Often a conversation around Charlottesville is, what if Charlottesville was like Austin, or Aspen? But … what if … Charlottesville/Albemarle aimed to be like Portland?
Just a thought …
I just returned from a trip to Portland, Oregon. (One of the best real estate conferences I’ve ever attended) The bicycle infrastructure was mind-blowing.
Riding a bicycle for transportation purposes in Portland is normal, which itself is a little bit weird. People ride bicycles. and it’s normal.
What if … Charlottesville and Albemarle worked together to build such bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure? What if … the West Main Corridor became a focal point of transportation methods working together (archived: 2018)? What it … the Charlottesville streetscape projects worked in conjunction with the County of Albemarle?
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