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Rochester Active Transportation Plan: Building a Bike-Friendly City

Discover the comprehensive bicycle master plan that aims to enhance urban mobility and safety in Rochester. The plan, initiated in 2010 and completed in 2011, includes recommendations for infrastructure improvements, zoning changes, and public outreach efforts. The project, funded by the city, focuses on implementing complete streets policies, expanding multi-use trails, and enhancing bike-sharing options. With various planning activities and ongoing initiatives like neighborhood traffic calming and on-street bicycle facilities, Rochester is striving to promote active transportation and improve accessibility for all residents. However, challenges persist, such as funding reductions and the need for additional support to address the city's transportation needs. Join hands with the Genesee Transportation Council to plan, promote, fundraise, and implement measures for a more bike-friendly and sustainable future.

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Rochester Active Transportation Plan: Building a Bike-Friendly City

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  1. Rochester: Action 2020The Local Context October 17, 2012 GENESEE TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

  2. Bicycle Master Plan • $80,000 City-Funded Project • Multi-Agency Advisory Committee • Began May 2010; Completed February 2011 • www.cityofrochester.gov/bikeplan

  3. Scope of Work • Inventory of Relevant Plans • Existing Conditions Analysis • Peer City Review • Recommend and Prioritize Improvements • Assess Desirable Zoning Changes • Recommendations for Public Education/Outreach • Finalize Bicycle Master Plan Document

  4. Plan Implementation • Complete Streets Policy • Regularly-ScheduledStreet Projects • Targeted Restriping Projects • Parking Garage Maintenance • NeighborhoodTraffic Calming

  5. On-StreetBicycleFacilitiesSpring 2011

  6. On-StreetBicycleFacilitiesFall 2012

  7. On-StreetBicycleFacilitiesCurrently Planned

  8. Upcoming Initiatives • Trails Network Expansion • Bicycle Boulevards Study • Bike Sharing • (More) Bike Parking • Bike Repair Stands

  9. University Avenue / Art Walk 2

  10. University Avenue / Art Walk 2

  11. Planning Activities • Complete Streets • Multi-Use Trails • Bicycle/Active TransportationMaster Planning • Safe Routes to School Program • User Resources

  12. Complete Streets • Enhance livability and economic vitality in existing activity centers through improvements that consider all transportation system users • Nine plans completed, three underway • Approximately $600,000 in federal funds

  13. Multi-Use Trails • Regional Trails Initiative • 15 plans completed, four underway through the Priority Trails Advancement Program • Approximately $700,000 in federal funds

  14. Active Transportation Planning • Increase transportation choices for persons of all ages and abilities to improve public health • First bicycle master plan completed by Penfield in 2008 • Brighton finalizing, Greece and Village of Pittsford beginning • Rochester Bicycle Boulevard Plan • Approximately $190,000 in federal funds

  15. Safe Routes to School • Identify and implement strategies that improve safety and encourage students to walk and bike to school • Regional guidebook and five action plans developed • Approximately $120,000 in federal funds

  16. User Resources • Provide information directly to users to inform them of choices they may not otherwise fully consider • Greater Rochester Area Bicycling Map • ROCEASYRIDE commuter choice website • Approximately $190,000 in federal funds

  17. Implementation • Accomplishments since 2002 • 60 miles of multi-use trails completed or rehabilitated • 20-plus miles of multi-use trails under development • Road diets instituted and sidewalks added • 20,000 copies of 2009 bicycling map distributed • ROCEASYRIDE launched • Safe Routes to School projects underway… • …still much left to do • 700-plus miles of multi-use trails not funded • 90 miles of major roadways rated “poor” for cycling • Approximately 80 percent of federal-aid roadways don’t have sidewalks

  18. Implementation • Accomplishments since 2002 • 60 miles of multi-use trails completed or rehabilitated • 20-plus miles of multi-use trails under development • Road diets instituted and sidewalks added • 20,000 copies of 2009 bicycling map distributed • ROCEASYRIDE launched • Safe Routes to School projects underway…

  19. The Challenge • Reduced transportation revenues at national level • Reprioritization of federal involvement • 30-35% reduction in funding for active transportation • Increasing backlog of transportation needs • Unfunded transportation projects total nearly $500 million • Existing infrastructure continues to deteriorate • Minimal support for additional transportation revenues • Economic climate limits discussion • Competition from other public needs

  20. FFY 2012-2014 Funding Reductions Bridges Air Quality Safety -$10.38 Million (-36.5%) -$42.10 Million (-25.7%) -$73.41 Million (-53.8%) -$4.44 Million (-32.3%) Highways

  21. The Solution “We have run out of money; it’s time to start thinking” - Sir Ernest Rutherford, Nobel Laureate in Physics Creative Geniuses  Motivational Ambassadors  Resource Procurers  Extraordinary Finishers  Insightful Assessors • Planning • Promoting • Fundraising • Implementing • Evaluating

  22. GENESEE TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

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