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For Immediate Release: February 21, 2023 Alexandria, VA: Fairfax Families for Safe Streets (Ffx FSS), the leading pedestrian safety advocacy organization in Fairfax and with affiliated FSS chapters in Alexandria and Arlington (collectively NoVA FSS) has released the The Fairfax County Safe Streets Report – 2022. The report brings awareness to the long-standing and increasing risks to the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users in Fairfax County.  There were a record 32 pedestrian crash fatalities during 2022, and an additional 53 serious pedestrian injuries from crashes.  The number of fatalities in 2022 was significantly higher than recent years and higher than the…

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For Immediate Release: February 14, 2023 Alexandria, VA: Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS), the leading pedestrian safety advocacy organization in Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria, is launching the new version of the Near Miss and Dangerous Locations data reporting and dashboard, a crowdsourced reporting application and data visualization platform. Near Miss and Dangerous Location reports are submitted by people who walk, bike or drive on Northern Virginia streets, roads and sidewalks. The collected data is available to the public at no cost. This data is also used to inform Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT), Alexandria Transportation and Environmental Services…

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Check out the following stories by FFXNOW and The Connection on Ffx FSS’s World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) event on 11/20/2022 at Oakton High School: https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/11/22/with-23-pedestrians-dead-advocates-call-for-action-to-make-fairfax-county-roads-safer/ http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2022/nov/21/international-world-day-remembrance-2022-vulnerabl/…

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A summary of the Fairfax Families for Safe Streets (Ffx FSS) October 3, 2022 meeting is now available. Please read the October 2022 meeting notes and find out how you can get involved.…

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Today, Fairfax County School Board Member Karl Frisch informed constituents that the school division’s Office of Transportation Services (OTS) and Office of Safety and Security (OSS) have completed their Safety Study evaluating school bus stops on Blake Lane. As a result, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has made 22 bus stop changes.…