Posts tagged walkability

While we are all out prepping for Thanksgiving week, a 62 year-old man in a wheelchair was struck by the driver of a van on …

“If you don’t want to lose your children… build walkable town centers.” That’s a quote from traffic engineer Sam Schwartz, who was the headliner for a …

Last week at Reconnect Rochester’s first Street Films event (which was — by the way — super amazing), City of Rochester Transportation Specialist, Erik Frisch, …

Last night at the dinner table, a simple question turned into a larger discussion about the culture of driving. My son asked why drivers rarely …

Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General called on the nation to make walking and physical activity a part of its daily routine by making communities …

There are a lot of things we can do to make our streets more enjoyable for all people (regardless of the mode of transportation they …

Today is International Walk to School Day. Every year, more and more communities across our country participate in the event that started in 1997, raising …

After a recent crash involving a cyclist and a driver, some digital speed monitoring devices (those signs that flash your speed to tell you how …

Whenever you read an article about changes the City of Rochester wants to make to improve traffic safety, you inevitably see comments about the real …

The City of Rochester began installing red light cameras in 2010. There are currently over 30 intersections equipped with red light cameras (see the full …