Should Rochester Property Owners Be Ticketed for Not Clearing Sidewalks?
Anyone who has walked the sidewalks in our city this winter can attest to the condition of them. People in cars are even having difficulty …
Has This Winter Changed How You Plan to Get to Work?
8 comments » I wrote about being a pedestrian in winter around here the end of January and included a picture of my walk to …
Building a New Plaza in Brighton for People, Not Just Cars
Update after Feb 11 Brighton Town Board meeting: There will be a public neighborhood meeting to get resident input on the project. Monday, February 23, …
How Monroe County Gets to Work
I came across this handy map from the people at FlowingData that lets you see how people get to work county by county across the …
Pedestrian in No-Plow Winter Rochester
2 comments » I’ve said it before, but being a pedestrian in Rochester in winter is not for the faint of heart. We live in …
Finally! Grocery Delivery in Rochester!
One of the things we missed when we moved here from DC was a grocery delivery service. I’ve told you before that I strongly dislike …
Trading the Inner Loop for the Hyperloop in Rochester
3 comments» Most everyone who knows me is aware of my mild obsession with Elon Musk’s hyperloop (or as my friends call it now, after …
Factors of Walkability
Sustainable Cities shared a walkability post from photographer Christopher Berggren, that outlined the top 10 factors of walkability. Berggren runs a site called Planning Photography …
Rochester Third in Nation for Volunteerism
A new study on rates of volunteerism confirms what I see going on around this city every day: people are giving their time to their …
President of Reconnect Rochester Nominated for Strasenburgh Activism Award
The Rochester Community Design Center hosted the fourth annual Reshaping Rochester Awards luncheon this week. I joined a table full of other Reconnect Rochester Board …