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Official account for the City of Richmond's Department of Transportation. For service requests, use https://t.co/zLJBD4xVNo.
Richmond, VA
Joined February 2026
TOMORROW! 🗓️ cargo bike show & tell and family-friendly bike ride 🗺️ meet at 407 Cleveland Street, end at Fox Elementary playground
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This event is free and open to the public! Meet and hear from City leaders working on your behalf. Richmond wants to strengthen connections, deepen understanding of available government services and resources, and promote a greater sense of community. See you April 20!
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Closing soon. Have you taken our Rider Engagement Survey yet? It only takes a few minutes and helps shape your experience. Take it now → https://t.co/hYhyKObuMU
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#VisionZero starts with safe speeds. Our recent webinar on Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) shows how municipal fleets can lead the way – including one U.S. program that reduced speeding by 91%. Learn more:
visionzeronetwork.org
Learn how cities are piloting Intelligent Speed Assistance in public fleets to manage speeds and reduce crashes.
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📰 Arthur Ashe Blvd. Bridge gets a much-needed $13M "The new bridge will replace the existing structure that goes over the CSX-owned train tracks north of Scott’s Addition and connects the neighborhood to the CarMax Park-anchored Diamond District." @rvabizsense story below
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The latest podcast episode of @99piorg gets into this traffic signal technology. https://t.co/zO1OYaah1u
99percentinvisible.org
Navigating Los Angeles by car is a notoriously soul-crushing endeavor, particularly when you find yourself trapped in the kind of infrastructural purgatory locals affectionately call the “Devil’s...
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"Why is the red light so long?!" Once upon a time, traffic lights ran on fixed times. The primary street at an intersection was programmed to get a certain amount of green, no matter what was happening on surrounding streets. Richmond and other cities now have the ability to
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"Is Richmond going to keep redesigning streets to create bike lanes?" Yes! We sometimes call it a road reorganization, and it's one of the proven ways to slow people down who are driving too fast. ✅ makes walking safer ✅ makes riding a bike safer ✅ makes driving a car safer
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You could use the sidewalk to get from Monroe Ward to Carytown, or you could hop on the express sidewalk. Transit is an important part of pedestrian infrastructure.
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You might wonder why Richmond has installed over 400 speed tables on city streets. A crash at 30 mph is more than twice as destructive as one at 20 mph. Small increases in speed are huge increases in crash energy. We’ll help you slow down by adding more speed tables.
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🗓️ The cargo bike show & tell and family-friendly bike ride is this Saturday. 🗺️ Start at 407 Cleveland Street, end at Fox Elementary playground.
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Ever wonder why some intersections give pedestrians a walk signal before the traffic light turns green? It's a subtle way to improve safety at intersections, especially where's the high number of drivers making turns. The "leading pedestrian interval" gives people walking a
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Mileage is an important metric. “The [250% bike traffic] growth has coincided with a major expansion of the city’s bike network. Cambridge now has more than 100 miles of bike lanes, many of them designed with physical protection separating cyclists from motor vehicles.” 👇
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Imagine a not-too-distant future where people put their bikes on Amtrak to experience bike-friendly Richmond, and to use the Fall Line & Capital Trails to visit attractions outside the city. 😎
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Now that it's spring, there's no better time to freshen up your safe driving habits. 🧼🫧
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🚧 We’re filling an awful lot of potholes right now. Who knows, the one near you might be taken care of by our Chief Administrative Officer @odonaldii
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