Thursday, February 21, 2013
Local bicyclist involved in accident advocates for better bicycling conditions on Route 1.
Belle View resident Mark Murphy bikes to and from work. Every day, he rides through a side trail where Richmond Highway crosses the Capital Beltway at the gateway to southern Fairfax County. On Jan. 4, Murphy was hit by a car entering the Hampton Inn parking lot on his ride home from work. “The driver didn’t see me riding along the trail, although I had on a reflective vest and two headlights. I didn’t see his turn signal, if it was on,” Murphy said in a blog post on the Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling (FABB) blog. “When his car turned towards me, I slammed on my brakes but couldn’t get out of his way in time and when he hit me, I flipped up onto his car’s hood.” Murphy suffered minor injuries as a result. He was frustrated by the …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling (FABB) will host a public meeting about the County's draft Master Plan tonight at the George Mason Regional Library from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Virginia is the 17th-most Bicycle Friendly State in the country according to The League of American Bicyclists recently released list for 2012. Regionally, Virginia ranked as the No. 1 most bicycle-friendly state in the south. The annual rankings are compiled by League staff for an annual assessment that involves working with state officials to identify policies and infrastructure that will improve life for bicyclists. States are ranked based on their scores in five evaluation categories. Category scores are ranked from one to five with one being the lowest and five being the highest. Virginia received a five for “Policies and Programs”, a three in the “Education and Encouragement” and “Evaluation and Planning” categories, and a two in the…
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
With third straight year of zero funding for program, cyclists say some transportation improvements are threatened; county to look toward Arlington for model
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors formally adopted a $6.7 billion budget Tuesday morning, a spending plan which put aside more money for human services, schools and employee pay but, for the third consecutive year, not bicycle programs. Although the county funds a full-time bicycle coordinator in its transportation department, the bicycle program has gone without funding since fiscal year 2011, according to Fairfax County staff reports provided to supervisors this year. The county's formal bike program was launched in 2006 as the Comprehensive Bicycle Initiative. Early projects included developing the county's first bike route map, retrofitting connector buses, and adding bike racks to county park and ride lots. The program received…
Michalle Baird
9:56 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Gee, reading this article and then the comments that follow makes me wonder if all the folks making a comment read what I read. Where the person was hit it is a bike/ped trail -- not a road or highway. Sure there are some bicylcist who don't signal and some who weave through traffic -- just like there are people driving cars who don't signal, speed, look both ways or maintain brake lights, head … more ›