Beginning Tuesday, December 16, you'll need to create an online account for your car to park in the Market Street and Water Street garages on the Downtown Mall. www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....

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@cvillecityhall.bsky.social is on track to miss its own comprehensive plan & climate goals while budgeting so little for bike infra due to failure to identify projects. I wrote a letter urging Council to fund a connected, protected network—not another decade of failure yyahn.com/wiki/article...

would love to straight up close the vehicular crossings on the downtown mall

It finally sold! Been listed for 1.5 years. They tried to flip for close to $1M after a year, but now ended up at the exact same sale price as in 2023.

Who put that sign there?

Does anyone study what percentage of car trips are legal? As in, the driver does not violate the motor vehicle code the entire trip. Or is it just known to be zero percent?

Good morning from the brand new multimodal bridge over 29 🙌🏻

I think this is true (hopefully it's not) but if Charlottesville had set a goal last December of increasing the city's protected bike lanes by at least 1 foot in 2025, they would not be on track to meet that goal.

1. UVA’s (already low) Black enrollment drops 25%. 2. DOJ alleges anti-white discrimination. 3. UVA’s right-wing leadership cuts “deal.” UVA is now legally barred from taking LEGAL steps designed to fix (1). It was never a “deal.” It was a rigged “negotiation” to freeze these demographics.

This is harmful not just because it's victim blaming, but that it creates a false equivalence in terms of the responsibility of drivers and pedestrians: "bright clothes, headlights on." Drivers have *much more* responsibility to keep road users safe! And that includes not speeding.

In OS design, trading-off performance, extensibility, and security is fundamental. How do you balance them? We're launching a 10-week virtual seminar for engineers to go deep on this topic, led by OS researcher Amit Levy. betterbytes.org/courses/semi... #OperatingSystems #SystemsProgramming

not my idea, but it’s a very good one and I’m going to start pushing it: the City of Charlottesville should aim to permanently close the Downtown Mall vehicle crossings no later than 8/12/2027.

Presumably, the late notice was an attempt to be strategic and avoid scrutiny? That seems to have backfired as it makes the response urgent and not something to get to later when time frees up (which it never does).

The bar is low in Charlottesville, but two new (short, painted) bike lanes are exciting! One at McCormick and University, and the other east on JPA at Brandon.

How come in Charlottesville the time between a public open house to replace a 100 year old water main and tearing up Locust is like 2 weeks, but none of the bike lane projects seem to ever get started?

This marked off space should be a pocket park rather than asphalt and parking place for RMC vehicles.

"In total, the Board members have donated over $4.8 million to Republican campaigns and candidates, approximately $10,000 to Democratic campaigns and candidates and approximately $39,000 to causes categorized as “other.”"

It's official! #TockWorld8 will be hosted at @microsoft.com in Redmond, WA, just a stone's throw from @RustConf.com on September 5th. Join us for a schedule on #TockOS in new places, #Rust verification, low-level LLVM hackery, and more! world.tockos.org/tockworld8/r...

I appreciate the city saying 1) “we are still waiting on Judge Worrell, who is taking forever” and 2) “we are just going to reinstate the new zoning code, duh”

I want corner stores this time.

Years of community planning and engagement overruled on a technicality. What a disgrace. This judge allowing a very small number of unelected residents to decide the housing policy for everyone.

We are very disappointed with the ruling today striking down the city’s zoning code. It is noteworthy the plaintiffs didn’t want to go to trial and argue the case on its merits, but rather used a technicality to win. We look forward to supporting the city’s efforts to reinstate the new zoning code.

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

In 2021 @electrifyamerica.com promised to install EV chargers in West Virginia by the end of 2025. So far nothing (not even any coming soon locations), and they only have six months to go. media.electrifyamerica.com/releases/149

Join us for TockWorld this September, focused on Tock, OS and embedded systems security, and Rust. Do you have a cutting-edge project, case study, or research to share? Submit your proposal to give a talk. We look forward to your submissions! world.tockos.org/tockworld8/cfp

This is all it is, a cover for NIMBYism. There is no discussion about the opportunity cost, which any good faith proposal would have to, and want to, address. Particularly in a space constrained city.

The Verve construction site closed all nearby bike lanes. Why? To ensure there was street space to park their own cars. And to store barrels.

This is great. It's wild that you can be going 28%-40% over the speed limit and still not get a ticket, but, at least it's something.

fyi and unsurprisingly, MAGA carpetbagger and Albemarle GOP Secretary Phil Hamilton is attempting to organize a counterprotest to the event at Stonefield this Saturday. please come out if you’re available between 1-2pm, numbers are by far the best way to discourage them from starting shit.

“Who derives joy from that?”

VDOT is conducting a Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions Study at the Ridge Street and West Main Street (US BUS 250)/West Water Street intersection in the City. Your feedback may help VDOT develop improvements for the intersection. Give your feedback at bit.ly/4l7h5Wv

huge turnout, 400+ estimate at peak. tons of support from passing cars. seems like a terrible investment to continue with the construction of a Tesla store at Stonefield if you ask me! #TeslaTakedown

Quite a turnout for the Musk/Tesla protest! People really looking for an outlet to protest [waves hands] all this

Keep calling @kaine.senate.gov

Finally below the price at the election. It feels like the increase since last Nov wasn't based on anything real with the actual company. Drops in the share price from this point forward probably represent a more meaningful devaluing of the company.

Musk isn’t welcome in Cville!

Other than yesterday, no better time to sell your tesla and tsla shares.

"While overwhelmingly people offer personal support, Tesla as a company has remained silent" Tesla is a company full of cowards and toadies. Everyone working there is complicit in Musk's crimes, either directly or indirectly. Walk away while you can. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

the fed’s GDP estimate keeps plummeting. from +3% when Trump took office to -1.5% last week to -2.8% today. Trump, Elon, and congressional republicans are driving us straight into a recession

Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.

"...retail sales south of 60th Street have been $900 million higher in January 2025 compared to the same period last year. In addition, restaurant reservations are up 7 percent year over year, according to restaurant reservation app Open Table."

Road in front of the Verve has been updated, but someone is going to have to explain to me what the point was. They moved the center line and added a white line. Oh and removed a bike lane in the process. It seems like they removed a bike lane to give cars more space.

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

🚨 Thursday 13 Feb 5-7, @livablecville.bsky.social drop-in social is happening at the Ix Park @brazos.bsky.social 🚨 The weather sucks today but will be decidedly more inviting to venture out into the world tomorrow. I hope to see you there!