by Ken Notis
Infrastructure Chair
Complete Streets
- BPAC members have participated in outreach as local citizens, advocating for safer streets for all.
- The City has been doing outreach on several major projects – notably the intersection of King/Callahan/Russell, Eisenhower Avenue repaving from Holland to Mill, and on Commonwealth Avenue. BPAC members gave their feedback on those projects as local residents.
- BPAC provided comments on the repaving plan, including suggestions for pedestrian improvements on Rayburn and Reading, as well as locations in Old Town.
- BPAC suggested improved detour signage for the closed portions of the Holmes Run Trail.
Other infrastructure
- VDOT is currently implementing improvements on the King Street bridge over I-395.
- BPAC has reviewed plans for the Old Cameron Trail.
Intersection improvements
- BPAC members collected detailed information about uncontrolled intersections, as part of an intersection improvement project with fellow Vision Zero partners, Alexandria Families for Safe Streets.
- BPAC provided inputs to City staff for bike detection to trigger signals.
Planned development
- Members provided inputs to improve walking and biking conditions in North Potomac Yard, as that moves forward with the Virginia Tech campus proposal.
Capital Bikeshare
- Members testified in support of new Capital Bikeshare locations.
Alexandria Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee 
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