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Who’s Taking Action on Climate?

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It’s Up to Us
It’s Up to Us

C3 recognizes, as we always have—that communities hold immense power to address climate change. When federal action slows, our cities can still advance toward a just and sustainable future. Read on to learn how C3 is moving forward post-2024 election season, prioritizing local climate solutions across Virginia, and getting results as we always have.

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Navigating Transit: Performance Metrics & Funding
Navigating Transit: Performance Metrics & Funding

Our first blog in the series looked at CAT’s relative prowess in attracting ridership compared to three other Virginian transit agencies. CAT’s consistent annual downward ridership between 2015 and 2023 proved to be an outlier compared to Blacksburg Transit (BT), the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC), and Arlington Transit (ART) [1]. This week, we explore metrics beyond ridership that can be leveraged to enhance competitiveness, focusing on the most significant funding sources available to CAT.

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Thank You, Caetano!
Thank You, Caetano!

During an organization's lifetime, certain individuals make their mark and help shape the organization's mission and vision. We know those individuals cannot stay with us forever but must pursue new and exciting endeavors. Read to see a brief look at five remarkable accomplishments during Caetano’s five years of service.

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Riding the Metrics: Public Transit Performance in Virginia
Riding the Metrics: Public Transit Performance in Virginia

This blog post is the first in a series that dives into competitive and formula funding for transit in Virginia. In this series, we’ll show how key indicators, such as ridership and operating costs, relate to each other in determining agencies’ ability to compete for State and Federal funding streams. With the insight of transit agency leaders, we consider lessons that Charlottesville and Albemarle County’s transit services can learn from their peers competing for the same pots of money. 

Join us this week as we look at CAT’s ridership performance in comparison with fellow Virginian transit agencies in Blacksburg, the Greater Richmond Area and Arlington, and as we ask their decision-makers: what drives successful public transportation systems?

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Bold Action Starts With Us

Real change starts with you and me, with all of us! C3 empowers local families, businesses, schools, and government to take meaningful steps that reduce climate pollution and make our homes healthier, our businesses more prosperous, and our community stronger. We are not leading on climate in Central Virginia. Not yet. With you, C3 plans to change that. Learn more about how you can make a difference.

Corporate Sustainability

Businesses across the U.S. are stepping up as leaders of climate solutions. Charlottesville and Albemarle businesses are no exception. To date over 200 local businesses have joined the Better Business Challenge, a friendly competition among businesses, schools, congregations, and non-profits to save money while reducing their environmental impact. 16 organizations have joined our Green Business Alliance as climate leaders ready to embrace the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profits.

Make Your Own Impact

We all care deeply about our quality of life in our community and have a strong desire to protect our children's future and our natural resources. Right now, in our own homes, we can reduce pollution, improve health, and save money by reducing energy use and making other lifestyle changes. C3's Home Energy Challenge is a fun, team-based approach to cutting your energy costs while protecting the environment. 

Energy Equity

Ensuring an equitable transition to clean energy and a sustainable future means addressing the needs of all members of our community. That’s why our C3 team aims to infuse inclusion, diversity, and equity into each of our campaigns and our policy work. From convening social justice groups to engaging communities where they are, our team strives to listen to the needs of all community members and works to increase access to climate action.

Accessible, Clean Transportation (ACT)

Transportation is a central part of everyday life, connecting us to essential services, economic opportunity, recreation, and each other. The quality of transportation infrastructure significantly impacts the quality of our lives: our ability to care for ourselves, provide for our families, and achieve our goals. It also impacts our climate.

Youth Leadership

C3 works with young people, educators, administrators, and parents on ways to make a positive impact both within their schools, at home, and in our community. From the Green Schools Network to our Climate Justice summer camp, we love working with the next generation of climate leaders.

Give your Time, Talent, or Treasure

Volunteer or donate to help us expand our message and spur more action on climate! We have a need for event volunteers, climate advocates, and translators. Join C3 and our big tent approach to enacting climate policies and solutions right here at home.

 
 

 

 
 
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“This is not a liberal agenda, nor a conservative one. This is the human agenda.”
— Paul Hawken, Drawdown