Charlottesville City Manager report: Fire incidents down in 2024 so far
A summary of a summary of items that various Charlottesville officials have been working on in the last month or so. What jumps out at you?
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City Council to amend and update the city’s stormwater utility program
Tonight, City Council will re-adopt the stormwater utility program, endorse a strategic plan for Charlottesville Area Transit, and take action on a lot of other things. Read this summary to learn more.
Area delegation travels to Illinois to tour hydrogen production used by Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District to power a dozen buses
One reporter’s account of a delegation to Champaign-Urbana to take a look at how the public system there has a dozen buses that run on hydrogen. Charlottesville Area Transit will try out that sort of vehicle beginning in 2027.
Charlottesville City Council to receive Office of Human Rights report, review transit strategic plan
Human rights and improvements to the transit system. Those are the two topics at today’s City Council work session which kicks off at 4 p.m. today.
Virginia Breeze to launch new east-west service through Charlottesville
The Tidewater Current will connect Harrisonburg with Virginia Beach 365 days a year
Charlottesville’s bus system seeks input on transit strategic plan
The 168-page document lays out a plan to increase frequencies over the next ten years and feedback is being taken through May 31.
Council adopts $253M budget for FY25 after no one speaks at final public hearing on tax rate increase
City Council agreed to raise four of the tax rates it has the authority to set.
Council to get update on transportation planning efforts in Charlottesville
The city’s transportation planner will give an overview of efforts to improve the city’s ability to build public infrastructure
TJPDC Board approves further development of by-laws for Regional Transit Authority
The approval gives the sign that further work can be done between Albemarle, Charlottesville, and TJPDC staff on writing up by-laws for the potential authority
Interim Jaunt CEO acknowledges unionization efforts, plans salary increase this year
The emergence of unions for public employees adds another layer to governance, but Jaunt maintains state enabling authority legislation doesn’t apply to them yet