Pedestrians trying to cross the triple threat of King Street, Braddock Road and Quaker Lane in Alexandria had better be fleet of foot, Wetmore warns. The way traffic signals are arranged, pedestrians can't tell from which direction traffic is likely to flow until it's too late. The appeal is simple, Wetmore maintains. It's not only that urban and suburban streets are difficult to traverse - they're becoming downright deadly. Another 110,000 are injured.
Places are really unfriendly.
They don't have a choice. Northern Virginia may not be a walker's paradise, but that's not to say that improvements aren't being made, said Fairfax County supervisor Sharon Bulova, D-Braddock District. During the recession in the 1990s, the county essentially stopped building and repairing sidewalks and trails, Bulova said. Now we're starting to recover somewhat.