This was Falls Church a year ago. You cite the city code right but also note that it says bicyclists are motor vehicles everywhere which predates the change in VA law to say they are peds on SUPs and in crosswalks. The code has not charged since VA passed the SUP stop sign law so my amateur view is that the stop signs, like in Arlington, aren’t enforceable though you probably need to go to court to win that one. The Commonwealth Attorney noted that NOVA Parks rules have the force of law (class 2 misdemeanor). So the rules could be different on the W&OD than other Arlington or Falls Church paths. But I looked hard and can’t find any NOVA Parks rules on this. Can anyone else?
We’re working on these stop signs in Falls Church. Haven’t gotten any removed like Alexandria did but we did get ones added for cars at 3 crossings – a first step that NOVA Parks was OK with because of precedents in Reston and Herndon.
Bikefallschurch.org blog has more, though we’ve got an even sharper line of thinking now that needs to get published here.
