Lyle Solla-YatesApr 22
I of course agree with my colleagues Danny Yoder and Ben Chambers that state funding should support multimodal regional safety priorities and not picayune highway onramp and off-ramp tweaks but agreed that the new Smart Scale prioritization fails to do this. Instead of embracing failure to snag tax dollars for bad projects we should work together to fix what is broken. #VDOT #SmartScale #cville #BikeTooter #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/april-21-2026-charlottesville-reps
April 21, 2026: Charlottesville reps on transportation committee withhold support for two Smart Scale Projects

Plus: Charlottesville has advertised for construction of the Barracks / Emmet Streetscape

Charlottesville Community Engagement
MCDOTSep 13, 2025
⚠️🚧REMINDER🚧⚠️
D.C.-area drivers beware, road closures are planned for this #weekend on key routes in both Virginia and Maryland. https://wtop.com/local/2025/09/weekend-roadwork-scheduled-on-troublesome-beltway-corridor-that-could-lead-to-improvements/ #montgomerycountymd #mdcommuters #VDOT #DullesAirport #commuting
Lyle Solla-YatesMay 18, 2025
https://publicinput.com/us29250emmet Thoughts about how the huge stroad north of #cville could work better and more safely? #cville , #albemarle , and #VDOT want to know about them here. #US29
US 29 Corridor and US 29/250 Interchange Study - PublicInput

This STARS (Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions) study will assess operational and safety conditions along Emmet Street (US 29 Business) and US 29 (Seminole Trail) in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County between Barracks Road and Woodbrook Drive. The study will also assess operational and safety conditions at the interchange between US 29 / Bus US 250 and US 29 / Emmet Street within the City of Charlottesville. US 29 is designated as a Corridor of Statewide Significance (CoSS) serving as the primary north-south route for the region. Within the study area US 29 functions as both a principal arterial connecting regional traffic to I-64 and US 250 to the south and to US 17 and I-66 to the north as well as a local business route providing primary access to Albemarle County s Places29 Development Area the Barracks Road shopping center in the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. This confluence of significant regional through traffic and heavy local traffic produces operational and safety challenges. The Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) along this section of Seminole Trail is approximately 56 000 vehicles per day (vpd). The Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) passing through the US 29 / Bus US 250 and US 29 / Emmet Street interchange is approximately 75 000 vehicles per day (vpd). The study will consider and develop potential safety and operational improvements for vehicular bicycle pedestrian and transit users in the study area and develop cost estimates for the preferred alternatives. The study will not set construction dates for any of the alternatives. The purpose of this study is to develop proposed improvements that localities can pursue for funding and consider including in their comprehensive plans.

URLAbuse Mar 4, 2025

Today, we identified four new phishing targets impersonating U.S. toll systems and integrated them into our detection system.

New Targets:
• #E_ZPass - VA ( Virginia )
• #VDOT ( Virginia Department of Transportation )
• #NTTA ( North Texas Tollway Authority )
• Ohio Turnpike ( Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission )

#toll #scam #cybersecurity #Phishing #Virginia #Ohio #Turnpike

Show threadGidFeb 18, 2025
@nowster
This!
@creepy_owlet
If you are not sure about your effective max HR, you can't use for your training. Start with a pace based training e.g., the #VDOT concept by Jack Daniels #RunningFormula. After a while you'll figure out your HR zones.
#running
Edit: removed the misleading hashtag. 😅
Bob K Mertz Jan 18, 2025
I suppose #VDOT does own the roads but, well, this is a parking lot.
Stephen RepetskiJan 3, 2025

#Virginia traffic fatalities remain elevated and hit 902 (to date) for 2024, only 5 fewer than 2023.

#VDOT appears to have absolutely no plan for making its roads safer for all.

#BanCars

Data from: https://dashboard.virginiadot.org/pages/safety/crashes.aspx

VDOT Dashboard: Crashes

Lyle Solla-YatesNov 13, 2024
I served on many of the committees of these vital transportation safety projects in #cville that are being cancelled, delayed, or reduced in scope and I am sorry to see that happen, but I appreciate the hard work that City Manager Sanders is doing to fix our broken processes and get actual projects actually done. #safestreets #projectmanagement #processimprovement #inflation #vdot #timekillsdeals https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/november-13-2024-charlottesvilles
November 13, 2024: Charlottesville’s transportation staff provides updates on delayed projects, many of which have been reduced in scope to save costs

Plus: Developer Jeffrey Levien wants the Board of Architectural Review to weigh in with replacement of Violet Crown with 18-story residential tower

Charlottesville Community Engagement
GidOct 21, 2024
@tee_eulchen
Ach Bücher: Jack Daniels' Running Formula. Ist zwar eher was für die jungen Wilden, mit dem #VDOT Konzept, was sich am Tempo orientiert, komme ich aber sehr gut klar. Habe mich an den 10 km und HM Plänen fürs Training orientiert und bin damit jeweils persönliche Bestzeiten gelaufen.
Lyle Solla-YatesOct 9, 2024
I'm happy to stumble on this #vdot report on pedestrian safety from a few years ago. I haven't read the whole thing, but a quick review makes it look reasonable, grounded in data, and based on the real world. I don't know a lot about how we are thinking about safety at the state level in #virginia , but this gives me some hope https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/media/vdotvirginiagov/doing-business/technical-guidance-and-support/transportation-and-mobility/bicycle-and-pedestrian/treatments/VDOT_PSAP_Report_052118_with_Appendix_A_B_C.pdf #walkable #safestreets