VIDEO: Jeff Speck's visit to Charlottesville

City of Charlottesville:

“City planner and urban designer Jeff Speck is a leading expert on how communities around the country can become more livable, walkable and economically viable.  Speck was the featured speaker at Charlottesville Tomorrow's 2014 Community Conversation held at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center on Sept. 4.

About 210 people attended the event last Thursday including a large contingent of faculty and students from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.”

~Writes Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow

Click here to view a video of this talk

Save the Date - Arlington Bike/Ped Visit

Arlington County:

“TMPD has partnered with CO Location and Design to coordinate an exciting trip to Arlington County to experience innovative bicycle and pedestrian treatments.  The field visit will be held on Tuesday October 28th.

I would like to invite you (and/or your co-workers or staff) to join us for this educational trip, where you will see firsthand how some of their work implementing bicycle and pedestrian treatments on projects.  The meeting will start early in the morning and adjourn after 3pm, so plan on setting aside the entire day.  More details will be provided once you RSVP.

Arlington County has agreed to show us how they have implemented:

 •         Bicycle parking

•         Bicycle Fit-it stations

•         Curb extensions

•         Bicycle lanes

•         Road diets

•         Buffered bike lanes

•         Widened sidewalks and street furniture as a part of development projects

•         Use of green paint in bicycle lanes in conflict points

•         Capital Bikeshare

•         A continuous 24/7 count program for bicycles and pedestrians

This trip will be an educational experience geared towards VDOT and local government designers and planners. It will showcase design treatments and approaches discussed in the DRPT Multimodal Design Standards, the NACTO Urban Bike Design Guide and the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide. This is a timely opportunity to learn about these treatments and approaches.  If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then a site visit is that much better.

To RVSP for this event please sign up using the Google form, here… Sign up early to confirm your space, as VDOT may have to restrict attendance depending on the response. ”

~John Bolecek, VDOT