UPDATE: May 2026: I'm delighted to share that the City has launched an "Old Dominion Blvd Safety Improvement" project that includes an interim sidewalk and crosswalk. Please visit the project website and share your feedback as the comment period is open until June 8.

Note: In addition to signing this Change.org petition, please consider calling 311 to make a request for this sidewalk. This is the best way to raise attention for the issue. Strength in numbers!

Application for Residential Sidewalk:

This proposal asks the city of Alexandria to install a sidewalk in the 3600 block of Old Dominion Blvd., which runs between Tennessee and W. Glebe. This block has a relatively high volume of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, but there is no complete sidewalk on either side of the road. There is half a sidewalk starting at W. Glebe on the east side, and the beginnings of sidewalks at each corner on the west side. Because of curb-side obstructions and parked vehicles, pedestrians are typically forced to walk in the bike lane or street. Given the volume and speeds of vehicle, the absence of a sidewalk creates unsafe conditions.

Old Dominion is the only major entrance to the northern section of Beverley Hills between Valley Drive and Russell Road – a distance of several blocks in both directions. In effect, it is a choke point for north- and south-bound vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the northern section of Beverley Hills and the nearby neighborhoods north of W. Glebe. As a result, the 3600 block carries a significant volume of vehicles travelling to and from I-395, Route 1, and Arlandria. Similarly, many pedestrians travel this block in both directions. These include: people pushing strollers and walking dogs; DASH bus riders going to and coming from the W. Glebe stops; people walking to MOMs and other businesses in Arlandria; and children with or without escorts on their way to the playground and preschool at Beverley Hills Methodist Church, Beverley Park, and/or Charles Barrett Elementary School.