We regularly host community conversations in our mobility hub to engage neighbors, mobility-curious, long standing advocates, and experts alike. Here we dig deeper into the challenges and opportunities of creating safer streets and embracing multimodal living.

We hope you can join our next talk: How To Get Around Without A Car on Thursday, October 8th from 6:30-8 PM

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Join us to learn how we can all improve non-driving options in Monroe County. We will also encourage participants to discuss their own multimodal experiences.

  1. What was tricky?
  2. What worked better than you thought?
  3. What made you wonder “why isn’t THIS easier?”
  4. Any hacks, new routes, or tips you uncovered?
  5. What was the most surprising thing you learned or experienced during the week?
  6. How did it feel to move through your community in new ways?
  7. What would you say are the biggest challenges for nondrivers in your community?

Previous Conversations

Winning a Better Bus System for Rochester

Winning A Better Bus System for Rochester
We gathered a coalition of RTS bus riders to brainstorm and plan what comes next to advocate for fast and frequent buses. We are organizing for RTS to hear rider concerns and policymakers to invest in what Rochester deserves: a robust bus system that connects people to jobs, healthcare, education, childcare and groceries.

E-bikelash

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Confusion between pedal-assist e-bikes and much faster e-motos, along with reckless behavior from a minority of riders, has fueled calls for restrictive legislation and even bans on this innovative technology that can benefit many riders with mobility issues. Review the slides from our presentation! Here we discussed…

  • The quirky e-bike laws of NYS from 2020
  • Bills in the Legislature that would “fix” those problems along with other bills to restrict their use
  • How to move forward

Conversation with Carter Lavin

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We hosted Carter Lavin, author of If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy, for our February Community Conversation. He gave some great advice on how advocates can stop playing defense and build a joyful, visible, people-powered movement to celebrate highly visible “wins” for the community.

You can watch the entire talk on our YouTube channel. We also highly recommend you check out his book.

Winter Advocacy and Street Films

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After a rescreening of our 2017 Rochester Street Films: Winter Edition we broke into two groups. One to discuss advocacy around winter maintenance and the other to discuss the basics of Winter cycling.