Two-Year Transportation Program

Summary

The Two-Year Transportation Program is the City of Fairfax's rolling planning and funding mechanism for prioritizing and advancing transportation projects. It was introduced at the October 8, 2024 City Council meeting and discussed further in a work session on February 18, 2025, with Transportation Director Wendy Sanford presenting in anticipation of formal adoption. The program was adopted by City Council on February 25, 2025 for FY25-26, with the agenda item listed as consideration of adoption (item 7D). Projects included in the adopted FY25-26 program are: an evaluation of Fairfax Circle, bike route wayfinding, improvements at the intersection of Main Street and Lindhurst Drive, improvements on the north side of the Vienna Metro Station, and a sidewalk feasibility study at Rust Road and Westmore Drive. The program serves as a key planning gateway: individual projects are introduced and prioritized through the two-year program before advancing to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), feasibility studies, funding applications, and construction. Several projects referenced in later meeting records — including the Government Center Parkway connection, a Camp Washington streetscape project, and a George Snyder Trail/Fairfax Boulevard multimodal project — trace their origins to earlier cycles of the two-year transportation program.

Open questions & options on the table

• A modification to the George Snyder Trail/Fairfax Boulevard multimodal project (originally included in the FY22 Two-Year Transportation Program, with FY26 funding) was under consideration as of May 26, 2026 — the outcome of that modification decision is not recorded in the material.
• The Safety Action Plan (Move Fairfax City), which was underway as of July 2025 with a projected completion of mid-2026, has no recorded completion status in the material.
• The Fairfax Circle intersection analysis, included in the adopted FY25-26 program, has no recorded completion or outcome in the material.
• The next cycle of the Two-Year Transportation Program (beyond FY25-26) has not been introduced or discussed in the material.

Discussion time

Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.