Some roads in the City of Rochester, due to their design or the amount of traffic they get, are just not accommodating to cyclists. Cyclists tend to avoid them, even though the routes often connect important destinations, such as neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, and parks. To get around that problem, city planners have turned to bicycle […]
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Seeking bus converts
Fans of mass transit often talk about how hard it is to convince people to give public transportation a shot. But for the past few years, some local mass transit advocates have tried to have a little fun with the task. The result is ROC Transit Day, which happens this year on Thursday, June 19. […]
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Rochester is a community of walkers, new report says
In Rochester, 6.2 percent of commuters walk to work, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. Rochester, it turns out, ranks 15th out of American cities with populations over 200,000 in the rate of commuters walking to work. The Census Bureau’s report analyzes commuter data collected through the American Community Survey from 2008 through 2012. […]
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Crash course for cops
It takes more than bike lanes and sidewalks to make a community hospitable to cyclists and pedestrians. Law enforcement plays a big part, too. More people are walking and biking, so police officers need to have a comprehensive understanding of the laws governing pedestrians and cyclists. A March 17 and 18 training session for local […]
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Elmwood’s cycle track is a Rochester first
The stretch of Elmwood Avenue that runs along the University of Rochester Medical Center campus is a crucial corridor. For many drivers, it’s the way they access the UR. More than 20,000 motor vehicles travel the segment of Elmwood between Mt. Hope Avenue and the Genesee River every day, according to State Department of Transportation […]
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The no-win dilemma of oil trains and pipelines
New York certainly hasn’t been immune to the oil train boom, particularly in Albany where a company’s plan to enhance its crude oil transfer terminal has generated a lot of controversy. And the Rochester area, too, has crude oil-carrying trains coming through it (see “Rochester’s crude awakening” in this week’s edition of City). This morning, the New York […]
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Shifting gears
Rochesterians are spending less time driving and more time on bikes and buses, says a recent report from the US Public Interest Research Group. “Transportation in Transition” analyzed the country’s 100 largest urban areas to measure shifts in how people get around. Rich Perrin, executive director of the Genesee Transportation Council, says that people are […]
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Downtown fights: What do we do?
The problem is bigger than a few rowdy youth congregating at the Liberty Pole. Ask members of the Red Shirts— retired police officers who patrol downtown — and they’ll tell you how they have to escort some downtown office workers outside because gangs of young people taunt and harass them as they leave their buildings. […]
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Monroe Avenue water war
The Town of Brighton is taking on a project to make a section of Monroe Avenue more attractive and more pedestrian friendly. But the project’s main aim is to control storm water runoff along the heavily traveled road. The streetscape between Twelve Corners and Allens Creek near Westfall Road will be remade into a “green […]
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Train station gets federal funding
This morning, House Representative Louise Slaughter’s office announced that Rochester’s new Amtrak will receive $15 million in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation has permanently allocated the funds, says a press release from Slaughter’s office. The money means that the contract for design and construction can be awarded in the fall, it says. The […]
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Bike boulevards for Rochester
Some Rochester streets are friendly to cyclists. They have bike lanes or good shoulders, they aren’t heavily traveled, and their intersections are relatively easy to pass through. Other streets are inherently difficult — even dangerous — for cyclists. They may have heavy traffic or little room between lanes of moving cars and lines of parked […]
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More EV charging stations coming to New York
A state agency announced this afternoon that it’s awarding $3.6 million toward 260 electric vehicle charging stations, which will be installed across New York. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority sent out a press release breaking down the awards, which are going to various companies. Only a couple of summaries mention specific […]
