City of Rochester
Links of the Day:
- Rochester is really stepping up efforts to become a bicycle-friendly city. You may have noticed new bike lanes and sharrows around town. Other initiatives involve biking trails. The city is steadily building the Genesee Riverway Trail and will open a new bridge near the University of Rochester. The El Camino trail is nearing completion.
This week, the city issued a request for proposals for a design and construction of seven trail connections:
- Harding / Brewster Park to Turning Point Park
- St. Paul Street Trailhead
- Vincent Street Open Space
- Plymouth Avenue Greenway Connector
- South Wedge Neighborhood Connectors (2 separate trail connections)
- Genesee Valley Park Connector
The cost of the project is $1.5 million. Eighty percent of the money comes from federal sources. A couple years ago, the city developed a Bicycle Master Plan, outlining ways the city can improve bike access.
- Did you know New York beekeepers sometimes take their bees out of state to help pollinate crops? That could be one of the factors in bee diseases.
- Gym towel thefts are a problem. Why would anyone want one of those thin, little towels?
- Bears interrupt a Scranton, Pennsylvania TV newscast. The anchorman jokes perhaps a tiger will show up.
Excellent! FYI – just heard you on WCMF (4/24). Don’t let that fake poster bother you. It’s important to get information like this out there. You’re providing a great service.
Thanks!
Oh. Is this why St. Paul is now one-lane in each direction?
I just LOVE crawling along to work each morning so that the bicycle lanes can sit empty and unused.
Definitely part of it. The city did same on Mt. Hope near downtown.
The city calls it “traffic-calming.”
I use these lanes every-day and don’t have to fear for my life (as much) from people who don’t understand what 30 mph means.
Traffic in Rochester is a joke. I was just in Worcester, MA (which is quite smaller than Rochester) and they sit in traffic for ages.