#budgetsarevaluesdocuments — Public Fediverse posts

https://t4america.org/2026/05/05/usdots-historic-failure-to-advance-any-new-transit-projects-in-14-months-may-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/ “Since taking office in January 2025, USDOT has not signed a single full-funding grant agreement for a new metro, light rail, or bus rapid transit line” #transit #USDOT #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #WarOnCars #shortage

I of course agree with my colleagues Danny Yoder and Ben Chambers that state funding should support multimodal regional safety priorities and not picayune highway onramp and off-ramp tweaks but agreed that the new Smart Scale prioritization fails to do this. Instead of embracing failure to snag tax dollars for bad projects we should work together to fix what is broken. #VDOT #SmartScale #cville #BikeTooter #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/april-21-2026-charlottesville-reps

https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/week-ahead-for-april-20-2026-charlottesville Budget drama! I’m happy to see the $1.1 million in pedestrian safety improvements. I have been singing that song for many years now. #cville #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments

Very excited about this. For many years we have struggled in Charlottesville with the custom oversized million dollar plus fire trucks with two year wait times available on the market. They do not fit historic streets and sometimes you cannot wait two years. #BikeTooter #FireSafety #cville #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-charlottesville-looks-to-downsize-its-firetrucks/

https://infocville.com/2026/03/06/sanders-proposing-two-cent-real-estate-tax-increase-to-balance-charlottesvilles-fy27-budget/ “A tax relief specialist to continue to work on our tax relief program specifically because as we have had challenges and the need has grown, we have had more work that now requires an additional set of hands to manage” #cville #TaxReform #displacement #TaxRelief #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #transit #housing

https://www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-streets-repaving-disability-rules “At the current pace, the city controller said, it would take 500 years to fix all the broken sidewalks in Los Angeles.” #LosAngeles #walkable #ADA #equity #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #MaliciousCompliance #accessibility

https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/01/02/n-va-officials-prepare-to-make-statewide-appeal-for-dedicated-transit-funding-in-2026/ “People want to be near other people” #DMV #Transit #Virginia #VAPol #TOD #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/12/26/federal-funding-shifts-cloud-virginias-transportation-plans-for-2026/ “Federal funding in many ways [will be] reduced or dried up. And in particular the USDOT has been ordered to oppose the funding of bike/ped projects. They are viewed as antagonistic to cars and driving. We think that’s very shortsighted. It’s going to lead to years and years of funding short falls that will be very difficult to fill.” #USPolitics #BikeTooter #walkable #WarOnCars #Virginia #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #SafeStreets

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2025/dec/24/four-experts-on-europe-most-livable-capitals “It’s because of very conscious investment in bike lanes and infrastructure – and taking away some road space from cars” #Copenhagen #BikeTooter #WarOnCars #walkable #PublicHealth #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments