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Alexandria Bike Map Off-road Paths and Bikeways Bicycles & Public Transportation Metrorail & Bicycle Parking at Metro Bike racks on buses Phone Numbers & Resources It is free and permissible to bring your bike on Metrorail weekdays Four easy steps for loading a bike on the bus are shown below. It Pedestrian & Bicycle Program 703.746.4086 except during rush hours: 7 am to 10 am and 4 pm to 7 pm. Bicycles takes just a few seconds to secure your bike. Bicycle Maps, Bicycle Parking, Pedestrian Safety are permitted on weekends as well as most holidays. Safe Routes to School, Sidewalk Requests Online: Alexandriava.gov/LocalMotion 703.746.4686 Metro Bike-‘N-Ride Guidelines are available at all stations and Trail Maintenance Questions online at www.wmata.com. You can also check online for informa- Dept. of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities 703.838.4340 tion about Metrorail station lockers and bicycle racks. Problems on the Mount Vernon Trail outside City Limits (NPS) 703.419.6410 Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail (Prince George’s County) 301.265.7000 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Trains Online: Alexandriava.gov/ContactUs Full-sized bicycles cannot be accommodated on VRE trains. Street & Sidewalk Maintenance and Problem Reporting However, folding bicycles are permitted. Report potholes, debris in bike lanes, bridge issues, broken sidewalks 703.838.4488 More info: www.vre.org Downed tree limbs and sidewalk overgrowth 703.838.4999 Damaged or missing street lights, signs or traffic & pedestrian signals 703.838.4747 Litter on sidewalk 703.519.3486 DASH and Metrobus Graffiti on streets and bridges 703.838.4488 All Metrobuses are equipped with heavy-duty racks on the front. Graffiti on buildings – Police (non-emergency) 703.838.4444 The King Street Trolley and DASH bus systems are being retrofit- Online reporting form: http://request.alexandriava.gov/Portal/ ted to include racks. It’s free and you are responsible for loading, securing and removing your bicycle by following instructions on the Visitor and Special Events Info Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association 703.746.3301 racks. The racks also have a locking mechanism to prevent bikes Online: www.visitalexandriava.com from coming loose. 270 More info: www.wmata.com and www.dashbus.com. White Flint Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Department of Transportation & Environmental Services Wheaton Wheaton Department of Planning and Zoning, GIS Division To Cumberland, MD Grosvenor-Strathmore Steve Spindler Cartography | [email protected] 95 Peter Volz Design Alexandria Trails Bicycle Tours in Alexandria Regional Bike & Potomac Rock North Creek 495 Photo of Mayor Euille by Ernest E. Clark/[email protected] Bethesda Trail Forest Glen Greenbelt Alexandria has a popular and growing bikeways network that Greenbelt Front cover photos: Eric Gilliland, Richard Nowitz, and Erik Kvalsvik. More than 3.5 million people a year visit Alexandria to explore three Trail Silver College Inside photos: Eric Gilliland, Erik Kvalsik, Pat Mann, James Trowbridge, Cara Pennel, includes streets with bicycle lanes, signed bicycle routes and off- centuries of architecture, art galleries, presidential homes, Civil War forts Metro Routes Sligo Richard Nowitz and courtesy Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association. 495 SpringCreek road, shared-use paths. Our primary trails are: and the heritage of Native Americans, colonials, African-Americans and Medical Center Anacostia Park Silver Trail Tributaries Spring women. Fortunately, the Alexandria Heritage Trail (AHT) exists to help C & O Canal Silver Spring Trail System Mount Vernon Trail: 18.5 miles (paved) you find these great sites. Towpath Trail BethesdaBethesda ALEXANDRIA, VA The AHT is a self-guided 23-mile Bethesda College Park- More than one million people a year use this asphalt path along the U of Md bicycle tour that can be explored Beach Drive College Park-U of Md 495 Potomac River that runs from Rosslyn to George Washington’s estate TakomaTakoma in one day or in many different Capital is car-free on at Mount Vernon. Commuting cyclists love it because the trail Crescent weekends 95 connects to other important bikeways such as the Custis Trail and Four variations and loops. It is a seg- Cross County Trail Prince George's Plaza Trail Friendship Heights Mile Run Trail. ment of the Potomac Heritage Alexandria, Virginia National Scenic Trail. The AHT Washington West HyattsvilleWest Hyattsville Fort Totten uses designated on-road and Tenleytown-AU Fort Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail: 3 miles (paved) Rock Totten 50 off-road bikeways, and many Van Ness-UDC Creek Bladensburg Capital Bikeshare Major regional connection from Old Town to Prince George’s County, Trail of the key sites are designated Georgia Ave|Petworth Cleveland Park Landover Md. and National Harbor. Many interconnecting trails; see inset map. Brookland-CUABrookland- on the Alexandria Bikeways CUA Capital Columbia HeightsMetropolitan map. Visit www.alexandria- WoodleyWoodley Park Park-Zoo|Adams Zoo Morgan Branch Trail Holmes Run Trail: 5 miles (paved) CrescentAdams Morgan Bike Map Rhode IslandRhode Ave va.gov/localmotion for more Trail This scenic asphalt trail in the west end connects to a shared-use C & O Canal U St/African-Amer Civil |War Memorial/Cardozo Island Ave Cheverly information. Towpath Trail DupontShaw-Howard Univ path on Eisenhower Avenue and continues another two miles to the Dupont Circle New York Ave Deanwood Mt Vernon Sq - 7th St|Convention Center Eisenhower Avenue Metro Station. Farragut North Minnesota West Falls Church|VT/UVA Custis Foggy Bottom|GWUFarragutMcPherson West Sq Ave Marvin To Purcellville 66 NationalMetroGallery Mall Center Pl-ChinatownUnion StationUnion Minnesota Ave Rosslyn Judiciary Sq Trail Rosslyn Station Gaye Chesapeake Four Mile Run Trail: 1 mile (paved) TrailFederalArchives-Navy Triangle Mem'l Anacostia Court House Benning Road Beach Trail Dunn Loring River Trail Capitol Heights Trails & Smithsonian Benning East Falls Church Clarendon Stadium|Armory Addison Road|Seat Pleasant This short, asphalt trail through Four Mile Run Park provides an impor- Merrifield Arlington|Cemetery L'EnfantFederal Plaza CenterCapitol SW South System Dunn Loring|Merrifield W & OD Virginia|Square-GMU Arlington Eastern Market Road Addison Road East Falls Ballston-MU tant connection from the Mount Vernon Trail to Arlandria, Del Ray and Trail Church ArlingtonCemetery Potomac Ave Seat Pleasant Vienna|Fairfax-GMU Ballston- Bike Routes Waterfront|SEUNavy Yard Rosemont via bicycle lanes along Commonwealth Avenue. A Vienna|Fairfax-GMU MU connection in Arlington provides direct access to the W & OD Trail. Pentagon Fort Circle W & OD Trail (Unpaved) Trail Etiquette Pentagon City ! Trail AnacostiaAnacostia Cross County Crystal City Suitland Regional Trails Trail Ronald Reagan WashingtonMt. National Vernon Airport Parkway Suitland Trail P Bolling Naylor Road Keep to the right. o 4 Mile Run WaterfrontBollingCongressCongress Heights SuitlandSuitland The Washington, DC area has a first-rate network of shared-use paths WaterfrontHeights Yield to pedestrians and slower moving traffic except when t Trail Southern Ave and recreational trails. All the trails listed here are suitable for bicycling o xandria H 4 passing. Slow down when there are many users on the trail. Ale erita because they are paved or hard-packed “natural” surface. ge T m 295 rail Oxon Branch BranchAve Ave Holmes Run 395 a Run Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park: 45 miles (paved) 495 Alexandria c AlexandriaBraddock Built on a former railroad bed, this asphalt trail is owned and operated Use your path. RoadBraddock Road 95 R 495 by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority of which Alexandria is Don’t bike on designated walking or running paths. King StreetKing . a member and contributor. It is used by more than 2 million people every Street Eisenhower Ave year and runs from Shirlington to Purcellville in Loudon County. Van Dorn Street Eisenhower Potomac Van Dorn Ave Street Huntington Woodrow Heritage Trail Be careful at crossings. Huntington Wilson Bridge Henson Creek Trail Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park: 184.5 miles Look both ways. Cyclists: yield to through traffic at (crushed stone and clay) intersections. Remember, pedestrians have the right of way. 95 N Running along the north bank of the Potomac River from Georgetown to Pedestrians: exercise caution. Be aware that cyclists and Cumberland, MD., the C&O Canal trail is managed by the National Park Franconia-Springfield skaters require a lot of room to stop. Franconia 0 4 miles Service. Springfield 0 4 kilometers Capital Crescent Trail: 13 miles (paved and crushed stone) Advise others when passing. Mt. Vernon Metrorail Running from Georgetown to Silver Spring, MD. mostly along a former Trail rail bed, the CCT includes seven miles of asphalt path from Georgetown Sound your bell or horn or call out when approaching Bike Trails to Bethesda. pedestrians or slower cyclists, then pass safely on the left. On-road Bikeways 2012 Alexandria Heritage Trail Dear Friends, On-road Bikeways Navigating the Road Safety Bicycling is a great way to get around Alexandria. It’s fast, healthy Local Motion and good for the environment. Bicycling Rules of the Road With the expansion of Capital Bike lanes: A striped section on each side of The laws regulating bicycling on Bikeshare to Alexandria, the new Visit Alexandriava.gov/LocalMotion today! Virginia’s roads define the rights the street reserved for bicycle use. Pavement Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail to and duties of bicyclists as well as Maryland, better on-street bike- The City of Alexandria’s Local Motion program promotes and encour- marking identify the lanes. the motorists with whom they share ways, more bicycle parking and ages public transit, ridesharing, bicycling, and walking as money and the roadway. Bicyclists and motorists improved connections to Metro and time saving alternatives that discourage driving alone, reduce auto- have the same rights and duties, to our neighbors in Arlington and mobile dependence, increase mobility and improve air quality. and the laws governing traffic regulation apply equally to both. Fairfax counties – we have made great progress.
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