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2011 Forum

Transportation Committee

Sierra Club Transportation Committee

  

(Chart from http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/climate101-fullbook_0.pdf)

For some time now, the Rochester, NY region has been engaged in an effort to increase bicycles as a realistic mode of transportation 

What has become crystal clear to me as Transportation chair of the Rochester Group of the Sierra Club is this:  Active transportation (walking and bicycling) can be one of the most important Climate Change solutions for the Rochester, NY region.  As transportation accounts for 27% of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and even 40%, according to the Executive Summary New York State Climate Action Plan Interim Report, how we get around each day matters a lot to our environment.  Riding a bicycle as transportation is mentioned in all Climate Change actions for the federal, state, and community plans as an important component in reducing greenhouse gases. 

Since our Transportation Forum generated much interest in local efforts to help alleviate the potential problems caused by climate change in our area of influence, we have been exploring ways we can implement Sierra Club’s philosophy to:

  • minimize the impacts on and use of land, airspace and waterways, minimize the consumption of limited resources, including fuel, and reduce pollutant and noise emissions;
  • provide everyone, including pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users, with adequate access to jobs, shopping, services and recreation;
  • provide adequate and efficient goods movement and substitute local goods for those requiring long distance movement, where feasible;
  • encourage land uses that minimize travel requirements; strengthen local communities, towns and urban centers, and promote equal opportunity;
  • eliminate transportation subsidies which handicap achievement of the above goals; and ensure vigorous and effective public participation in transportation planning.

You've been waiting for it, now it's here: Recently updated and extremely well designed, use this map to get around Monroe County by bike.

Bicycling Map 2009This bicycling Map is Now available in all Monroe County Bicycle Shops.  2009 Bicycle Maps available The Genesee Transportation Council has printed up free 2009 Bicycling Maps.  The Sierra Club Rochester Regional Group is working with them to distribute the maps.  If you'd like a copy please call us at 585-234-1056 & leave your name & address & we'll send you a copy.

Map produced by: Genesee Transportation Council The mission of the Genesee Transportation Council is to maximize the contribution of the transportation system to the social and economic vitality of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region

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Resources for the Transportation Committee

 

Get the fact on Rochester, NY area transportation

 

Get the facts on Rochester area Transportation: ActRochester : Transportation Remnants of old Indian trails and the historic route of the Erie Canal combine with modern highways, railroads and airports to illustrate the long-standing importance and critical role of transportation in our social and economic development.   Photo provided by Rochester Downtown Development Corp.   Today, our transportation system strives to provide access, safety and efficiency of movement within our community and to connect us with other communities. --from ACT Rochester The mission of ACT Rochester is to stimulate community solutions to our most critical challenges by changing the culture of public discussion and debate.  This will be achieved through focused, independent and objective measurement of key community indicators, through diverse and timely dialogue and by promoting results-oriented actions.

Complete Streets "The streets of our cities and towns are an important part of the livability of our communities. They ought to be for everyone, whether young or old, motorist or bicyclist, walker or wheelchair user, bus rider or shopkeeper. But too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners and engineers to build road networks that are safer, more livable, and welcoming to everyone. "