Last week I lamented the possibility of Crozet Avenue becoming a bottleneck. This week, it appears that the right turn lane may not be viable. After the break, you can see Piedmont Development Group’s proposal for a right turn lane followed by Albemarle County’s response. …
145 More Homes Coming Behind Western Ridge and Westhall?
Update: The Newsplex did a nice story on proposed new development One clarification: the new development could help or hurt the Crozet community. My greatest personal concern is that the new development seems to have its sole access via Park Road. Go to the end …
Jarman’s Gap is Coming Along
I know that the sidewalks are being used now quite frequently and I look forward to more people using the bike lanes when they’re in place … if you haven’t been down Jarman’s Gap lately, the progress (while seemingly slow to those who are living …
Walking to School at Crozet Elementary
Big thanks go to the Crozet PTO for organizing today’s Walk to School Day. In spite of the sudden rain, a lot of families continued on and made it to school on foot and bike without incident. I hear the next Walk to School day …
Thanks, Crozet Elementary for Moving the Bike Rack
“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.