omg @meirazk.bsky.social did you see this? www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...

Given that I live in a society that's hostile to walkers, being a walker is a political identity. usa.streetsblog.org/2020/08/27/a...

👋🏽 bike/ped 🚲🚶🏽 friends in Cville, here's an opportunity to provide feedback about a *really* wide road that has all sorts of room for an improved, safer, more inviting, biking, walking, and driving experience

This is not sustainable

Car-dependent places force residents to spend so much more money than necessary. $775/month is just the payment. You need to add insurance, repairs, depreciation, and parking, and the true cost of owning a car easily approaches or exceeds a million dollars over a lifetime. yyahn.com/wiki/Cost-of...

Good luck providing mental health support to someone without a home

Once you realize how much landlords benefit from housing scarcity and that they don’t like it when new housing is built, you can’t unsee it.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

This caveat is an important starting point at the conclusion of the thread. Click through and scroll to the top of the 🧵 for more context and critical details

Join us for a discussion of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want." Register today: bit.ly/4sYGeWU Featuring @emilymbender.bsky.social + @alexhanna.bsky.social and hosted by @histoftech.bsky.social

If you want to expand highway facilities, I might have something to say about it. And I'll use whatever megaphone I can get my hands on to say it. (starts around 1:01) youtu.be/IlDtjEsjBPk?...

Lately I'm getting a new genre of email spam—obviously tailored for consumption by an agent. A recurring one is making a "follo-up" email asking for a choice between two specific times to meet. A new one this morning was a request to "update" contact info w/ best phone number

Today!

Unfunded inclusionary zoning mandates are a tax on new construction that worsen the housing shortage. They trade broad housing affordability for a handful of means-tested units for literal lottery winners. The city should permanently cut its requirement to 0% and fund housing subsidies instead.

OTD: 9 April 1865, the U.S. Army --including Albemarle County natives John Allen, James Garland & George Lewis, serving with the 127th Infantry of the U.S. Colored Troops-- at Appomattox, VA, defeated Confederate forces, whose leader surrendered to U.S. Gen. (future U.S. President) Ulysses S. Grant.

We love to see it!

Reminder our monthly social is Thursday night. I hope to see all y'all there!

When growth transforms a rural highway into a suburban arterial, deadly conditions follow – especially for people who are not in vehicles. Eric Dumbaugh and Jonathan Stiles: “Land use decisions – not just street design – are a primary driver of the elevated risk faced by vulnerable road users.” ...

Enough. Billboard done with @visionzerovancouver.ca

🎤 Join us on 4/15, 4pm ET (via Zoom), for Co-Opting #AI #Geopolitics! I will talk about AI and national security, to global political economy, ethical dimensions, and diplomacy with Chinasa T. Okolo, Ph.D., Pablo Chavez, and Nick Srnicek. Free sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

Charlottesville: The official NOTAM is out. As suspected, it's Trump visiting his winery in Albemarle on Friday. There are two 30-mile TFRs for this, one centered on CHO, the other on the winery. The one over CHO will be activated twice--for arrival and then departure. tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

Well, that was quick... which is a good thing considering the portal opened yesterday

A scaled down version of this Tenant Opportunity to Purchase played a key role in helping Charlottesville buy the Carlton mobile home park in conjunction with Habitat and Piedmont Housing Alliance when it was put on the market.

A small, but important, win here in Cville — the fire department is moving towards smaller fire trucks. Small fire trucks opens up more possibilities for allocating the right of way in a more balanced approach that supports safety for all users: cyclists, pedestrians, scooters, and cars

What he said

Last year, the CCS Board voted to bring armed police back into our schools without meaningful community input and despite concerns from parents, teachers, staff, and students. Research shows School Resource Officers (SROs) don’t make schools safer and can harm our most vulnerable students.

100K times this. The situation is desperate and there is abject silence from our Democratic leadership.

See you there!

Would You Rather? The new hit game for decision makers everywhere!

Superman was the O.G. warrior in the War on Cars. True! Learn this & other cool things in this entertaining & very informative podcast. (Finally had a chance to listen.) 👇🏽

This article helped inform my thinking about ways in which the shock(s) to fossil fuel dependent economies might play. I appreciated the stock/flow analysis especially.

💯 They're the best. People can donate, here: www.brafb.org

Charlottesville is getting an urban grocery store. I hope they prioritize ample bike parking instead of spending a lot of money on encouraging driving and increasing traffic. Urban stores can never outpark Costco. yyahn.com/wiki/Bike-parking-at-urban-grocery-stores/ buttondown.com/bikeshed/arc...

Protected bike lanes will make Charlottesville and Albemarle safer for everyone!

From @pkrugman.bsky.social. "America has a terrorist president. And the whole world knows it. But we still have a chance to show the world that he is an aberration, that we are not a terrorist nation. And we can do that by standing up for the values that have always defined us."

Remember, if our solution to homelessness doesn’t start with more housing, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

So, let's make that cultural shift happen. 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/liva...

We just sent out the April edition of our newsletter! It covers a city transportation planning pop up event, a pitch for e-bikes, our recent webinar with @thewaroncars.bsky.social, an Albemarle County housing update, Earth Month, Bike Month, two April socials, and more! mailchi.mp/livablecvill...

youth mobility = adult relaxing I'm in this fight to do less more often.

A proper rain has finally arrived in Fifeville. I hope it lasts

Good morning from Cville! Where a dawn bird chorus greets the arriving rain clouds. We sure could use the rain

"A VCIJ at WHRO analysis of Flock Safety data shows a startling variety of reasons – mandated by a new state law – for vehicle surveillance."

Ebike for the win!

Wow! I thought the Cinderella finish to the season would be enough to save her job, but apparently not. Given the level of financial investment in the program, it should be a far more attractive coaching gig now compared to when Coach Mox helped raise it from the dead

Local Cville peeps — if you haven't done so already, it's a great time to check out ebikelibrarycville.org!

The recording of our webinar with @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net on “Life After Cars in Charlottesville” is now up on our YouTube channel! It’s a great conversation about how cars ruin things and how to make transportation work for everyone in our area. youtu.be/pS4PhQj_tO8?...

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”

Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...