Alexandria in the name of safety.

Supporting a much-needed road diet on S Pickett St in Alexandria.

Supporting bike lanes and safety improvements on Holland Ln in Alexandria.

Recommendations for safety improvements to MD 201/Kenilworth Ave as adjustments are conjunction with Purple Line construction.

Highlighting the good, flagging the bad projects in NVTA’s latest round of funding.

Support for funding infrastructure and staffing to improve biking in Prince George’s County through the FY25 budget

Call for free bikeshare as an option during Red Line closures during the summer of 2024

Let’s think more critically about the projects in the pipeline.

More staffing and quick-build projects; reconsider EV car chargers for e-bike vouchers.

Mark D. Kile, P.E., CDT Department of Public Works City of Gaithersburg 800 Rabbitt Road Gaithersburg, MD  20878 RE: Gaithersburg […]

Allow Montgomery County and county municipalities to lower speed limits.

Transit is a critical part of transportation mix (along with bicycling!).

WABA supports repealing the requirement that a political subdivision maintain and repair sidewalks and bicycle pathways along state highways.

WABA supports a ban on consent searches in Montgomery County.

WABA supports HB 337, the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act

WABA supports the bill to create a Maryland State Office of Trails.

WABA supports the Bicycle Safety Yield in Maryland (HB 511).

WABA supports the establishment of a Maryland Vision Zero Advisory Commission.

Bill to create an Electric Bicycle Rebate and Voucher Program

Bill to authorize the Maryland State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on urban state highways.

Supports creating a policy for safe, separated pedestrian and bicycle facilities on bridges and across-controlled access highways.

WABA supports allowing bikes on sidewalks as the default state-wide in Maryland.

WABA supports HB 107 to prohibit stopping and parking in a dedicated bus lane and allow for greater bus lane enforcement.

WABA supports HB 28, which would establish higher registration fees for heavy passenger vehicles, Class E trucks, and Class M multipurpose vehicles.

WABA’s requests for the Prince George’s County FY25 Capital & Operating Budgets

WABA supports a federal funding request to improve safety along MD 210.

Create a vehicle-parking-minimum exemption for residential development near transit.

Focus on effectively moving people rather than cars, on expanding transit capacity and pedestrian spaces and bikeways rather than vehicle lane miles.

Traffic cameras are more equitable, affordable, and scalable way to enforce traffic safety laws.

Faster project approvals mean safer streets.

Safer, slower streets will mean walkable, vibrant downtowns and local centers, which will in turn boost community vibrancy and local economic opportunity.

Less highway building, safer state roads, ending right-on-red, and funding for bike and pedestrian infrastructure.

The project needs full length sidewalks and protected bike lanes.

We don’t need wider and more dangerous highways, and we shouldn’t be tentative about creating bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

The County needs to continue funding for trail maintenance and construction.

Rail and Trail connections to the airport need to be robust and convenient.

WABA’s recommendations for Takoma Park’s Maple Avenue Connectivity Project

Lower speed limits, lane reductions, buffered or separated sidewalks and bike lanes will reduce deaths and serious injuries for pedestrians, bicyclists, and all roadway users.

Simply not enough bike parking.

Advancing safety and accessibility improvements on the corridor is strongly supported by the community and local elected officials.

This project would build community buy-in for safety improvements along the corridor.

The County’s CIP should address dangerous trail / road intersections, and close gaps in the trail network.

This popular, iconic trail needs to be wide enough to accommodate its users.

Expand and improve transit, biking, and walking access to the airport rather than widening roads and adding car parking.

Braddock Road improvements must include shared use paths and intersection safety treatments.

The corridor needs slower speeds and protected space for bicyclists and pedestrians.

The plan is strong, but needs it needs funding, and its focus on in-person enforcement does not align with equity goals.

Allowing ebikes on paved and constructed trails should not require additional bureaucratic process.

This project needs to move forward, and it should include protected intersections.

On street charging infrastructure should not interfere with other safety projects, and expanded charging stations should included access to power for ebike riders.

Upgrades to Union Station must include connectivity improvements for people on bikes.

Expanded bikeshare, a continuous trail network, and road diets—it’s a good plan.

Metro’s next generation railcars can better accommodate multimodal travelers.

The county needs to fund its Safe Streets for All program.

This excellent new trail bridge, and its connections, need to be wide enough to accommodate separate spaces for biking and walking.

The design for Ward 3’s first protected bike lane needs some improvement at intersections.

A blanket sidewalk riding ban creates unsafe conditions for people in areas without bike infrastructure.

DDOT needs to focus on closing trail network gaps and maintaining trails.

Ebike rebates are good environmental and economic policy

Proposed bike lanes are too narrow to be safe.

Allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs is proven to reduce crashes, and Maryland should adopt this policy.

A letter of support for federal funding for the Arling

WABA sent this letter to Rep. Don Beyer expressing support for federal funding for the Arlington Boulevard trail

Ebike rebates make a sustainable transportation option affordable.

Montrose Road needs traffic calming and safe spaces for pedestrians and bicyclists.

This pivotal connection between DC, the Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon Memorial, the future Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center, and the surrounding communities will improve multimodal options and safety for trail users

This trail closes a major gap in Arlington’s network, and should be designed to accommodate a full range of bicyclist and pedestrian users.

Maryland needs to allow local jurisdictions to install stop sign cameras.

Support for a safe, grade-separated crossing where the Capital Crescent Trail intersects with Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda.

The County’s parking overhaul needs to require more bike parking.

A letter to the National Park Service.

WABA sent this letter to Arlington County supporting a trail connection between Crystal City and National Airport, encouraging the county to ensure the connection is wide and inviting, and highlighting requirements for connection to the Mount Vernon Trail.

This project needs improved bike parking, trail connections, and bus facilities.

This critical gap in Arlington’s low stress bike network needs to be filled.