Safe Streets for Bailey's | Calles Seguras para Baileys

Bicyclist navigates Rt. 7 — *Image: Sonya Breehey*

The Bailey’s Crossroads community is home to a large immigrant population where many residents rely on walking, biking, and using the bus to get to work and their daily activities. Yet, the main arterial roads (Leesburg Pike & Columbia Pike) are unsafe because of missing sidewalks, few safe crossing options, bus stops without crosswalks, and heavy high-speed traffic.

The Coalition for Smarter Growth and CASA are partnering on the Safe Streets for Bailey’s Crossroads campaign to engage and organize the local community in advocating and winning safer streets and improved access to walking, biking, and accessing transit and services. Also helping the campaign are the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling, Fairfax Families for Safe Streets, and other local community activists. The groups will seek to work with Fairfax County elected officials and staff, as well as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), to expedite urgently needed near-term safety fixes, as well as more permanent redesign of Route 7 for improved safety, taking advantage of plans for bus rapid transit in the corridor.

Here are some images of what people face walking and biking along the Leesburg Pike (aka Rt. 7).

Two women walking on shoulder of road — Here are some images of what people face walking and biking along the Leesburg Pike (aka Rt. 7).

Latest Happenings

CSG in the News: Falls Church community demands safety changes to Route 7 corridor

Ayesha Amsa | March 15, 2022

“We need these safety improvements now,” Breehey said. “We took a look as we walked around this stretch and noted the missing infrastructure.”

CSG in the News: Groups launch Safe Streets campaign

Ayesha Amsa | February 15, 2022

The Coalition for Smarter Growth and the immigrant advocacy group CASA are launching the Safe Streets for Bailey’s Crossroads campaign. The goal is to engage and organize the local community in pushing for improved access for walking, biking, and transit.

CSG in the News: Safer Bailey’s Crossroads: Groups Campaign For Pedestrian Safety

Ayesha Amsa | February 11, 2022

BAILEY'S CROSSROADS, VA — The Coalition for Smarter Growth and CASA, an immigrant advocacy group, launched a campaign in the Bailey's Crossroads area of Fairfax County that aims to improve access to sidewalks and create safer bicycle routes.

Man riding bike on street in Bailey's Crossroads

RELEASE: CSG and Immigrant Group CASA Launch Joint Campaign for Safer Streets for Bailey’s Crossroads

Ayesha Amsa | February 10, 2022

Amid an increase in pedestrian and bicyclist deaths and injuries in Fairfax County, with particular risks being faced in some of the county’s immigrant communities, CSG and immigrant advocacy organization CASA are launching the Safe Streets for Bailey’s Crossroads campaign to engage and organize the local community in winning safer streets and improved access to walking, biking and accessing transit and services.

JOINT STATEMENT: Fairfax County’s 13th pedestrian fatality in 2021

Ayesha Amsa | February 2, 2022

The Coalition for Smarter Growth, Fairfax Families for Safe Streets, and Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling are urging VDOT to address safety issues along the Leesburg Pike (aka Route 7) in the Bailey’s Crossroads area of Fairfax County after another pedestrian was struck and killed in December.