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Once upon a time I ran a news site, now I just have opinions on the news. 

Good Morning, RVA!
My goal is to get you everything you need to know to have intelligent conversations with the folks you encounter throughout the day. Plus, jokes!

May 25
May 25 Good morning, RVA: Staples Mill Small Area Plan, suburban highways, and A+ teachers

Ross Catrow

How nice would it be to safely and conveniently take the bus or ride a bike to a modern train station on Staples Mill?

May 24
May 24 Good morning, RVA: 2 Casino 2 Furious, sports tourism, and working pay phones

Ross Catrow

While its not finalized, I think you should probably expect a second chance to vote against a casino this November.

May 23
May 23 Good morning, RVA: RVA Bike Share is offline, a cool new chart, and Riverrock photos

Ross Catrow

At what point does it make more sense to scrap the Bewegen bike share hardware and start over?

May 22
May 22 Good morning, RVA: RVA Bike Share’s future, a bunch of city-related stuff, and citizen science

Ross Catrow

Let’s learn about what makes a successful bikeshare system from Capital Bikeshare and Citi Bike.

May 19
May 19 Good morning, RVA: What even are improvements, new bus routes, and Riverrock!

Ross Catrow

RVA Bike Month rolls into the weekend with a full slate of events to keep you busy—including Riverrock!

May 18
May 18 Good morning, RVA: Hotel tax expansion, whose rights are important, and Breakaway RVA!

Ross Catrow

I’m not sure blackberries are the smartest thing to plant in a tree well downtown, but, sure, why not!

May 17
May 17 Good morning, RVA: A medium-big win!, school construction money, and Ride of Silence

Ross Catrow

It’s gratifying to see the public engagement process actually work.

May 16
May 16 Good morning, RVA: A small area plan, Fall Line updates, and a tiny coffin

Ross Catrow

Two high fives for Henrico’s progress on the Fall Line Trail.

May 15
May 15 Good morning, RVA: Gas leaks, open streets, and patio dining

Ross Catrow

I know it’d be a monumental lift, but the City really needs start exploring how to break up with natural gas.

May 12
May 12 Good morning, RVA: More traffic violence, big fraud, and two commencements!

Ross Catrow

Have we disaggregated Richmond’s traffic violence data by race? Do we even collect that information?

May 11
May 11 Good morning, RVA: End of the PHE, 10 new speed tables, and trail maintenance

Ross Catrow

By this coming Tuesday, we might have 10 new pieces of quick, rapid-response infrastructure designed to make our streets safer for everyone.

May 10
May 10 Good morning, RVA: New speed tables, new budget, and a new community

Ross Catrow

I’ve set up a chill, GMRVA-centric (but not exclusive) community over on rva.fyi. Feel free to experiment!

May 9
May 9 Good morning, RVA: Diamond District Deal, get narcan trained, and infrastructure changes on Main Street

Ross Catrow

We don’t need to wait for concrete to make our streets safer and protect people’s lives.

May 8
May 8 Good morning, RVA: We’ll see, a packed City Council agenda, and a GRTC public meeting

Ross Catrow

It’s not shocking or revelatory that Main Street is too fast and too dangerous for people walking, rolling, biking, or waiting for the bus.

May 5
May 5 Good morning, RVA: Traffic violence, the VP, and tons of stuff to do this weekend.

Ross Catrow

After the last few years, I’ve settled in to a nice routine of curling up on my couch, watching _Survivor_, and eating ice cream out of a coffee mug.

May 4
May 4 Good morning, RVA: Roundabout timeline, a music festival gone wrong, and NIL for high school kids

Ross Catrow

I don’t think folks are going to forget that both the City and the State have committed at various times to “reimagine” Monument Avenue.

May 3
May 3 Good morning, RVA: Diamond District deal creeps forward, Texas Beach closed for a while, and Bike Month continues!

Ross Catrow

I’d love if someone put together a table of recent changes to the Diamond District deal so I could get a feel for their scope.

May 2
May 2 Good morning, RVA: rva.fyi, we need a DOT, and wheelies!

Ross Catrow

There's nothing special about rva.fyi, other than I wanted a new project and wanted to make it as easy as possible for local people to take two steps back from Twitter.

May 1
May 1 Good morning, RVA: Roads, buses, and skateboards

Ross Catrow

Greetings From Richmond does a great job at capturing our weird, small, dirty, big-hearted city.

Apr 28
Apr 28 Good morning, RVA: Low COVID levels, gun violence, and big sculpture

Ross Catrow

Email these legislators and demand adequate funding for public education.

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