Monticello Road
Friday, August 30, 2019

The Flow is about to Flip

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Westbound traffic on Monticello Road will be routed to the left onto Levy. Eastbound traffic coming from Graves and the Bridge PAI will nee...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Taking a Personal Celebration Up a Notch

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Running has always been a passion of mine, but it is also one of the main ways I stay mentally (as well as physically) healthy. I lost tha...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Flipping the Flow

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There is a proposal to flip the direction of westernmost block of Monticello Road (currently west-bound) because of some restrictions stemm...
Monday, June 25, 2018

An Equity + Development Field Trip

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When I asked the youth which part of the trip they liked best, they all said the same thing: "The Museum." I could not disagree. ...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Catching Up

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Monticello is one of several connections we are trying to create between Charlottesville and surrounding assets in Albemarle County. Here, ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Mobility and Mobilization

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Like the Practicum project, this new venture will connect kids, families and communities to resources and opportunities. I have started ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Case Study: Virginia Creeper Trail

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One of 47 bridges and trestles on the Creeper Trail. The Monticello Connectivity Practicum team studied a number of regional trail proj...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Locating Monticello Road

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1937 aerial photo of Charlottesville's southeast corner, transposed on the contemporary landscape, with the intact portion of Monticel...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Beyond Monticello: Morven

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After presenting the Monticello Connectivity report, people asked what I was planning to do next. My answer was often, “Hopefully something ...
Monday, July 10, 2017

What's Next for the Monticello Connectivity Project?

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This diagram combines the theory-of-change logic model I designed last year with VDoT's excellent Community Trail Development Guide ...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Connective Corridors to Monticello

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Charlottesville to Monticello & Beyond is a report I co-authored about re-connecting Charlottesville to Monticello for pedestrians and ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Saunders-Monticello Trail User Thoughts on Connectivity

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The following two entries dive deep into the recent report I co-authored on connecting Charlottesville to Monticello & beyond . A larg...
Friday, April 28, 2017

Why Visitors Love the Saunders Monticello Trail

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Out of the 1010 survey responses, there were 681 comments of various length. We divided the terms into categories, among which a few key ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Charlottesville to Monticello and Beyond

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Corridors identified for study. Phase Two of the Monticello Connectivity research project is underway. Five Masters students 1 from U...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Monticello Connectivity Pre-Assessment:
Executive Summary

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Saunders Bridge from Monticello ( Aaron Eichorst via instagram) This is the executive summary of a 50-page pre-assessment report I wrote...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Historic Routes to Monticello

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1890 Charlottesville Land Company Map, showing several of the lost roads (dashed), Monticello Road and Avenue and Market Street (which stil...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Overcoming the Obduracy of the Status Quo

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Route 20 was widened and Interstate 64 was built to help people get around, yet they make it difficult and unsafe for pedestrians and cycli...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Planning Profession Context and Logic Model for Monticello Road Extended

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The following text is from a paper I wrote for my Independent Study Project on re-connecting Charlottesville to Monticello for pedestrians ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A Challenging Site with Potential

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The site is at the SE corner of Monticello and Carlton Roads. (Charlottesville GIS) The Belmont Carlton Neighborhood Association receiv...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Monticello Road Extended: Update

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This project is about much more than transportation infrastructure. Image courtesy Thomas Jefferson Foundation. I can finally announce of...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Reconnecting Heritage: Restoring Pedestrian Access to Monticello

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Charlottesville is quite unique in that it boasts one World Heritage Site that sits in two locations: Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village ...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Moblizing by Moosifying

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It was impossible to choose a best photo from this event but Ms Dogwood dunking the ex-mayor was typical. [ more ] In case you ever neede...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Where are the Pictures?

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As part of my coursework in Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia, I am performing a series of GIS (Geographic I...
Monday, December 21, 2015

About that View...

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Two photos from the same spot, taken three years apart. Left: "The Park, 2012." Right "Belmont Steps subdivision, 2015....
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Broaden Public Access to Ragged Mountain

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It's essential that we get more people--especially kids--into the woods. It's definitely possible to do so without harm--but it wil...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Yard Dreams

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Yard Dreams takes art out of the white box and into the streets—and yards—of Belmont. I will be one of fifteen 15 artists installing art ...
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