On Tuesday, as the Charlottesville City Council considered doubling the city’s annual contribution to its affordable housing fund, members of the city’s Planning Commission expressed skepticism about a new set of policy recommendations for increasing Charlottesville’s supply of affordable housing. In March 2015, the City Council approved the use of $62,000 from the affordable housing […]
Author Archives: Josh Mandell
Josh Mandell graduated from Yale in 2016 and has been recognized by the Virginia Press Association with five awards for education writing, health, science and environmental writing and multimedia reporting.
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Rivanna River planning projects endorsed by city, county commissions
The planning commissions of Albemarle County and Charlottesville hope to accelerate efforts to preserve the Rivanna River and make it a centerpiece of future development. At a joint meeting of the planning commissions on Tuesday, Chip Boyles, director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, reviewed strategic planning goals for the river that a community […]
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VDOT behind schedule replacing guardrails posing crash risks
In 2015, the Virginia Department of Transportation concluded that a guardrail product used on roads throughout the state was defective and could cause the metal rails to spear vehicles and their occupants in a head-on crash. VDOT announced it would remove these “functionally obsolete” guardrail “end terminals” on roads that presented the greatest risk of […]
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PHOTOS: ET-Plus Guardrail Crashes in Virginia
During October 2016 to January 2017, Charlottesville Tomorrow conducted an investigation into guardrail safety in Virginia and specifically the inventory of ET-Plus guardrails and VDOT’s plans to replace them.
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Crash tests, autonomous vehicles discussed at Senior Statesmen meeting
Dozens of people gasped and grimaced as they watched brand-new cars slam into barriers during a lecture at the Senior Center on Wednesday. Marshie Agee, communications liaison for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, presented these crash-test videos and a wealth of information at a meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The IIHS is […]
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Virginia still a blank slate for self-driving car laws
Perrone Robotics soon will be programming and testing self-driving cars at its new office on the former Barnes Lumber Yard property in Crozet. By staying in Virginia, the software company will be able to continue testing automated or fully autonomous vehicles with little regulation by the state government. Virginia, like most states, has not yet […]
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Getting work experience — at school
Albemarle sees value in on-campus job opportunities Matt Haas, assistant superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools, envisions a new way that high school students could be more engaged in their studies and the world of work, without leaving the building. “School can be a place where students go in, sit down and watch teachers work […]
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Perrone Robotics move to Crozet garners support of Albemarle officials
Perrone Robotics will be able to relocate from Charlottesville to Crozet with the action taken Wednesday by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to amend proffers on the former Barnes Lumber Yard. Perrone Robotics, a software firm specializing in driverless cars, expects to employ 30 people by the end of 2017, and could grow to […]
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City approves bikes in Ragged Mountain Natural Area over county’s objections
The Charlottesville City Council voted on Monday to allow bicycling and running on designated trails in the Ragged Mountain Natural Area, despite a request from the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to postpone a decision on the matter. The council, hoping to resolve a conflict between city and county regulations, formally requested that the Board […]
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Perrone Robotics move to Crozet welcomed by Community Advisory Committee
Perrone Robotics, a Charlottesville company that makes software for self-driving cars, wants to relocate to downtown Crozet. Earlier this week, the Crozet Community Advisory Committee endorsed a rezoning with proffers that would make this possible. Greg Scharer, chief operating officer of Perrone Robotics, said keeping his company in Central Virginia instead of moving to Silicon […]
