The latest and largest changes coming to area traffic
Summer’s off to a blazing start, and transit crews have hit the road, working on projects in and around Charlottesville. From initiatives already underway to those a few years from […]
Rerouting
For the next two months, Charlottesville drivers should avoid the portion of Emmet Street South between Stadium Road and Jefferson Park Avenue, which will be closed from June 9 to […]
Driving it home
Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But along with holiday festivities comes the traffic. Lots of traffic. And while roads will be bumper to bumper in the […]
Circle theory: Two roundabouts in Crozet’s future
Every few years, the idea to put a roundabout at difficult intersections pops up—and usually disappears. Charlottesville’s former mayor and longtime delegate, the late Mitch Van Yahres, was a big […]
Potential traffic nightmare
UVA football and Carrie Underwood fans could be on a collision course this weekend. The University of Virginia Police Department has issued a traffic and parking advisory for Saturday, October […]
Stopped light: Long wait at downtown signal triggers questions
On Water Street, buses regularly back up at a traffic light at Third Street SE that has the Water Street Parking Garage on one side and a half street dead-ending […]
Committee advocates for Pantops pedestrian bridge
The Pantops Walkability Committee is hosting its first community meeting to discuss the need for a pedestrian bridge over Route 250 at Rolkin Road. The committee, under the leadership of Diane Berlin, […]
Nightmare on Water Street
Utilities relocation for Market Plaza had already closed the eastbound lane on Water Street and detoured traffic to South Street and Second Street SE, and when Second Street was also […]
‘Inherently dangerous’: Route 20 claims another life
Even before Juliana Porter became the latest motorist to die October 4 on Route 20 South, longtime commuter Edward Strickler had gone to an Albemarle County transportation meeting to voice […]
Traffic changes on U.S. 29
Beginning September 28, expect nightly closures of the Rio Road crossover at U.S. 29, as a part of a grade-separated intersection project involving excavation and construction of abutments on which […]