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The City of Alexandria 11 June 2023301 King Street, Suite 2300Alexandria, VA 22314 Attn: Mayor Wilson, Vice Mayor Jackson and City Council Members Cc: T&ES, Transportation Commission Alexandria Families for Safe Streets (AFSS) supports Duke Street in Motion Advisory Group’srecommendation DSIM Advisory Group’s recommendation. We view the proposed changes to DukeStreet to be a generational transformation opportunity to update a traditional 4 to 6 lane street corridordesigned decades ago to maximized traffic flow into a 21st century multimodal thoroughfare. The projectis a critical infrastructure investment for Alexandria to meet the population growth forecasted in thewest end of Duke Street. The need to develop efficient and…

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The Alexandria Families for Safe Streets newsletter for Spring 2023 has just been posted! Check out the newest updates at the link below! https://novasafestreets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/afss-spring-2023-newsletter.pdf If you have any issues viewing the PDF in your browser, there is a download option in the top right of the PDF viewer.…

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Alexandria Families for Safe Streets recently wrote a letter to Alexandria’s City Council regarding pedestrian and bike curb extensions on Duke Street to improve street safety. Check out the link below (or the download link, if you prefer) to give it a read!…

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Fairfax Families for Safe Streets, along with the Coalition for Smarter Growth and the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling, requested VDOT’s help in addressing an area of Leesburg Pike in Mason District that has recently claimed another pedestrian fatality. This corridor is well known for being one of the most hazardous corridors for pedestrians in Fairfax County. The organizations conducted an analysis……