CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville’s Fire Department is in the market for smaller fire trucks, after input from a number of community cyclists and walkers at a recent town hall meeting.
“Charlottesville is a very bike-friendly community, walk-friendly community, and sometimes when they see our fire trucks, they look massive,” Deputy Fire Chief Will Broscious said during an appearance on WINA Morning News. “And that’s become a topic among our community member who want to see us in smaller fire trucks to basically allow us to have more bike lanes.”
As for finding the smaller trucks that have the space and can carry the equipment they need, Broscious said, “Thankfully we’re not the only city that has that challenge.”…