Active Transportation Program

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Laura Ghosh
Active Transportation Section Chief

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ActiveFairfax Transportation Plan

News & Updates

On May 13, 2025, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to consider a Comprehensive Plan amendment that incorporates the Active Transportation and Trails Plan, which was developed as part of the ActiveFairfax study. The Comprehensive Plan amendment process is expected to take 12 months.

Active Transportation and Trails Plan - Plan Amendment
Read Board Matter 
2024 Outreach Recap and Resources

  1. View the draft Active Transportation and Trail Network Map (August 2024)

  2. View the Active Transportation Toolkit (August 2024)

Background Information

The ActiveFairfax Transportation Plan study is a planning effort towards building streets, sidewalks, bikeways and trails that are welcoming places where people of diverse races, cultures, incomes, ages and abilities feel comfortable using active transportation to safely and conveniently access the widest range of destinations and to exercise, relax or spend time outdoors.

Active transportation means self-propelled, mostly human-powered travel including walking, biking, rolling (scooter, wheelchair, stroller), hiking, running, and riding for transportation and recreational purposes.

The Active Fairfax effort builds on a long history of designing and planning active transportation facilities in Fairfax County. There has been a visionary aspiration for a County connected by safe, comfortable and connected places to walk, roll, and bike since the adoption of the first Countywide Trails Plan in 1976. ActiveFairfax builds on this legacy and updates recommendations made in the Comprehensive Plan, the Bicycle Master Plan, and Countywide Trails Plan, and previous planning efforts to reflect the current conditions and best practices.

Feedback from the open houses and meetings held throughout Fall 2024 was added to previous planning initiatives, best practices, and comments collected in Spring 2021 to help develop a multi-modal transportation network that serves residents and visitors of all ages and abilities, values environmental stewardship and works toward equity. The ActiveFairfax study will establish a vision and a roadmap for implementation of safe, convenient, and enjoyable streets and trails in Fairfax County. 

The project launched in the summer of 2020 and was split into two district phases:

  • Phase One included the development of a vision statement with supporting goals and objectives as well as a thorough inventory and assessment of previous planning efforts and existing conditions. This phase also included the development of a Safe Streets for All Program plan. Phase One was completed in May 2022.
  • Phase Two includes the development of active transportation network recommendations and facility and an implementation approach that includes policy, program, and project prioritization strategies.
  • A robust community engagement and awareness effort was conducted during both phases of the project.

Through collaboration with partners across the region, the ActiveFairfax Transportation Plan study:

  • provided a wide variety of outreach tools and activities that aimed to ensure all County residents’ mobility concerns, needs, and desires were understood and considered;
  • developed a vision to help shape the future of active transportation in Fairfax County;
  • consolidated previous active transportation planning efforts into one cohesive document that is easy-to-digest and follows best practices;
  • encourages livable street design through the development of tools and products that ensures our transportation network connects people to where they live, work, play, learn and take transit;
  • supports access to safe, comfortable and connected active transportation facilities (such as shared-use paths, cycletracks and sidewalks) for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities;
  • provides clear direction to improve safety for our most vulnerable transportation users; and
  • launched the planning process to update the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan.

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FCDOT is working to combine the Fairfax County Bicycle Master Plan and the Countywide Trails Plan to ensure a safe, comfortable and convenient network of active transportation options and trails. Learn more with resources used during our public outreach and comment period from Fall 2024:
  1. Watch the November 12, 2024 Community Meeting • View the Presentation
  2. Watch the ActiveFairfax Video English • Spanish
  3. Watch the draft Active Transportation and Trail Network StoryMap
  4. View the draft Active Transportation and Trail Network Map
  5. View the Active Transportation Toolkit
  6. Listen to the County Conversation Podcast
DateTimeDistrictLocationAddress
Tuesday, Sept. 36 p.m.ProvidenceGraham Road Community Center3036 Graham Road; Falls Church, VA 22042
Thursday, Sept. 56 p.m.SullyLondon Towne Elementary School6100 Stone Road; Centreville, VA 20120
Saturday, Sept. 711 a.m.FranconiaGarfield Elementary School7101 Old Keene Mill Road; Springfield, VA 22150
Saturday, Sept. 72 p.m.FranconiaMount Eagle Elementary School6116 N. Kings Hwy., Alexandria, VA 22303
Monday, Sept. 96 p.m.DranesvilleMcLean Community Center1234 Ingleside Avenue; McLean, VA 22101
Wednesday, Sept. 116 p.m.BraddockLaurel Ridge Elementary School10110 Commonwealth Ave., Fairfax, VA 22032
Thursday, Sept. 126 p.m.Hunter MillDogwood Elementary School12300 Glade Drive; Reston, VA 20191
Saturday, Sept. 1411 a.m.MasonWeyanoke Elementary School6520 Braddock Road; Alexandria, VA 22312
Saturday, Sept. 142 p.m.MasonBailey's Elementary School6111 Knollwood Drive; Bailey's Crossroads, VA 22041
Monday, Sept. 166 p.m.SpringfieldGreenbriar West Elementary School13300 Poplar Tree Road; Fairfax, VA 22033
Saturday, Sept. 2111 a.m.Mount VernonRiverside Elementary School8410 Old Mount Vernon Road; Alexandria, VA 22309
Saturday, Sept. 212 p.m.Mount VernonLorton Station Elementary School9298 Lewis Chapel Road; Lorton, VA 22079
Wednesday, Oct. 97 p.m.Government CenterTrails, Sidewalks and Bikeways Committee Meeting12000 Government Center Parkway; Fairfax, VA 22033 (Room 7)
Thursday, Oct. 107:30 p.m.Government CenterTransportation Advisory Committee12000 Government Center Parkway; Fairfax, VA 22033 (Room 11)
Virtual Meetings
Tuesday, Nov. 127 p.m.VirtualWatch the meeting video; View the meeting presentation
Thursday, Nov. 1412 p.m.VirtualWatch the meeting video; View the meeting presentation
Tuesday, Nov. 1912 p.m.VirtualWatch the meeting video; View the meeting presentation
Wednesday, Nov. 207 p.m.Virtual - SpanishWatch the meeting video; View the meeting presentation

 

Thank you to those who attended one of the 12 virtual community conversations in Spring 2021 as well as the hundreds of respondents who took time to respond to the survey. Read the Spring 2021 Outreach Summary and Report.

•    View the recording of the Vision, Goals and Objectives community meeting.
•    View the recordings of the Safe Streets for All community meetings. 
•    View all past meeting recordings and materials.

In June 2024, the Board of Supervisors endorsed the Bicycle Parking Guidelines. 

On May 10, 2022, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed the Safe Streets for All Program Recommendations, a comprehensive initiative to address systemic transportation safety issues for people walking, biking and using other forms of active transportation.

In November 2021, the Board of Supervisors adopted the Final Vision Statement, Goals and Objectives.

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The ActiveFairfax Transportation Plan will build off of and combine recommendations from the following documents:

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