Millionaire homeowners sued the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, arguing a 10 square mile town whose new zoning plan to increase density had no plan to expand the roads

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• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The city should just put forth a new plan that involves taking those specific homeowners’ land via eminent domain, and using it to install new parking lots or roadways or whatever will fit to accommodate the new requirements.

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  • _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was thinking the city should put forward a plan that specifically cuts off the homeowners homes from any roads, but I like this better

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Parking lots to leave your car and roll into town on rail or bus via the attached depot.

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• xylol@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We are kind of dealing with this too, our city has been expanding a lot and now our little street where we normally walk to the grocery store or to downtown for events is being used as a way for people to get around the traffic from the main road so it sucks to walk.

  They haven’t installed speed bumps or stop signs so its hard to cross most streets, even worse they are removing some cement islands that diverted traffic from taking some of the small streets to let traffic flow through. Now traffic is going more through our lower income area and avoiding the wider roads of the higher income neighborhoods that it used to

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• sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Its so blatantly obvious who actually holds power in this country. Its a wonder most people don’t see it so clearly

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ehhhh, zoning is super important. Vilifying someone by calling them “rich homeowners” is pretty weak.

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  • Davriellelouna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But they really are rich homeowners. This is not villification. It’s a description.

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    cvilletomorrow.org/…/nine-charlottesville-residen…

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    • Demonmariner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And it looks like five families to me. So five families vs. everyone else.

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    • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Having an expensive home doesn’t mean you’re rich.

      You could have a mortgage on it, could have bought it when it was cheaper, which itself can be a problem with taxes and rates, or inherited it.

      People can find themselves locked into an expensive property, or are in a position where it would be stupid to sell.

      Yet again people on Lemmy demonstrate that they don’t comprehend wealth in the slightest.

      None of these homes are outrageous for a skilled tradesmen to own. If you track wages and inflation this is what middle class looked like in the 70’s.

      The rich occupy a completely different economic strata to these home owners. You have zero clue.

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That seems reasonable to me. Adding a lot of people without addressing how they will get around will only lead to diaster.

  It’s an odd oversight though.

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  • pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You don’t need to widen roads for that. In fact, it might be the worst option due to induced demand. For the curious, see:

    More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing
    yewtu.be/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4
    youtu.be/CHZwOAIect4

    The quote specifically mentions “widen any roads”. I haven’t read Charlottesville plans, but it could have included other options like public transport and bike infrastructure.

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Induced demand is also known as latent demand. If your roads are so shit people just stay home, that’s not a good thing.

      Here’s a short paper from Texas A&M university on the subject. More lanes reduces congestion. Follow the citations if you’re interested.

      …tamu.edu/…/adding-new-lanes-or-roads-4-pg.pdf

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The City of Charlottesville has a master plan which includes infrastructure upgrades and expanding their business network.

    charlottesville.gov/…/Transit-Strategic-Plan-TSP

    It sounds like the people suing don’t want to ride the bus.

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