{"id":6711,"date":"2013-09-05T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2015-03-03T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:04:00","slug":"remix-your-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2013\/09\/remix-your-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Remixing Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe following is a guest post submitted by Matthew Denker<\/a>.
\nSubmit your story today<\/a>.<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n

Welcome readers. I’m going on a slight deviation from my usual “Filling In” article to talk about the mean streets of Rochester. Let\u2019s take a look at, eh, Main St. Yeah, Main St. What\u2019s that looks like? Ok, well, there\u2019s some tall(ish) buildings built to the street. There\u2019s sidewalk, theoretically two driving lanes in each direction, and (supposedly) some street trees. If I were to give this street a grade, it would get an “in-complete.”<\/p>\n

Oy, how I wish I could reconfigure things! Just pick stuff up and move it around. Maybe add a cycle track or a tree-lined median. Heh heh… can you say, STREET REMIX?!<\/p>\n

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\nLet\u2019s take a look at our Main Street using a nifty new street diagramming tool that let’s you build your street (precisely to spec), rearrange it, add to it, modify it, and then share your new design with a friend \u2013 or your city planner. It’s called Streetmix\"external<\/a>. And here it is…<\/p>\n

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\nMain St. Rochester. Booya! But as I said, this street is a little boring. The good news is that there are already nice, wide sidewalks on Main St. The bad news is that all four vehicular lanes are jammed together into a single 40\u2019 crossing. <\/p>\n

Additionally, the wide, somewhat underused sidewalks, come at the expense of bike infrastructure. Now I must admit, I was tempted to slap a water feature and horse path in here, but I don\u2019t think Main St. needs anything so crazy. Here\u2019s my idea for a Streetmix…<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve kept the same four driving lanes, although we\u2019ve reduced them to 9-foot lanes, to reduce speeding. We\u2019ve also added buffered bike lanes in each direction. Finally, with a 6\u2019 planted median and bike lanes with pedestrian refuges, the crossing has been reduced to 18\u2019 from 40\u2019. For an idea of how this might look in action (or half of it since it\u2019s on a one-way street), we need look no further than the 9th Ave bike lane in New York City…<\/p>\n

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Now, here\u2019s another version that REALLY amps things up a notch and adds a two-way street car line (RochesterSubway.com made me do it). In this plan, they would run in traffic with boarding platforms in the median. As you can see, there\u2019s a TON of space in a 90\u2019 wide right of way. Let\u2019s use it all more efficiently…<\/p>\n

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In the comments I\u2019ll post one of the streets in Rochester I would most like to see get a remix (Spoiler alert, it\u2019s in Corn Hill).<\/p>\n

Remix YOUR street…<\/h3>\n

I\u2019d like to invite all of you to remix some of Rochester\u2019s streets. You can build your own street diagrams at Streetmix.net \"external<\/a> If available, give us a link to how the street looks now (either Google Streetview or your own photo), and then how you\u2019d like the street to look. I can\u2019t wait to see what we come up with, and don\u2019t be afraid to go large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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