The Mechanics of Transportation
How can I get drivers to slow down in my neighborhood? What’s Vision Zero all about? Why does it take so long to get a sidewalk/bike lane or a reduced speed limit approved? Welcome to the Mechanics of Transportation – a podcast that will answer these questions as well as introduce you to people who you may want to share a bike ride, bus ride or walk with.
Transportation
The Mechanics of Transportation
RVA Edition - The Historic Three Chopt Road
On this episode of the Mechanics of Transportation, I’m diving into my archives to flesh out and share a story I did for a public radio station in Richmond. It was about the history of Three Chopt / Three Notch’d road, which runs from Charlottesville down to Richmond.
But for this week’s podcast, we’re concentrating on just the Richmond portion because it’s so interesting. When I was doing this story, I got to go checkout the Valentine museum in downtown–a great place filled with really cool Richmond-specific artifacts and information.
I met City Historian Jacqueline Drayer, who at the time was still pretty new to her job. We talk about how it has one of America’s earliest streetcar systems and how the road changed over the decades and how segregation affected travel for Richmonders.
Take a listen to my feature story on the entire road.
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