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Should Rochester Property Owners Be Ticketed for Not Clearing Sidewalks?
[Sidewalk off Mount Hope, courtesy of fellow Reconnect Rochester board member, Brenda Massie.] Anyone who has walked the sidewalks in our city this winter can attest to the condition of them. People in...
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Cars versus Pedestrians on Mt. Hope Avenue
9 comments » Drivers rule the neighborhood along Mt. Hope Avenue north of College Town and residents who live near there are fed up with the unsafe conditions caused by chronic speeding. They sent a...
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Why Trees Matter on Our Streets
There are a lot of things we can do to make our streets more enjoyable for all people (regardless of the mode of transportation they are using). And my favorites are the ideas that don’t cost much...
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Walkability Needs to Be Part of NY’s Strategy to Combat Obesity
We learned this week that almost 60% of New Yorkers are overweight or obese. According to the NY Health Department, 1 in 4 people in our state are obese (24% in Monroe County). 36% in the state are...
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A Pedestrian on Clover Street
Speed radar sign on Clover I’ve picked on Clover Street before. It’s a beautiful street with lovely homes, lots of families and many trees and greenery. But there is no way to sugar-coat it — it sucks...
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The Surgeon General Makes Walkability a Goal
Squashed Pedestrian Sign on Park Ave. Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General called on the nation to make walking and physical activity a part of its daily routine by making communities more walkable. His...
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Can You Be a Courteous Driver If You Always Travel By Car?
Squashed pedestrian sign on Monroe Ave. Last night at the dinner table, a simple question turned into a larger discussion about the culture of driving. My son asked why drivers rarely stop when he...
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Why Speed Matters
[Photo credit: pedbikeimages.org/Photographer: Laura Sandt]Last week at Reconnect Rochester’s first Street Films event (which was — by the way — super amazing), City of Rochester Transportation...
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Build Walkable Towns & Cities for Your Children
“If you don’t want to lose your children… build walkable town centers.” That’s a quote from traffic engineer Sam Schwartz, who was the headliner for a Reconnect Rochester lecture on transforming the...
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Driver Critically Injures Man In Wheelchair (Who Had the Right of Way)
While we are all out prepping for Thanksgiving week, a 62 year-old man in a wheelchair was struck by the driver of a van on N. Clinton and Clifford Ave. The man had the right-of-way and was in a...
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