A new set of policies that require Charlottesville roads to meet the needs of cyclists and pedestrians is now part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. “The [Streets That Work] plan is a comprehensive one that pulls from complete streets principles and ultimately rethinks the way that Charlottesville’s existing and future streets are designed so that […]
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Final open house held for Streets that Work initiative
An initiative to create guidelines for development of future Charlottesville streetscapes is nearing completion. “We’ve tried to come up with some ideas that really represent what Charlottesville wants for its streets,” said Ken Ray, with the Toole Design Group. The firm was hired nearly two years ago to fulfill a resolution by the […]
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Committee discusses making Charlottesville streets ‘work’
As Charlottesville continues to grow both in population and age, city planners are continuing work on an initiative designed to make streets safer for bikes and pedestrians. “The primary problem is that we have older streets that we like, but the standards for the new streets create ones we don’t like,” said Dan Rosensweig, a […]
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Incident highlights challenge for Streets That Work initiative
Three years ago, Kate Bennis and her daughter Anya witnessed a near-tragedy when a car drove too fast through the intersection of Little High Street and 11th Street, almost hitting a group of children and parents waiting for a school bus. At the time, Anya wrote a letter to Charlottesville’s City Council asking for either […]
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Charlottesville planning panel takes first pass at capital budget
The Charlottesville Planning Commission has begun its review of a projected $80 million five-year capital improvement program budget, including $21.6 million in spending next fiscal year. “This is the first draft and we’re just now beginning to get a picture of the revenues,” said Ryan Davidson, the city’s senior budget and management analyst. The capital […]
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New Charlottesville planning director settling in
The new director of Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services says he is ready to take on the many challenges he’s inherited as the public face of growth and development. “My role is to help facilitate meaningful planning, development and redevelopment efforts, and to build the pathway I feel is necessary to address challenging public […]
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Will Charlottesville build ‘streets that work’?
About 30 people gathered at CitySpace recently to offer their input into Streets That Work, a planning guide for Charlottesville’s road network. “This is something that’s going to lead into a number of different efforts that we have going on,” said Missy Creasy, the city’s assistant director of neighborhood development services. City planners also are […]
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Smart-growth consultants offer advice on sustainable development
A team of experts from the nonprofit group Smart Growth America visited Charlottesville recently to determine whether the city’s zoning code is helping the community become more sustainable. “This is a community that cares about itself, from everything to protecting trees to small signs to historic districts to parks,” said Christopher Duerksen, a land-use attorney […]
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City to hire outside consultant to speed up Streets that Work planning
The City Council voted 4-1 Monday to spend up to $100,000 to augment planning staff so that a plan to “complete” Charlottesville’s street networks is finished by next summer. The money would pay for a consultant to help finish the Streets that Work initiative, which would create a blueprint to guide public investment in roads […]
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Public asks for swift action to complete Charlottesville’s streets
Several attendees of a workshop held to gather the public’s ideas on improving Charlottesville’s street network called on city officials to demonstrate whether they can begin to implement some of them. “There’s a concern that while we want things to be thought through holistically, we also are eager to stop talking about it and start […]
