Traffic evaporation, and the models that can't see it
Read on the web When road space shrinks, some traffic simply disappears I updated the wiki page on traffic evaporation: the well-documented phenomenon where...
Traffic calming works, and it's cheap
I wrote a letter to the city asking to make traffic calming the default I went down a rabbit hole on traffic calming and wrote two pages: Traffic calming...
Rose Hill Drive: You get the traffic you design for
Read on the web Rose Hill Drive is one of the key north-south corridors in Charlottesville, running between Preston Avenue and Rugby Road/Barracks Road. It...
Why urban grocery stores should prioritize bike parking over car parking
YY's bike shed: 3/21/2026
Read on the web A few things... Life After Cars — Charlottesville, March 30 — On Monday, March 30 from 6:30–7:30pm, there will be a conversation about what...
Cost of car ownership: the million-dollar decision you're not thinking about
Read on the web One day, a PhD student mentioned the unexpected high cost of car repair—often over a thousand dollars, regardless of how cheap your car is....
Why big-city bike lane lessons still apply to small towns
If you bring up bike lanes in a small town, someone will inevitably say: "Those studies were done in New York and Berlin—they don't apply here." It's the...