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30 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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seriously this place loves parking mandates. its downtown core is close to being an unbroken set of surface lots, and yet people constantly complain there isn’t enough parking.
the city’s own data says we have more than enough parking but do not tell that to various business owners and city staffers, who insist that our economic survival depends on building ever more parking
meanwhile, i would be willing to bet real cash that the extension of the Northeast Regional to Charlottesville back in 2009 has done more for the city’s economic growth than any amount of parking built over the last twenty years.
would love to see this data for cville

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25 May
i really love this letter in support of the (wasteful, needless) proposed new parking garage, because it demonstrates everything wrong with how some influential stakeholders think of downtown charlottesville
first of all, the premise of the letter — that downtown faces a severe parking shortage that precludes visitors from experiencing the area — is demonstrably false. downtown charlottesville has two parking garages — which are rarely at capacity — & an abundance of surface parking.
in fact, the city hired consultants to do a study of downtown parking in 2015 which concluded that the parking problem was more management than supply, and urged city leaders to refrain from building new parking in favor of better management of existing resources.
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25 May
this is an incredible feature which also has me thinking about how interesting it is that the Tulsa massacre has gone from fairly obscure to basically mainstream knowledge in a few short years nytimes.com/interactive/20…
is it just the impact of HBO’s Watchmen?
i think this is right. a new generation of history-informed black journalists + the work of activists and historians = greater public awareness that then coalesces into the kind of popular presentation you saw on that show.
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24 May
i have complained about this on here before but let me say it again: cville economic development staff wants to spend $15 million on a 306-car garage across the street from another garage which is down the block from yet another garage, none of which are ever full.
all of this to satisfy an agreement that only calls for 90 reserved spaces. it’s madness.
still waiting for folks to stumble onto the straightforward answer to “how to get more people downtown” which is “construct more housing downtown”
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21 May
folks if you’ve never seen THE SET-UP it’s on criterion channel right now and you should watch it, it slaps
robert ryan is absolutely perfect in this, at once world weary and resigned yet determined and dignified, all of this amplified by terrific lighting that emphasizes the lines of his face.
and the centerpiece of the film, a boxing sequence, is dynamic and thrilling and a real class in developing character through action
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18 May
i’m telling you, i got my ebike and it promptly replaced 90 percent of my car trips
and dealing with wear and tear on a bike is much cheaper than dealing with it on a car
I grocery shop every week for a partner and (now) two kids. They don’t come to the grocery store with me but then I’m not sure why that’s necessary in the first place.
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14 May
jeff daniels looks incredibly out of place as a cop. oh, i am watching SPEED tonight. have not seen it in years.
got the new 4K steelbook in fact
man you’ll forget about this opening elevator set piece and it is INCREDIBLY tense and well done
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