University Drive Bicycle Lanes Project

Proposal at a glance

Tax map parcel(s): 57 2 17 001 A, 57 2 17 002, 57 2 17 001, 57 2 20 007

Official record

Addition of bike facilities to University Drive, including shared lane markings in Old Town and bike lanes to the north, with improvements at the University Drive and Layton Hall Drive intersection.

• Address: University Drive between North Street and Layton Hall Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
• City record

In this wiki

• Meeting history — every action, vote, and update, with links to the moment in the meeting video
• Positions & open questions
• Impact analysis — screening estimates with assumptions and ranges
• Documents — the city's published record for this project

2025-02-25 — City Council Meeting

Agenda item 8c: Public Hearing on the University Drive Bicycle Lanes Project (No Council Action) (watch the moment)

• Outcome: Public hearing held. Multiple speakers expressed support, some raised concerns about sharrows. No council action taken per the agenda.
• [8c] A VDOT-required public hearing was held on the University Drive Bicycle Lanes Project. The project proposes restriping travel lanes, implementing bicycle facilities between South Street and Layton Hall Drive, and intersection improvements at University Drive and Layton Hall Drive. Anticipated advertisement date is Fall 2025. No council action was taken.
• Status after: in_progress

Open questions

No unresolved questions recorded.

Member commentary

No recorded member positions yet.

Screening-level estimates of the economic and fiscal effects of University Drive Bicycle Lanes Project. Figures are decision-support context with named assumptions and sensitivity ranges — not predictions. The full analysis has the interactive assumptions panel and maps; methods documents every formula.

Headline estimates

• metric new-annual-spending-at-corridor-businesses unavailable — induced daily bike visits x corridor establishment-group mix (POI count shares) x cyclist spend per trip x 365; allocated evenly within each group

Method notes, caveats, and non-headline metrics live on the analysis page.

Documents published in the city's project record, in the order the city lists them. Labels are the city's own and usually carry the document date, format, and size.

• 2024-11-27 University Drive Bike Lanes Intermediate Plans (PDF, 33MB)
• Open House Exhibits (December 6, 2023) (PDF, 6MB)
• City Council Work Session (October 24, 2023)
• Preliminary Concept Design (2021) (PDF, 4MB)
• Funding Application Public Hearing (Sept 14, 2021)