"A recent survey of Rochester riders highlights the program’s growing impact:
-78% of riders report reducing car travel
-37% say they postponed or avoided buying a car because of Veo
-61% say they do not own or have access to a car"
www.rochesterfirst.com/news/lifesty...
This project will actually reconstruct the curbs and roadway! We have a once in a generation opportunity for sidewalks, cycle tracks, proper bus stops, and safe pedestrian crossings. Please come to the open house 680 Westfall on March 23rd between 4-6PM.
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...
Huge thanks to our advocates, volunteers, partners, and donors who joined us for our appreciation event and to everyone who helps power the work year-round. Your support keeps the bike wheels turning, the buses rolling, and the mobility movement growing!
This is so important for safe streets! A majority of reckless driving is done by a few people. Let’s take action to hold them accountable! Have you written your legislators yet? www.familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-s...
Excited to keep our Complete Streets Makeover process moving in the 19th Ward! Is there an intersection in Rochester where you don’t feel safe walking or biking? Nominate it for a Complete Streets Makeover here: reconnectrochester.org/csm-nominati...
"Culdesac, AZ is a car free community."
"No cars? So...just SUVs and trucks?"
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In some ways this satire feels too real but this is hilarious. If you're worried about 15 minute cities controlling your lives, just think about how car culture already does it!
Line of Veo e-scooters on a sunny sidewalk
👀 look what just popped up! Can’t think of a better weather day to launch the @veomobility.bsky.social season in Rochester!
"Compact development costs, on average, 38 percent less in up-front infrastructure than "conventional suburban development" for things like roads, sewers and water lines...And compact development produces on average about 10 times more tax revenue per acre."
"higher gas prices wouldn't be such a problem for Americans if our nation was less car-centric, with safe, convenient, and appealing conditions for walking, biking, and transit use."
Is there an intersection or trouble spot in your daily travels where you don’t feel safe to walk or bike? Nominate it for our next Complete Streets Makeover project! Fill our our nomination form and we'll check it out! reconnectrochester.org/csm-nominati...
Our friends at Stantec will use community input to create conceptual design enhancements of an improved streetscape. We’ll then see these concepts transform into reality through a temporary on-street installation in May.
We’ll hold a Community Workshop in March to gain insight from the residents of the 19th Ward about the enhancements they would like in the intersection. No one understands what it’s like to use our streets better than those who walk, bike, roll, and ride along them everyday.
Plus, Rochester is planning a reconstruction of Genesee Park Blvd in 2032 which creates an opportunity to test safer street design on a temporary basis. Through data collection, we can evaluate what works for all road users and center community voice to help inform the permanent redesign.
This intersection also has extra road space to work with, and the layout presents strong potential for design improvements.
Genesee Park Blvd & Pioneer St sits just steps from the Empire State Trail and Genesee Riverway Trail, where people regularly walk, run, & bike. Its proximity to U of R off campus student housing and School #53 leads many students and families to rely on this intersection on a daily basis.
While pedestrian crashes have been less frequent than vehicle collisions, drivers failing to yield the right of way has led to residents feeling unsafe. Some report that they take a longer route to bike or walk to Genesee Valley Park because it feels safer than passing through this intersection.
Happy to announce the winner of our 2026 Complete Streets Makeover selection! Our steering committee chose Genesee Park Blvd & Pioneer St from a pool of 48 trouble spots that community members identified as places in your daily travels where you don’t feel comfortable walking or biking. 🧵
Comfort, speed, sustainability, panoramic views...what's not to love?! nypost.com/2026/03/03/l...
"In the name of reining in out-of-control e-bike riders flouting existing laws that are inadequately enforced, lawmakers are regulating 14-year-olds exploring towns on their own for the 1st time & grandparents who need help biking around their neighborhood."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It's also pretty easy (logistically) to significantly scale up a community's transit, walk-ability, and bike-ability.
Every improvement that makes your community more comfortable and convenient to get around outside of a car helps more people use less oil
Imagine having robust transit options where geopolitics don’t affect the cost of your commute.
We hosted a community conversation with @carterlavin.bsky.social discussing his book If You Want to Win You've to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy. It's now on our YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAx-...
Warning: This video will make you do this a lot:
What a great rundown of all the mobility options in Rochester!
"The combination of an easy to understand bus network, a growing micromobility system, widespread rideshare coverage and a reasonably walkable core gives you genuine choices."
www.thetraveler.org/rochester-tr...
Activity number 3,082 you can do on RTS buses: picking up fish from a local pet store!
This great chart from Vancouver shows just how much land is needed for single family homes generally, yet Monroe County zoning restricts apartments, ADUs, and houses on small lots while allowing single family homes everywhere. We will need to address this if we want walkability.
Car ownership continues to get more expensive... gizmodo.com/the-era-of-t...
Car ownership continues to get more expensive... gizmodo.com/the-era-of-t...
"A surprisingly small drop in cars on the road—just 5% to 10%—can dramatically ease congestion, and public transit is one of the most effective ways to get that drop."
www.fastcompany.com/91493803/whe...
Monroe County residents deserve fast and frequent buses that connect their daily destinations. Our economic vibrancy depends on RTS getting people to and from work, school and childcare. Facing down rising costs of car ownership, the bus is the affordable and climate smart choice.
Read the interviews in their entirety here: reconnectrochester.org/2026/02/2026...
