The state Department of Transportation is preparing to redo Lake Avenue between Lyell Avenue and Flower City Parkway, and pedestrians stand to benefit at least somewhat from the work. The DOT expects to begin milling and resurfacing the pothole-plagued street in a few months. Lake Avenue has been, at its best, a somewhat hostile roadway […]
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Towns, DOT at impasse on bike lane
East Avenue between the Rochester city line and its junction with Route 31F in Pittsford is overbuilt. It has capacity for far more cars than actually travel it and, because it’s so wide, it psychologically enables people drive faster than they should. So the State Department of Transportation wants to put it on a road […]
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Zoo, state partner on butterfly conservation
The monarch butterfly needs help. Pollinators such as bees and butterflies are struggling, and scientists blame habitat loss and increased pesticide use. But monarchs are in full-on decline. The monarchs migrate to Mexico each fall, but the number wintering there has decreased by 90 percent over the past 20 years. The Seneca Park Zoo has […]
