Move Fairfax City

Summary

Move Fairfax City is an umbrella transportation planning initiative encompassing three components: a citywide Safety Action Plan to identify priorities for safety improvements, a citywide Pedestrian Master Plan to prioritize pedestrian improvements, and the Old Town Circulation Study to examine circulation improvements in Old Town. The project's purpose is to translate existing long-term plans into specific, prioritized implementation steps. The project formally kicked off with a joint City Council and Planning Commission work session on July 1, 2025, at which staff planner Chloe Ritter presented an update. As of late July 2025, the plan was reported underway and expected to be complete by mid-2026. A Move Fairfax City Steering Committee was established, with resident representatives Jason Desai and Emily Rabbit appointed by unanimous council vote on June 24, 2025, and the committee's first meeting was scheduled for August 2025. One related project, the George Snyder Trail, was cancelled by a 4-2 council vote on January 13, 2026, following a failed vote on the construction contract award; the broader Move Fairfax City initiative itself remained ongoing. As of June 2026, discussions within the Steering Committee included use of a pedestrian level-of-stress analysis and how to track progress on pedestrian safety targets over time.

Open questions & options on the table

• Completion of the Safety Action Plan, Pedestrian Master Plan, and Old Town Circulation Study is targeted for mid-2026 — whether that deadline has been met or updated is not recorded in the material.
• No mechanism for tracking long-term progress on pedestrian safety targets (e.g., at five-year intervals) has been finalized; this was raised as an open question in the June 2026 Steering Committee discussion.
• The council's overall priorities and specific project selections to emerge from Move Fairfax City have not yet been determined — the plan's purpose is to produce those priorities.

What members have said

Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.

Discussion time

Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.