“Daddy! More people should ride bikes! There’s less traffic!”* What a nice surprise to get to Crozet Elementary this morning after riding just over a mile to find that the bike rack had been moved to a more visibly prominent location. I even heard kids …
Walking from Trailside Coffee to Henley Middle School
More context to come, but for now … I asked Crozetians for the services of a teenager to photograph the walk from Trailside Coffee in Old Trail to Henley Middle School. From sidewalks to paths to the bridge back to a path, it looks like …
Jarman’s Gap Retention Pond
I’d heard about this and driven/ridden my bike by the site of the soon-to-come retention pond but haven’t yet taken photos. Happily, I received this email from a reader today: I wanted to bring to your attention a detention pond that VDOT has planned along …
Jarman’s Gap Expansion Continues
If you haven’t driven Jarman’s Gap in the past few days or weeks, the changes there are remarkable. Track the project – budget, schedule, contacts – on VDOT’s page.
Walk to School Meeting this Thursday – are you Going?
Crozet Community Advisory Council Meeting – Walking & Biking to School meeting to try to get community buy-in. This is the sort of meeting that the community needs to, if it truly believes in connectivity and walking/biking to school, get behind. … The meeting will be dedicated to the topic of walking and biking to the local schools. Representation from each of the schools and PTOs will make this a much more lively and effective discussion.
If Traffic at Old Trail & WAHS is Bad Now …
What’s it going to look like when there are 2200 homes rather than 250?
This is the traffic nearly every morning during school drop-off time. I wonder if any kids from Old Trail will ever walk to school.
Closing Jarman’s Gap for the Summer?
I’m no engineer, but I’d wager that they would finish it in a month if they were properly incentivized.
… At its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to endorse a resolution supporting the temporary closure of Jarmans Gap Road (Route 691). The Virginia Department of Transportation has recommended a complete closure of Jarmans Gap Rd. to traffic for approximately 60 days during the construction project to allow for the installation of a precast box culvert at Powell’s Creek. … VDOT advises that during the school year, Jarmans Gap Rd. will be reduced to one lane of traffic, as necessary.
Jarman’s Gap Road Set to be Improved
A $13.5 million project to widen a stretch of Jarman’s Gap Road in Crozet will be advertised for construction in January 2011. The right of way phase for this project first began in 1998. “Given the amount of development that has taken place, the improvements are important for providing adequate access,” said chief planner David Benish in an interview. The project will also add sidewalks and a bike lane, which will make downtown Crozet more accessible.
Walking to School – Do you Do it?
Interesting article at the Wall Street Journal this morning discussing walking to school . I’ve noticed more people walking to Crozet Elementary this year, which I’ll chalk up as a good thing. (read more at my new favorite blog, Free Range Kids )
Tree work on Jarman’s Gap
Any idea why they are doing the major tree clear cutting on jarmans rd ? … And: Over the past 2 days they have been taking down what appears to be most of the trees on the southern side of Jarmans Gap Road starting from the west end.
…Utility relocations are planned for the south side and must be completed before VDOT bid the construction contract.
…And from Howard Tomlinson, Project Manager of VDOT confirms: Yes the sidewalk is planned only on the northern side of Rte.691 under the UPC 11129 project.