Posts tagged Richmond
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A new kind of placemaking has transformed Richmond’s Monument Avenue
The anti-racist uprisings following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police have defined our current moment and indelibly reshaped America’s cultural landscape. Some protestors, however, have been acutely focused on using this time to reshape physical space. Keep reading…
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Can Richmond’s pandemic bike boom last?
With the safety of indoor fitness facilities in question and transit riders seeking alternatives to crowded buses, COVID-19 has conjured up the perfect storm for a newfound bike boom. Not since the oil crisis of the 1970s have so many Americans taken to two wheels, but — lacking safe infrastructure — can Richmond’s bike boom last or will this moment prove little more than a limited time trend. Keep reading…
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Could Richmond transform parking into patio seating to save its food scene?
With COVID-19 related closures in full swing and restaurants desperate for revenue, could now be the perfect moment for Richmond to refashion its car-centric public space into patios and parklets? Keep reading…
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Richmond plans to reconnect three communities to create a new mega-park
A design firm has drafted a plan for three new foot bridges that would link Libby Hill Park, Chimborazo Park, and the freshly acquired Gillies Creek Park — reconnecting communities separated by racialized “urban renewal” projects — with new bike- and walk-friendly infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Help us save our Maryland and Virginia transportation coverage
Do you enjoy our coverage of Maryland/Baltimore and Virginia/Richmond from our correspondents Alex Holt and Wyatt Gordon? We need your help to keep it going. Keep reading…
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Can Virginia cities turbo-charge their adoption of electric vehicles?
Faced with the dual threats of climate change and COVID-19, localities across Virginia are waking up to the danger posed by American society’s reliance upon combustion-fueled cars and beginning to look to electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution. In fact, industry leaders and government officials alike believe change must begin with governments’ own fleets first. Keep reading…
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Richmond inches toward opening its streets
Two months after cities across the globe began making more space for people to safely walk and bike, could Richmond finally be on the verge of piloting its own slow streets program? Keep reading…
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This map shows where people can’t get evicted during COVID-19
As the unemployment rate surges in light of the COVID-19 crisis, renters are under an even greater threat of eviction. One silver lining is that the recently passed CARES Act provides a moratorium on evictions for many residents of federally subsidized housing. Keep reading…
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COVID-19 could delay the construction of a new 41-mile trail in Richmond
Engineering crews have already begun surveying the site of the Lakeside Community Trail—a two mile walking and biking path in Henrico County just north of Richmond, but the fiscal uncertainty unleashed by the novel coronavirus threatens the timeline of its construction. Keep reading…
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High schoolers change Virginia law to make rural roads safer
Overgrown vegetation, deep potholes, and sharp curves with 55mph speed limits form a deadly combination along the rural roads around Fredericksburg. After a crash killed a student at Colonial Forge High School last year, a coterie of classmates teamed up to improve the many backroads in Stafford County and took their cause all the way to the General Assembly this past session. Keep reading…