U.S. Bicycle Route System – FAQs – Adventure Cycling Association: “USBRS – Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is the U.S. Bicycle Route System? 2. What are the advantages of having a U.S. Bicycle Route? 3. Is there demand? 4. Who is funding this initiative? 5. Are there any existing routes? 6. How are routes decided upon? 7. Who oversees/maintains the U.S. Bicycle Route System? 8. What does designation mean? 9. What stipulations are there for developing U.S. Bicycle Routes? 10. What if the best route or an important connection is not on a road managed by the State Department of Transportation? 11. What is AASHTO? 12. What is the Adventure Cycling Association?
Thanks to Richard, Harvey, and all the other NYS cyclist advocates that worked hard to get this bill passed! Hopefully the governor will sign, but it appeared to pass both houses with more than 2/3 vote, so an override shouldn’t be difficult, if it comes to that.
Thanks to Richard, Harvey, and all the other NYS cyclist advocates that worked hard to get this bill passed! Hopefully the governor will sign, but it appeared to pass both houses with more than 2/3 vote, so an override shouldn’t be difficult, if it comes to that.
Tonight’s screening of Beyond the Motor City at the Dryden Theater was, in my opinion, a phenomenal event for Rochester. After the film, seven panelists discussed local transportation issues and took questions on the subject from the nearly full audience. Of course, in the allotted timeframe we were only able to scratch the surface, but this is a conversation that we will carry on in the months, and years ahead. If you’re not already, now would be a good time to make sure you’re following Reconnect Rochester on Facebook . And, in case you missed tonight’s event, here is Beyond the Motor City in its entirety. Enjoy…
Below please find info about a free documentary screening at the George Eastman House’s Dryden Theater on Monday, June 28. This film and the panel discussion that follows will address issues pivotal to the future of our region. This is a film about the past and future of transportation. Info requests to RRCDC phone 271 0520.
We hope you can attend the screening and panel discussion on June 28. Please forward and post to your Facebooks, Twitters, etc. etc. etc.!
Evan Lowenstein Empire State Future (www.empirestatefuture.org)
Below please find info about a free documentary screening at the George Eastman House’s Dryden Theater on Monday, June 28. This film and the panel discussion that follows will address issues pivotal to the future of our region. This is a film about the past and future of transportation. Info requests to RRCDC phone 271 0520.
We hope you can attend the screening and panel discussion on June 28. Please forward and post to your Facebooks, Twitters, etc. etc. etc.!
Evan Lowenstein Empire State Future (www.empirestatefuture.org)
Portland, Ore. – Community Cycling Center Director Alison Gravespresented the Understanding Barriers to Bicycling project at a seminar at Portland State University. As part of the project, the center conducted workshops and focus groups with various communities of color, providing insight on how best to tailor programming.
Greenville, S.C. – In a newspaper article about safety on the Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail, trail planners Ty Houck and Brian Graham point to various anti-crime design techniques they discussed at our gathering in New Orleans.
Washington, D.C. – On the occasion of the ribbon cutting for the newest section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (pictured), we look back at trail planner Heather Deutsch’s presentation on construction challenges.
In addition to news from around the nation, there are new resources and opportunities available to your trail: Apply for RTCA Assistance by August 1 The National Park Service (NPS) Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program is asking outdoor conservation projects to apply for technical assistance from NPS staff. Many urban pathways have received assistance from RTCA, and your project could be next! Visit the RTCA website to fill out an application or contact an RTCA staff member near you. New Resource: Trail Maintenance Funding Discover a new section of RTC’s Trail-Building Toolbox dedicated to funding mechanisms for trail maintenance. It highlights four urban trails – in Michigan, New York, Ohio and Texas – that have taken different approaches to funding upkeep. The new resource includes documents that can help your trail. Stay on top of the latest resources by visiting the Urban Pathways Initiative and using our RSS feed. Is there something we’re missing or a question you have for the larger group? Let us know in the forums.
Re-Envisioning PARK(ing) Day: Idea Generation Workshop at RoCo: Saturday June 26 @ 1pm
Exhibition Runs: August 6 – Sep 19, 2010
Opening Reception: August 6, 6-10pm
Artists’ Talk: August 8, 1pm
State of the City is a group exhibition featuring Trevor Flynn, Amy Casey and Spectres of Liberty. State of the City 2010 engages artists, creative professionals and the public in considering and envisioning the history and
PARK(ing) Day – September 17th @ RoCo
Originally created by Rebar, San Francisco art and design collective, PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently but simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks. PARK(ing) Day will serve as a departure point for Trevor Flynn’s “Re-Envisioning PARK(ing) Day: Idea Generation Workshop” at RoCo (Saturday June 26th @ 1pm). Rochester Contemporary Art Center will again organize several “Parks” in front of our main gallery on September 17th, including the debut of an all new project by in.site Architecture.
I discovered today that the RochesterGreenway (aka Lehigh Valley North Trail) is now showing up on the Google maps bike layer.
I also scoped out a nice bicycle boulevard route inspired by Richard deSarra’s Monroe Bicycle Boulevard Ride. It goes from Cobbs Creek to Hinsdale to Pinnacle to Crossman to Field to Westerloe to Lac de Ville. At which point you can jog to Clinton (traffic alert!) to get to the Canal. I dub this route the Pinnacle -Lac deVille route.
It comes tantalizingly close to Brighton Park, however. and so I’ve marked an area for future exploration.
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On Monday June 28 at 7:00pm you are invited to a FREE screening of PBS’s eye-opening film, BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY at the Dryden Theater. The documentary is touring cities across America to raise questions—and seek answers—about the future of transportation in America. Can we build the “infrastructure of tomorrow” today? Can the cash-strapped and car-dependent cities of the so-called Rust Belt become new models for fast, clean, public transit? The links and similarities between Rochester NY and Detroit MI are glaringly obvious—and I think you owe it to yourself to see this film.
New hopes for accessible, clean, and modern mass transit in America
The role of cities, and consumers, in shaping the next generation of transportation systems
A roadmap for revitalizing the way we move through our cities and neighborhoods
This will surely be a thought-provoking FREE event and a great opportunity for you to take part in a very important FREE conversation for our community. So mark your calendar and bring some friends. Did I mention this is FREE?!
More About the Film:
BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America’s diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. Narrated by Miles O’Brien, the film explores Detroit’s historic investments in infrastructure—from early 19th- century canals to the urban freeways that gave The Motor City its name and made America’s transportation system the envy of the world.
But over the last 30 years, much of the world has left Detroit—and America—behind, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation. In a journey that takes us into the neighborhoods of Detroit and then beyond to Spain, California, and our nation’s capital, BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY urges us to ask how we might finally push America’s transportation system into the 21st century.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY is part of Blueprint America, a national, multi-platform initiative examining the state of America’s transportation infrastructure. Blueprint America was created and produced by Thirteen for WNET.ORG and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.
The City of Rochester has launched the website for the Bicycle Master Plan currently being developed. It’s pretty limited right now, but more information will be added as the project progresses. Check it out!
The City of Rochester has launched the website for the Bicycle Master Plan currently being developed. It’s pretty limited right now, but more information will be added as the project progresses. Check it out!
. Is there something we’re missing or a question you have for the larger group? Let us know 
