RICHMOND, Va. –   The City of Richmond adds a Mini Street and Sidewalk Sweeper to its fleet! As Richmond continues to expand its bike network, this new state-of-the-art compact sweeper will aide in clearing bike lanes of debris, improve drainage on city streets along with keeping drop inlets free of trash and other debris. 

The City of Richmond maintains 61 miles of bike lanes. Of them, 23 lane miles are physically-separated using flex-posts or floating parking. Those separated bike lanes provide bicyclists with a greater degree of separation from motor vehicles, however, they don't allow a full-sized sweeper to fit in a narrower bike lane. The new mini, compact sweeper will allow DPW maintenance crews access to the protected bike lanes and help keep them clear and safe for cyclists.

Once the street sweeper has begun work and routes established, the schedule for the sweeper will be posted on the City’s website in early September. With additional protected bike lanes with floating parking and/or flex posts planned for implementation, there are plans to purchase another mini sweeper in the future to improve the frequency of the routes and to keep up with the growing bike lanes.

Richmond residents can assist by keeping debris, leaves and other vegetation out of the bike lanes.

Use RVA311.com or call 3-1-1 to report debris in bike lanes.

For more information on the Department of Public Works, please visit us online at www.rva.gov/public‐works or email us at AskPublicWorks@rva.gov

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

RICHMOND, Va. – New 2022-2023 parking decals for residents of the Randolph and Mulberry Restricted Parking Districts are now on sale. Residents can get more information, verify residency in their Parking Districts and download an application for mailing on the City’s website: www.rva.gov/public-works/parking-enterprise. Both mail-in and in-person renewal options are available for qualifying residents. The current parking permit expires July 31, 2022.

Residents must display the permit on their cars to park for more than the designed time restriction. A resident is either the residing owner of record or renter of property located within the Restricted Parking District. A City of Richmond Residential Parking Permit Application must be completed and approved prior to decal issuance. The Department of Public Works verifies residency for both homeowners residing at the property and lease agreements for renters.

A resident of the district is defined as an owner of record or renter of property in the district and members of their immediate family who reside with the owner or renter at the address in the District:

(1) Who are licensed drivers, and

(2) Whose domicile is the address for which they are seeking to obtain the parking permit

Decals and applications are also available at City Hall, Room 102, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. The office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call 804-646-5700 if you have any questions.

For more information on the Department of Public Works, go to www.rva.gov/public-works or email us at AskPublicWorks@rva.gov

We’re Social! For updates on DPW-related projects, activities and events visit us on Twitter @DPW_RichmondVA

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

WHO:             City of Richmond Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility | Richmond Connects

WHEN:           Tuesday, June 21 from Noon to 1 p.m.

WHERE:        Online/Virtual Meeting: Go to RVAConnects.com

WHAT:           Representatives of the news media are invited to the first online meeting for Richmond Connects, a two-year process to engage City residents in a new transportation plan that will make getting around Richmond faster, safer and easier for everyone. Designed as a community conversation, the online meeting will be attended by Richmond residents, local government leaders and their staff, as well as leaders of community organizations.

Led by members of the Richmond Connects team, the online meeting is designed to:

• Introduce and inform audiences on Richmond Connects, an equity-centered process that will engage thousands of City residents, especially those in communities that have experienced past injustices in transportation decision-making, about what needs to be fixed or improved where they walk, bike, drive or take the bus
• Invite audiences to share feedback about making transportation in Richmond safe and easy for everyone
• Share an interactive map showing responses gathered to-date from over 3,000 residents during the Path to Equity and Richmond 300 processes

DETAILS:     Representatives of the news media can learn more about the process resulting in a strategic multimodal transportation plan that will identify and prioritize projects for City funding over the next 5 to 10 years. Guided by the City’s Path to Equity Policy Guide, Richmond Connects will remove transportation barriers to access and opportunities, especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color residents. For more information, visit RVAConnects.com or email connects@rva.gov.

We’re Social! For updates on DPW-related projects, activities and events visit us on Twitter @DPW_RichmondVA

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of

Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

RICHMOND, Va. – Mayor Levar M. Stoney today kicked off the next phase of the Department of Public Works Pulse BRT Red Pavement Project – the painting of Pulse BRT bus lanes red.  This project is starting sooner than expected, thanks to the completion of the asphalt paving portion of the project ahead of schedule.

This phase of Pulse BRT Red Pavement project will install red-colored pavement marking in the dedicated bus-only lanes from I-195 to 1st Street. The $2 million project is funded through a Department of Rail and Public Transit grant and is intended to improve driver and pedestrian awareness of the dedicated bus-only lanes, reduce unauthorized use of the bus-only lanes, and improve bus operations.

Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed in late August. Below is the order in which sections of the Pulse lanes will be completed:

Pulse BRT Red Pavement:

BACKGROUND:

• The GRTC PULSE runs, 14 buses, along the Broad Street corridor, almost one hundred times every single day, merging in and out of bus-only lanes from Downtown Broad Street between 4th and 14th Street. 

• The red lane painting involves the use of a red dye, “Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)” material onto the bus-only lanes.   Once completed, drivers using the right turn lane, onto a side street, will now see hatched red paint to signal them they are allowed use those lanes.  This will better guide vehicles to not cut in front of Pulse buses, but rather to merge into the curbside bus-only lane behind the Pulse bus.  Citizens are still asked to remain alert for pedestrians with the right-of-way crossing the street as you turn right.

• This project is a result of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation two-year demonstration program developed to produce research on the potential benefits of red-colored pavement on travel time, enforcement and other implications, to include improved safety. 

For more information and weekly updates, go to https://www.rva.gov/public-works/broad-street-project or email questions to AskPublicWorks@rva.gov.

We’re Social! For updates on DPW-related projects, activities and events visit us on Twitter @DPW_RichmondVA

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

RICHMOND, Va. –   Parking restrictions will be in place for the Jubilation in June Festival and Fireworks Event sponsored by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities this weekend. The event will take place at the Intermediate Terminal located at 3101 Wharf Street at Rockets Landing.

On-street parking will be prohibited in the following areas starting at 10 p.m. Friday, June 17 and ending at 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 19:

• 3400-4300 blocks of East Main Street (both sides) between the Terminal Warehouse/Kickstand and Nicholson Street

Also, there will be no parking in the lot off Wharf Street near the Virginia Capital Trail.

Additionally, Ancarrow’s Landing Boat Ramp will be closed from 8 a.m. Saturday, June 18 through 8 a.m. Monday, June 20.

Note: All restricted locations will be marked accordingly. Towing and ticketing of unauthorized vehicles will be enforced while the parking restrictions are in place. Towing will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 18.

For more information on this event, go to www.rva.gov/summer or contact Tamara Jenkins at Tamara.Jenkins@rva.gov.

We’re Social! For updates on DPW-related projects, activities and events visit us on Twitter @DPW_RichmondVA

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.