What if the Meadowcreek Parkway didn’t exist?
It's just a question. There have been countless (at least a few thousand) stories written about the Meadowcreek Parkway over the years. What if the community was able to think of a brand-new transportation solution, not bound by the vestiges of 40-year-old (plus) thinking? Would…
A great comment on mass transit in Central Virginia
In a discussion at Charlottesville Tomorrow: We still have a narrow window of opportunity to buy right-of-way for transit; use existing shoulders; use existing rails; even put BRT lanes on the Meadowcreek Pkwy. A good system will be multi-modal. If you can't walk to a…
Too short-sighted for our own good?
I'm not taking a position on this argument at Treehugger but have a question: A lot of the infrastructure in this country needs to be re-built," says Gardner, University of New Hampshire associate professor of civil engineering and director of the Environmental Research Group. "We…
Bus Rapid Transit in CharlAlbemarle?
How cool (and expensive!) would that be? Read more at: Bacon's Rebellion CVillain Daily Progress Charlottesville Tomorrow (the most comprehensive) My thoughts from earlier this month For a County that's considering charging students to ride the bus to school, I'm wondering how much it would…
Hopefully, they’ll study the consultant’s recommendation
And then study the conclusion of that study, too. Please excuse my cynicism. This is a potentially very encouraging step forward - from the Daily Progress: More than a year after discussions began on creating a jointly run bus system, Albemarle County and Charlottesville elected…
Daily Progress has a commuter’s update
It's popped up in my feedreader the past two days. I wonder if there's a feed just for the commuter information. So roll down your window, let the wind blow back your hair and enjoy the 63-degree weather while we have it. Here's the rundown…
Instead of a Monorail in Charlottesville
Or Streetcar, or whatever they want to call it, why not this? It combines Bus Rapid Transit and bikes, and doesn't require a ten-million-dollar a mile investment.
Property taxes in Albemarle and a Streetcar in Charlottesville
Instead of defaulting to "raise taxes," only two member of the Albemarle BoS think they need to reevaluate government's "core services." Good for those two. A Streetcar for Downtown Charlottesville? While a possible good start, my question is this - how many people will actually…
This is why I tell my clients that everything can change
The new Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Disclosure statement (PDF) states:* (a) The seller is making no representations with respect to any matters that may pertain to parcels adjacent to the subject property. Purchasers should exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary with respect to adjacent…
$270,000,000
Heads-up. The transportation conversation in the Charlottesville/Central Virginia region is about to get a whole lot more interesting. We may have to pay for our region's indecision and inability to move forward. That's the estimated cost for the Western Bypass, which has been debated and…