Comments for “Little River Turnpike Bicycle Corridor Study”
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The NVCC campus should be a focal point of bike accessability in the area. The young and able NVCC students should have safe bikeways to get to campus. This will remove lots of cars from the road! Unfortunately, they do not and end up driving. In particular, there should be bike lanes or bike paths on or paralleling Little River Turnpike. A safe and direct bikeway from Dunn Loring Metro to would be extremely helpful.
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I commented earlier about NVCC area. The one section of LRTP I use daily is the short stretch (actually Main Street) from Whitacre to Maple in Fairfax City. I use the right hand lane which westbound is right turn only. The speed limit there is lower, and most drivers are considerate about letting me use that lane. But some sharrows to remind the self righteous that I can use that whole lane would be nice.
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I used to use LRTP as a bicycle commute route back in the early 90's, but numerous job changes later, I am no longer a regular user of most of it. That is fortunate as the shoulder lane that I used to use has been removed, leaving sidewalk as the only option when I have used it occasionally.
Sometimes I have to cross it. As the previous commentor said, it would be nice if NVCC was more accessible. How about completing the bike lane on Wakefield Chapel so commuters from the south can reach campus safely? -
Riding a bicycle on Little River Turnpike is, for all practical purposes, dangerous and inadvisable in its current condition. It is a corridor between the freeway (I-495) and Fairfax City where I live. This means lots of automobiles traveling at speeds of 45mph or greater. Without dedicated lanes for commuting by bicycle, only thrillseekers or deathseekers would ride this road. I put the marker at the western end of the corridor since that is an especially wide section of road, as the westbound lanes expand from 2 lanes to 5 lanes, and traffic tends to speed up at that transition. There are numerous pedestrian-centric areas that surround that intersection, including a high school, apartment complex, and several shopping centers. Crossing at the intersection is akin to walking the gauntlet.
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When riding on the pedestrian path that crosses over the beltway there are four points where pedestrian traffic must cross the on/off ramp.
On the eastbound side of LRT traveling eastbound, the positioning of the cross points makes it is VERY difficult to see the traffic. Traveling westbound on eastbound side of LRT this is not so bad.
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The area on LRT between Heritage Dr/Hummer Rd and Evergreen Lane contains quite a bit of stores. It would be ideal to really focus on this segment and make it very comfortable and well connected for cycling. Make it beautiful too. This could connect riders to stores for errands & destination dining as well as to other locales such as Merrifield (via Annandale/Gallows Rd), Falls Church (via Annandale Rd) and CCT (via beltway pedestrian path).
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This frontage road on the eastbound side of LRT is great for bicycle traffic. Some cars go fast through here but it feels safe because the volume is very low.
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Crossing the beltway traveling westbound on the westbound side of LRT, there is not a great connection to the Cross County Trail (CCT). Cyclists typically travel westbound on the eastbound side of LRT to get to the CCT by Americana Park.
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sorry, this is the access point that is currently unimproved and needs better access between the neighborhood and the campus. the end of mynor dr is not really suitable for access.
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improve this access point for bikes between the neighborhood and the campus. it is currently dirt/unimproved.
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Access to this parking area needs to be improved, and the linkage to the CCT needs to be repaired/improved as well.
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These on/off ramps are hazardous. the current shared-use path is not aligned for best visibility, but rather shortest distance to cross the ramps. They need to be better aligned.
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The Nova Annandale Campus has as much parking lot as the educational part of the campus. Students need to be enabled to bike to the campus. This means bike lanes/trails along LRTP, but also linkages into the campus from LRTP and side roads.
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There needs to be a sidewalk in this area. I've walked and ridden my bike in the road in this section and it is terrifying.
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Intersections along this route are piled high with snow following a storm in the winter. The normally usable side trail is inaccessible for weeks at a time even if the surrounding roads and sidewalks are clear. Compounding this problem, when the snow melts the intersections become littered with glass.
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It would be nice to get a connection to the Cross County Trail which runs nearby. It's treacherous to go from Hummer Road to the CCT at Americana Park
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I sometimes visit friends in this area and want to second the comments about improving connection to the Holmes Run Trail. Also Little River Turnpike needs a buffered or protected bike lane. In many spots I had to ride on a narrow sidewalk to get around.
LRT is the only way through in many places. It would help to add biking/walking trail connectivity to these neighborhoods where the roads do not connect. A good first step is to look for places where people are cutting holes in fences or creating dirt paths to walk through (people who walk are not criminals, they just want to walk safely). Thanks for doing this study.
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Good xwalk here but sidewalks could be wider and more of a direct route. They wind to the corner.
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More traffic lights need to be added to the entirety of Little River Turnpike. These should be installed at any and all uncontrolled crosswalks. One benefit will be safer crossings, but another will be a calming of vehicle speeds. The existing long gaps between lights encourage high speeds and red light running.
Little River Turnpike is no longer a thru-route. It is now a local route and should be engineered as such. -
The CCT passes underneath 236 right here and could be a major resource for cyclists in Annandale and Mantua who may not be aware of it. Wayfinding signs should at least direct to the trail and other improvements should be considered since the two routes are at a different grade.
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Sharrows or bike lane markings on the pavement would help indicate appropriate lane positioning here. It probably would be appropriate to show that bicyclists could go straight in the right turn lane.
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This access road is a viable low-speed parallel to Little River Turnpike. Recommend replacing "stop" signs with "slow" signs along the access road to clarify right-of-way.
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This crosswalk requires HAWK signalization, a raised platform crosswalk, a reduced vehicular speed limit, or maybe just police enforcement. It presently has at most 10% compliance. One hundred percent compliance by drivers would be expected in Europe.
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Of all places, this is the most urgently in need of a paved shoulder. Previous Bike Coordinator Charlie Strunk included a paved shoulder on the Northern side of Little River Turnpike in the repaving plans for about 2012, but VDOT's contractors failed to complete that. The lousy gravel shoulders and substandard width lanes encourages cyclists to take the lane in 40+mph traffic.
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This is Fairfax County Park Property, which could provide trail connections to Green Springs.