Pavement milling equipment being staged staged on Holland Lane.

Crew are placing pylons to block of lane for pavement milling operations on Holland Lane.

Contractor was mobilizing on Holland Lane to begin milling of the road, paving to follow, and then bike lanes and marked crosswalks. Most of the pedestrian curb cuts, and islands had been previously installed. A safer corridor for all will soon be at hand. Thanks to city staff for this improvement.

And on the 2014 King Street bike lane project, the east bound bike lanes were 4’ wide.

Bike lane on Jamieson showing gutter pan as part of the bike lane

Bike lane on Monroe Avenue showing gutter pan as part of the bike lane.

Stephanie, The city prefers to design standard width bike lanes that do not include the gutter pan. However, there are examples where a standard bike lane, including the gutter pan doesn’t fit. Examples are on Monroe Avenue and Jamieson. An option on Braddock lower speed limit to 20 mph.

Some clarifications to the “Nowhere” poster are in order. Bike lanes exist both westbound and eastbound On Braddock. Bike lanes begin westbound just past the Community Praise Center and end at Windsor Avenue. Eastbound they begin at Timber Branch and end at Ruffner.

Portland is first U.S. city to make protection the default for all new bike lanes | PeopleForBikes Sometimes, the most important question in the world is “why not?”

When she lived in Portland, she was Leah Treat. This might answer your question.
“Effective immediately, every time Portland road designers recommended a bike lane, they would need to make it a protected bike lane — or else explain why not.”
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The city applied for Smart Scale funding for a proposed redo of the western end of Eisenhower Avenue to include the bike lanes. That request was not successful. The city then submitted a request to the NVTA. That request is pending a Spring 2026 decision. Request was for $21,856,219.

The Traffic and Parking Board hearings on the first King Street project, as well as the Seminary Road project were also late night affairs.

There was a feasibility study done in 2019 to consider a pedestrian tunnel to the Braddock Road Metro station

media.alexandriava.gov/docs-archive...

Sign - Bikes Use Ped Signal

There are many intersections signed with “Bikes Use Ped Signal”. BPAC had worked with city staff to help identify locations for the signs. Below are some more of the locations.

Wilkes & Patrick
Wilkes & Columbus
Monroe & Main Line
Mount Vernon & Four Mile Rd
Eisenhower Trail & Ike Drive

Around 3 pm the sidewalks on Taney and Jordan in front of the Foxchase apartments had not been cleared.

One of the non-motorized bridges is included in the Transportation Long Range planning document.
www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...
It has no funding and is estimated to cost about $15 Million.

Map showing bike and pedestrian connections

You remember correctly, beside the multimodal bridge the Eisenhower West Small Area plan (media.alexandriava.gov/content/plan...) set guidelines for two non-motorized connections from Eisenhower Avenue to Cameron Station.

Shared use path along Eisenhower Avenue.

The shared use path near the Victory Center was completed in 2024. Another section of the path in front of the Victory Center is scheduled to be added as part of the conversion of the building to residences.

Since it is available, add winter for folks in the west end to drop off e-waste at the Van Dorn Metro

Construction of pedestrian curb ramps

Construction of pedestrian curb ramps

Median island under construction

Concrete work is underway along Holland Lane. New and improved crossings for pedestrians are part of the work. Following the concrete work, milling and repaving of the roadway. Finally work will wrap with a redivision of the roadway, high visible crosswalks, and bike lanes. Thanks to city staff!

Trailers parked on Wheeler Avenue blocking the sidewalks, bike land, and travel lane.

The trailers also block the sidewalks, putting the most vulnerable into the street.

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I recently rode the loop trail before the puzzle hunt began. Defintely a fun ride. ridewithgps.com/routes/50648....

Newly widened section of trail

The new section of the trail was open yesterday. Contractor was still working on installing signs.

I had recently asked if that jarring bit could be repaired. Was told that section of the trail (west of Beauregard) will be closing shortly to build the new bridge.

Holmes Run Trail bridge

Holmes Run Trail Bridge

Holmes Run Trail at the North Beauregard intersection.

And if you have a sense of adventure, keep going.

Newly installed bridge on the Holmes Run Trail

And beyond the tunnel is more! A nice new bridge

Bike lanes on 2nd Street

Bike lanes on 2nd Street

Bike lanes on 2nd Street

Bike lanes on 2nd Street

North Old Town is now in the game. Bike lanes are being installed on three blocks of 2nd Street. These bike lanes will help make the street safer for all users. Thanks to T&ES staff for adding to the city’s growing bike infrastructure.

Bollard at the entrance to the trail at Latham

Bollard removed from the entrance to the trail at Latham

A small, but greatly appreciated improvement to the Holmes Run Trail - a bollard was removed! Thanks to city staff from DRPCA, the bollard at the trail entrance to the trail at Latham Street is gone. Now people walking and biking have easier access to and from the trail.

Your blog was the best to cover the DMV biking community. I learned much from your posts and explored many of the places you wrote about. I always referred people who biked to your blog. Definitely a great resource for many years. Thank you for making biking better in the DMV.

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Close to home, the Capital Trails Coalition did a benefits study on completing the Capital Trails Network.
www.capitaltrailscoalition.org/report/

Lane markings on the trails

City staff are at again! This time it is Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities staff unleashing stripping crews to the Eisenhower Avenue and Holmes Run Trails with refreshed markings. The edge lines will be especially helpful in the wee, small hours of the morning. Thank you

.66 miles of newly separated infrastructure for people walking and biking. Keeping people safe! And with one only one stop sign along the route. Definitely worth celebrating.

Enjoyed seeing a group of young bike riders using the new two-way cycle track on Mill Road this morning.

Thanks to city staff for continuing to make our roads safe for all users.

New signs have appeared on South Pickett Street. Thanks to city staff for implementing the change.