Get Involved

The appeal of the Braddock Road Corridor Improvements will be heard by Alexandria City Council. This is the most important moment to show up and speak in support of safer streets.

Click below to open an email with our template pre-filled. Add your personal story — your commute, your kid’s walk to school, the crossing you avoid — and hit send. Council members read every email.

Dear Mayor Gaskins, Vice Mayor Bagley, and Members of Council,

I'm writing to urge you to support the Braddock Road Corridor Improvements at the May 16 hearing.

[Your story — your walk to school, your commute, the crossing you avoid, the near-miss you had]

I support this project because:
  • It closes a critical gap in Alexandria's protected bike network between Russell Road and Mount Vernon Avenue
  • It shortens dangerous crossings at Russell, Commonwealth, and Mount Vernon
  • The city's own modeling shows it reduces driver delay, not increases it
  • It advances our adopted Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School, and Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plans

City streets need to work for everyone. We can't say Vision Zero is our goal and then reject a plan that improves conditions for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers! Please vote yes on May 16.

[Your name]
[Your neighborhood]

Make posters and postcards for the City Council hearing with neighbors at the Parklet at Braddock and Commonwealth. Poster supplies and bubbles provided. Bring the kids — we’ll decorate telephone poles and bring signs to Council on May 16.

Join neighbors for a group ride along the Braddock Road corridor to show community support for safer streets. It’s Mother’s Day — and what could be more fitting than riding with your kid on the back to help make our streets safer for everyone?

Want to lend a hand? Tell us what kind of help you’re interested in — tabling, postcards, meetup support — and we’ll find a way to get you involved.

Download our flyer and leave it at coffee shops, libraries, or slip it under a neighbor’s door. Six per page — just print and cut.

Print at home on regular paper and post anywhere neighbors will see it — bike racks, bulletin boards, coffee shops, near walking paths. Each flyer has tear-off tabs so people can take home the betterbraddock.org URL. Cheap and disposable by design.

You may have seen flyers from opponents with partial truths about the Braddock Road project. We put together a one-page fact check you can print and share. For the full picture with sources, visit our About page.

Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets collects near-miss and dangerous-intersection reports and turns them into the data advocates and officials need. Save the link in your phone and use it the next time you have a close call on Braddock Road — or anywhere in Alexandria.

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