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Proposed Bicycle Facilities-VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving: Mount Vernon District
1. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Proposed Bicycle Facilities
VDOT Summer 2015 Repaving
Mount Vernon District
March 23, 2015
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Overview
• Why are we here?
• What are we asking today?
• What projects are being proposed?
• Where are we in the process?
• What are the next steps?
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Why are we here?
• VDOT Summer repaving includes several roads in the Mount
Vernon District. Opportunity to review pavement markings and
street design. Project limited to restriping existing pavement.
• Opportunity to provide transportation options and improve
pedestrian safety
• Low to no cost for the County
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What are we asking today?
• Your input and feedback
– Support, questions, concerns, ideas
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Project List
• Quander Road
– Combination of bike lanes and sharrows from Route 1
to Fort Hunt Road
• Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Boulevard
– Combination of bike lanes and sharrows from Route 1
to Fort Hunt Road
• Parkers Lane/Collingwood Rd
– Bike lanes from Sherwood Hall Lane to Candlewood
Drive
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Project List (continued)
•Hinson Farm Road:
– Bike lanes from Parkers Lane to Holland Road
•Fordson Road
– Sharrows from Sherwood Hall Lane to Route 1
•Elkin Street/Riverside Road
– Sharrows from Route 1 to Fort Hunt Road
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Bicycle Master Plan
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Bicycle Master Plan (continued)
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Lane Diets
• A Lane Diet is generally described as narrowing travel
lanes from a roadway and utilizing the space for other
uses and travel modes. Does not involve reducing the
number of travel lanes.
• Benefits
– Providing transportation alternatives and options
– Increasing safety for non-motorized users
– Reduce speeding
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Quander Road
Route 1 to Fort Hunt Road
• Two different sections
– Bike Lanes from Route 1 to Quander Road School
• Keep parking in front of the school
– Sharrows from Quander Road School to Fort Hunt Road
• Not enough pavement to add bike lanes
• Existing trail
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Quander Road
Route 1 to Fort Hunt Road
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Quander Road (continued)
Route 1 to Quander Road School
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Quander Road (continued)
Quander Road School to Fort Hunt Road
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• Sharrows
– Road narrows to 22’ wide
– Not enough room for vehicle lanes
and bike lanes, keep parking
– Informs people on bikes that this
is a bike route
– Alerts drivers to expect to see
bicycles
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Quander Road (continued)
Quander Elementary School to Fort Hunt Road
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Route 1 to Fort Hunt Road
• Three different sections
– Climbing lane from Route 1 to Oak Drive
– Road Diet and bike lanes from Oak Drive to Quander
Road
– Bike lanes from Quander Road to Fort Hunt Road
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Route 1 to Oak Drive
• Climbing lane
– Bike lane in the uphill direction towards Route 1
– Sharrows in the downhill direction towards Oak Drive
– Maintain existing parking
– Not proposing to remove travel lanes approaching
Route 1 intersection
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Route 1 to Oak Drive
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Oak Drive to Quander Road
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Oak Drive to Quander Road
• Road Diet
– Removing travel lanes from a roadway and reallocating the
space for other uses
– Rule of thumb: Streets with less than 20,000
vehicles per day don’t need four travel lanes
– Beacon Hill Road: 9,600 vehicles per day
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Oak Drive to Quander Road
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Quander Road to Fort Hunt Road
• Bike lanes
– Existing pavement is 34’ wide, 1 lane in each direction
– Narrow lanes and reallocate extra space for bike lanes
– Not proposing to remove lanes approaching intersection
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Beacon Hill Road/Belle View Blvd
Quander Road to Fort Hunt Road
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Parkers Lane/Collingwood Road
Sherwood Hall Lane to Candlewood Drive
• Two different sections
– Buffered bike lanes from Sherwood Hall Lane to
Hinson Farm Road
– Bike lanes from Hinson Farm road to Candlewood Drive
• Road narrows after Candlewood drive and not enough
pavement to continue bike lanes
• Connects to bike lanes on Sherwood Hall
Lane
– Completed with 2014 repaving project
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Parkers Lane/Collingwood Road
Sherwood Hall Lane to Hinson Farm Road
• Buffered bike lanes
– Existing road is 68’ wide curb to curb
– Proposal to narrow lanes to 11 feet and add
buffered bike lanes
– Existing parking remains
– Not proposing to remove travel lanes approaching
intersection with Sherwood Hall Lane
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Parkers Lane/Collingwood Road
Sherwood Hall Lane to Hinson Farm Road
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Parkers Lane/Collingwood Road
Sherwood Hall Lane to Hinson Farm Road
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Hinson Farm Road
Parkers Lane to Holland Road
• Bike lanes
– Existing travel lanes are at least 12 feet wide
– Can narrow travel lanes to add bike lanes
– Not proposing to remove parking
– Not proposing to remove lanes approaching the intersections
– Would connect with proposed Parkers Lane bike lanes
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Hinson Farm Road
Parkers Lane to Holland Road
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Fordson Road
Sherwood Hall Lane to Route 1
• Street is not wide enough to add bike lanes
• Proposal to add sharrows – called for on bike master plan
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Elkin St/Riverside Road
Collingwood Road to Fort Hunt Road
• Street is not wide enough to add bike lanes
• Proposal to add sharrows – called for on bike master plan
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Where are we in the Process?
• Conceptual design underway
• Not proposing to change lane
configuration approaching intersections,
so no additional delay to vehicles
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What are the next steps?
• Gather community input tonight and over
next two weeks
– Comment Period: Open until April 6th
• Redesign plans as necessary
• Design completion: April 2015
• Projects go to construction Summer 2015
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Thank You
Questions/Comments?
adam.lind@fairfaxcounty.gov
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