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What Do Home Buyers Want? The Right Space
One of the most common themes I am hearing from buyers is that they want the right space. What does this mean? “Right” is relative. Stipulating that this is a myopic view through the lens…
What is the value of a Greenway?
What is the value of a green way to a buyer in today’s market?
Had an interesting conversation this morning in the Crozet Mudhouse with someone who was noting that the attitude shift toward greenways has shifted significantly in the past 10 years or so.
It used to be that real estate agents and developers and even buyers placed little to no value in having access to a means of passage that was not centered around an automobile.
Today, that attitude has shifted 180°.
Access to bike paths or suitable walking trails (for strollers) is an enormous asset. through my admittedly myopic view as seen through the eyes of my buyer clients who are seeking such access and proximity, and through the eyes of my seller clients who are advocating for the benefits of such access, I would say that the world has shifted in this respect.
In the Charlottesville Albemarle area my view is that the City of Charlottesville is fairly well poised to design and build more greenways and bike paths (hint: West Main). The County of Albemarle needs more will and more money. And they both need to work together to have the respective systems work together.
Worth noting is that the departments within the respective localities are filled with remarkable people doing remarkable work.
The market wants these things.
Charlottesville City Police Ticketing Bicyclists
Police officers in the City of Charlottesville have doubled in the past two years the number of tickets they have issued to bicyclists, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports.
First thoughts:
– Good. As a bicycle advocate and rider, seeing cyclists cutting in and out of traffic, on and off sidewalks, blowing through red lights, etc. makes it harder for the law-abiding cyclists.
– Really? The number of times I’ve watched a car badly blow through a red light while a police officer sits there watching the offense is itself almost criminal.
– Bad. Points on a driver’s license because of these infractions? Don’t you have to have a license in order to get points on said license?
– Good. Maybe this will serve as a discussion point for educating the police, cyclists and drivers.
– Is there something in the Code of Virginia for distracted pedestrians? Maybe they could target UVA students on the Corner; they’re dangerous, too.
Maybe the City can add this discussion point to their newest $50k study on creating and integrating “complete streets.†(it would be awfully nice to have this discussion include how to traverse City/County lines rather than myopically looking solely at each locality’s needs.)
Streetcar!
The discussion generated by this excellent story is quite worthwhile. Read the whole thing. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if the street car does not tie into transit outside the City limits (do borders really matter so much?), and is not a part of a comprehensive plan, it will be a neat tourist attraction, with its own place on the tourist’s guide to Cville. If I work up 29 North, or in Crozet to the west, or Lake Monticello to the east, how useful will the streetcar be?Without considering travel and settlement patterns, this will be a sadly futile exercise – with taxpayers’ dollars.