University Drive Bike Facilities
March 3, 2025 Update: Provide comments on the intermediate plans by March 7, 2025.
A public hearing on the intermediate design plans for this project was held at the City Council meeting on February 25, 2025 to receive feedback on the intermediate plans. The formal public comment period is open through March 7, 2025 - to provide feedback, leave comments in the discussion forum below.
About the Project
The City of Fairfax adopted the Old Town and Northfax Small Area Plans in 2020. Both plans include a vision for a multimodal “spine” on University Drive that would connect the Old Town and Northfax activity centers.
The city developed a preliminary concept for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on the segment of University Drive between South Street and Layton Hall Drive and applied for Transportation Alternatives funding to implement this concept. The city has received funding and is developing the concept.
Eighty percent of the project is funded through federal Transportation Alternatives ($914,745). The remaining 20% ($228,686) is funded by the city.
March 3, 2025 Update: Provide comments on the intermediate plans by March 7, 2025.
A public hearing on the intermediate design plans for this project was held at the City Council meeting on February 25, 2025 to receive feedback on the intermediate plans. The formal public comment period is open through March 7, 2025 - to provide feedback, leave comments in the discussion forum below.
About the Project
The City of Fairfax adopted the Old Town and Northfax Small Area Plans in 2020. Both plans include a vision for a multimodal “spine” on University Drive that would connect the Old Town and Northfax activity centers.
The city developed a preliminary concept for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on the segment of University Drive between South Street and Layton Hall Drive and applied for Transportation Alternatives funding to implement this concept. The city has received funding and is developing the concept.
Eighty percent of the project is funded through federal Transportation Alternatives ($914,745). The remaining 20% ($228,686) is funded by the city.
Questions
The project team will answer questions within three days.
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Share If the city removes the left turn lane from Layton Hall westbound to University south bound. How will drivers safely make a turn? Hope for the best? View of vehicles coming northbound on University will be totally obscured. Will drivers not be allowed to turn left onto Layton Hall? Why remove the right turn yield lane onto University Drive? Are you intentionally trying to hack traffic up back to Blenheim? Stop making driving around the city impossible. People have to drive to take children to practices and games and appointments. It already takes me 19 minutes to get out of the city from my on Facebook Share If the city removes the left turn lane from Layton Hall westbound to University south bound. How will drivers safely make a turn? Hope for the best? View of vehicles coming northbound on University will be totally obscured. Will drivers not be allowed to turn left onto Layton Hall? Why remove the right turn yield lane onto University Drive? Are you intentionally trying to hack traffic up back to Blenheim? Stop making driving around the city impossible. People have to drive to take children to practices and games and appointments. It already takes me 19 minutes to get out of the city from my on Twitter Share If the city removes the left turn lane from Layton Hall westbound to University south bound. How will drivers safely make a turn? Hope for the best? View of vehicles coming northbound on University will be totally obscured. Will drivers not be allowed to turn left onto Layton Hall? Why remove the right turn yield lane onto University Drive? Are you intentionally trying to hack traffic up back to Blenheim? Stop making driving around the city impossible. People have to drive to take children to practices and games and appointments. It already takes me 19 minutes to get out of the city from my on Linkedin Email If the city removes the left turn lane from Layton Hall westbound to University south bound. How will drivers safely make a turn? Hope for the best? View of vehicles coming northbound on University will be totally obscured. Will drivers not be allowed to turn left onto Layton Hall? Why remove the right turn yield lane onto University Drive? Are you intentionally trying to hack traffic up back to Blenheim? Stop making driving around the city impossible. People have to drive to take children to practices and games and appointments. It already takes me 19 minutes to get out of the city from my link
If the city removes the left turn lane from Layton Hall westbound to University south bound. How will drivers safely make a turn? Hope for the best? View of vehicles coming northbound on University will be totally obscured. Will drivers not be allowed to turn left onto Layton Hall? Why remove the right turn yield lane onto University Drive? Are you intentionally trying to hack traffic up back to Blenheim? Stop making driving around the city impossible. People have to drive to take children to practices and games and appointments. It already takes me 19 minutes to get out of the city from my
Lana74 asked 3 months agoLeft turns from Layton Hall to southbound University Drive may have slightly longer waits due to northbound right turns being combined into the one northbound lane, but that’s a relatively small consequence of improved pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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Share This is in reference to the "improvements" at Layton Hall and University. Removing the right turn Yield lane is going to back traffic up significantly. It is difficult to make a left turn at this intersection already. This plan will cause people wanting to go right to wait an inordinate amount of time when someone is trying to make a left turn. This plan proposes to make it even more difficult and onerous through additional curbing and bump outs. It will make this left turn more dangerous. It already takes me 10 minutes to get to the city limits at Jermantown. This will make it even longer. People need to drive to get to their jobs, schools, practices, appointments, shopping etc. Why does the city insist on making driving as difficult as possible? This is a bad design that does NOT put drivers first but rather mystery bikers and walkers that may or may not use these enhancements. We have no data on how the other bike lanes are being utilized we just keep building them and hoping they will get used. I live in this city and unfortunately pay the now exorbitant taxes. I wish staff to STOP using my tax dollars to make my life more difficult. I DRIVE this road every day this will not stop no matter how much you would prefer me to bike or walk. Why is this particular improvement such a necessity? It seems to me it is only because staff found transportation money and wanted to apply it somewhere. on Facebook Share This is in reference to the "improvements" at Layton Hall and University. Removing the right turn Yield lane is going to back traffic up significantly. It is difficult to make a left turn at this intersection already. This plan will cause people wanting to go right to wait an inordinate amount of time when someone is trying to make a left turn. This plan proposes to make it even more difficult and onerous through additional curbing and bump outs. It will make this left turn more dangerous. It already takes me 10 minutes to get to the city limits at Jermantown. This will make it even longer. People need to drive to get to their jobs, schools, practices, appointments, shopping etc. Why does the city insist on making driving as difficult as possible? This is a bad design that does NOT put drivers first but rather mystery bikers and walkers that may or may not use these enhancements. We have no data on how the other bike lanes are being utilized we just keep building them and hoping they will get used. I live in this city and unfortunately pay the now exorbitant taxes. I wish staff to STOP using my tax dollars to make my life more difficult. I DRIVE this road every day this will not stop no matter how much you would prefer me to bike or walk. Why is this particular improvement such a necessity? It seems to me it is only because staff found transportation money and wanted to apply it somewhere. on Twitter Share This is in reference to the "improvements" at Layton Hall and University. Removing the right turn Yield lane is going to back traffic up significantly. It is difficult to make a left turn at this intersection already. This plan will cause people wanting to go right to wait an inordinate amount of time when someone is trying to make a left turn. This plan proposes to make it even more difficult and onerous through additional curbing and bump outs. It will make this left turn more dangerous. It already takes me 10 minutes to get to the city limits at Jermantown. This will make it even longer. People need to drive to get to their jobs, schools, practices, appointments, shopping etc. Why does the city insist on making driving as difficult as possible? This is a bad design that does NOT put drivers first but rather mystery bikers and walkers that may or may not use these enhancements. We have no data on how the other bike lanes are being utilized we just keep building them and hoping they will get used. I live in this city and unfortunately pay the now exorbitant taxes. I wish staff to STOP using my tax dollars to make my life more difficult. I DRIVE this road every day this will not stop no matter how much you would prefer me to bike or walk. Why is this particular improvement such a necessity? It seems to me it is only because staff found transportation money and wanted to apply it somewhere. on Linkedin Email This is in reference to the "improvements" at Layton Hall and University. Removing the right turn Yield lane is going to back traffic up significantly. It is difficult to make a left turn at this intersection already. This plan will cause people wanting to go right to wait an inordinate amount of time when someone is trying to make a left turn. This plan proposes to make it even more difficult and onerous through additional curbing and bump outs. It will make this left turn more dangerous. It already takes me 10 minutes to get to the city limits at Jermantown. This will make it even longer. People need to drive to get to their jobs, schools, practices, appointments, shopping etc. Why does the city insist on making driving as difficult as possible? This is a bad design that does NOT put drivers first but rather mystery bikers and walkers that may or may not use these enhancements. We have no data on how the other bike lanes are being utilized we just keep building them and hoping they will get used. I live in this city and unfortunately pay the now exorbitant taxes. I wish staff to STOP using my tax dollars to make my life more difficult. I DRIVE this road every day this will not stop no matter how much you would prefer me to bike or walk. Why is this particular improvement such a necessity? It seems to me it is only because staff found transportation money and wanted to apply it somewhere. link
This is in reference to the "improvements" at Layton Hall and University. Removing the right turn Yield lane is going to back traffic up significantly. It is difficult to make a left turn at this intersection already. This plan will cause people wanting to go right to wait an inordinate amount of time when someone is trying to make a left turn. This plan proposes to make it even more difficult and onerous through additional curbing and bump outs. It will make this left turn more dangerous. It already takes me 10 minutes to get to the city limits at Jermantown. This will make it even longer. People need to drive to get to their jobs, schools, practices, appointments, shopping etc. Why does the city insist on making driving as difficult as possible? This is a bad design that does NOT put drivers first but rather mystery bikers and walkers that may or may not use these enhancements. We have no data on how the other bike lanes are being utilized we just keep building them and hoping they will get used. I live in this city and unfortunately pay the now exorbitant taxes. I wish staff to STOP using my tax dollars to make my life more difficult. I DRIVE this road every day this will not stop no matter how much you would prefer me to bike or walk. Why is this particular improvement such a necessity? It seems to me it is only because staff found transportation money and wanted to apply it somewhere.
Lana74 asked 3 months agoThis project’s focus is to improve mobility for bikes and pedestrians. There will be minor impacts to motorists, but only at some times of the day. The city has performed modeling to test the impacts of the improvements, and what we saw did not significantly impact the operations of the roadways for motorists.
