Reconnect Rochester Cycling

Great time yesterday with the fledgling North Star Cycling Club at School 12! Kids got helmets from Monroe County's Office of Traffic Safety, bikes from R Community Bikes, locks & lights from their PTO, and bike instruction from us. 😎

Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses.

Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says | CBC News While many people, including Ontario's Premier Doug Ford, say that bike lanes increase traffic congestion, research from around the world shows that's not the case.

As of this morning, 957 people have opened our October cycling newsletter - a record! To receive this monthly digest of bike happenings & advocacy opportunities, email [email protected] https://mailchi.mp/reconnectrochester/cycling-october-2024

The third blog in our Surprisingly Easy By Bike series is up! This one examines how to bike in a low-stress manner to the Public Market, East Ave Wegmans, Airport, Pittsford Plaza and Nazareth University. https://reconnectrochester.org/2024/10/easybybikevolumethree/

One week out from this public meeting on the west river wall segement 2! https://www.cityofrochester.gov/departments/department-environmental-services/west-river-wall-segment-2

As a followup from yesterday's post, here is the final design for Culver Road. Cyclists will be expected to ride on the sidewalk over 490. 🤔 Click the link to inspect the whole stretchhttps://www.cityofrochester.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/2024-10-01_COR%202025%20Preventive%20Maintenance%20-%20PIM2%20Scroll%20Renderings%20REV%203.1.pdf

Open House Wednesday on the Calkins Rd Improvement Project! Show up and voice support for road diets (we prefer calling them “road buffets” since they give residents more options 😉), dedicated bike infrastructure and calmer traffic conditions so all can be safer. In the County’s Active Transportation Plan, Calkins is recommended being made bike-friendly.

See how candidates weigh in on bikeability and complete streets!

Early voting starts TOMORROW Saturday, October 26th! We surveyed every candidate for the US House of Representatives, NY Senate, and NY Assembly on their mobility stance and published their unedited responses. The purpose is not to endorse any candidate but to give each of them a chance to share their ideas for a well-connected and accessible community. Read here and please make a plan to VOTE! https://reconnectrochester.org/2024/10/2024-candidates-mobility/

Also please take a minute to thank candidates who filled out their questionnaire to show them that this matters to voters.

Reconnect Rochester went to bat for bike lanes on Culver going over 490. The City's reasons for not being able to do so are here:

Bikes are good for business. And they save lives 😉

Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the Province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes removed.

Study: Bicycles can significantly improve access to essential services, boost economic productivity, and build resilience in some of the world's most underserved communities.

Groundbreaking Research Proves Bicycles Power Economic Growth and Healthcare Access /PRNewswire/ -- World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a non-profit social enterprise that supports rural and remote communities by helping adults and children overcome...

Monroe County just launched a new online portal where residents can report the exact location of what they believe is the most dangerous intersection or stretch of road. 👏🏻

New online portal allows Monroe County residents to report dangerous roads and intersections ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Monroe County just launched a new online portal where residents can report the exact location of what they believe is the most dangerous intersection or stretch of road.In the last 10 years, over five blocks heading north 15 people walking were hit by cars on North Clinton Avenue...

Join us Nov 4th for an encore film screening of Why We Bike: a documentary about the rewards for us personally and as a society when more people ride bikes. Panel discussion about Webster walkability and bikeability will follow.

This topic came up in a recent comment thread. Worth putting out there.

Come join a bike ride to celebrate the first day of early voting on Saturday, Oct 26th! The League of Women Voters is leading a ride from Three Heads Brewing at noon. Bike to Parcel 5 for their Roc the Vote party, vote at the Board of Elections, head to Mount Hope Cemetery to thank Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, and then return to Three Heads to toast democracy. All are welcome to this informal, self-supported ride. Here’s the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48837710

If you’re a Monroe County voter and have not requested a mail-in ballot, you can vote at any Monroe County polling location during early voting. To register or check your registration status, go to https://www.monroecounty.gov/elections

Gosh, it's almost as if Active Transportation investments would benefit everybody 🤔

This year’s Your Driving Cost study reveals that the total cost to own and operate a new vehicle is $12,297 or $1,024.71 monthly, an increase of $115 from 2023.

AAA Your Driving Costs: The Price of New Car Ownership Continues to Climb ORLANDO, FL. (Sept. 5, 2024) – This year's Your Driving Cost (YDC) study reveals that the total cost to own and operate a new vehicle is $12,297 or

Have you seen the buffered bike lanes installed on Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road between ~ Clay Road and the Lehigh Valley Trail? (There's a significant gap going through West Henrietta Road. County DOT couldn't continue the bike lanes through NYSDOT-controlled intersections).

Thanks Tim Franz for the next entry in our Surprisingly Easy By Bike series. Next up: Nazareth University! Take the improved Auburn Trail just past Pittsford Plaza to French Road. A nice sidepath there takes you straight to the campus. St. John Fisher University is just a short ride away on East Ave, which has shoulders. For more on the Auburn Trail, read this blog from 2021.

NYSDOT Region 4 must make Browncroft bike-friendly.

What if, as a shorter term measure, Monroe County made this existing dirt trail in Ellison Park that goes *under* Browncroft more accessible? 🤔 It connects with Old Browncroft Rd, which is quite bikeable.

New blog up featuring excerpts from our season 4 contributors for Instagram's series! Thanks to our guests for giving us a glimpse of why they love cycling in Greater Rochester.

#ROCbyBike – A 2022-2023 Season Recap – Reconnect Rochester October 18, 2024 No Comments By: Jesse PeersIn our climate, most people ride bikes in the Spring, Summer and Fall and that’s okay! When the cycling scene slows down in November, our cycling Instagram account would go almost completely dark for several months. The thought struck us in 2019 that we ...

It's chilly today but the forecast starting Friday looks stellar for a while. We suggest riding along the Lehigh Valley Trail, an awesome linear park across Monroe County, to see some great foliage over the weekend. 😉 https://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-lehighvalley

Women only Fall Foliage Rides coming up courtesy of Black Girls Do Bike: ROCHESTER.

Join us for a casual paced Women's ONLY Fall Foliage Bike Ride on Sat 10/19 and/or Sun 10/27. Dress in layers. Charge your lights. Check your tires before the ride. Bring your water. If you have not been on the canal pathway in the fall, you are in for a beautiful treat. Beginner friendly...

"Bike lanes" and "bike-friendly policies" can slow dangerous car traffic, give walkers more space to move, and save lives across all modes by getting would-be drivers into the saddle instead. Is it time for a rebrand?

Should We Stop Calling Bike Lanes 'Bike Lanes'? — Streetsblog USA "Bike lanes" and "bike-friendly policies" can slow dangerous car traffic, give walkers more space to move, and save lives across all modes by getting would-be drivers into the saddle instead. Is it time for a rebrand?

The forecast for Saturday is sunny with a high of 67°! Get your bike & picnic items ready for KICCC’s Fall Classic. 🍁