Walk Bike Irondequoit (WBI)
About
WBI wants to make Irondequoit NY friendlier for bikers and walkers alike! This is a citizen led organization advocating for safer transit conditions. We are a young organization, but we are positioned to make a difference in town. We have already notched a few small wins and hope to achieve more. Our group formed under another local group, Color Irondequoit Green.
Upcoming Free Event: Vision Zero: Reducing death and injury on Rochester streets
- Wednesday, February 12 from 9 am – 12 pm
- Gleason Auditorium at the Central Library, 115 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14604
- Register here for free: https://www.eventbrite.com
- Agenda:
- 9 am – Light Breakfast
- 9:15 – Rochester’s Vision Zero Plan (Mayor Malik Evans)
- 9:45 – Vision Zero Implementation in NYC
- 10:15 – Break
- 10:25 – Moderator: Kent Gardner Panel Discussion. Panelists: Mitch Gruber, City Council Cody Donahue, Reconnect Rochester Ida Perez, Staff, City Council Erick Stephens, Common Ground Health David Reilly, City of Rochester
- 11:45 – Closing remarks
From 2013 to 2023, 3,200 pedestrians and bicyclists were killed or injured by cars and trucks traveling Rochester’s streets, nearly 300 per year. Eighty died. While a nationwide phenomenon, per-capita crashes in Rochester exceeded those in Buffalo, Syracuse and Yonkers; Albany’s crash incidence was slightly higher. On fatal crashes, Rochester tops the list. Last June, Mayor Malik Evans announced that Rochester would embrace a national initiative called Vision Zero. It aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. Join the Rochester Beacon’s public forum on the issue in the Gleason Auditorium at the Central Library.
Mayor Evans, Councilmember Mitch Gruber, Cody Donahue from Reconnect Rochester, and others will be joined by Juan Martinez, a member of the Vision Zero Network’s Advisory Committee.
This free event is sponsored by Passero Associates and Canandaigua National Bank & Trust.
New: Walk Bike Irondequoit’s Norton Ridge Trail Proposal (2024)
- Proposed north-south multi-use trail would connect Norton and Ridge via a new trail to the east of 590, with the goal of creating a safer route for cyclists, walkers, runners, and others to get around/over/under 104
- Check out the full proposal here: Norton_Ridge_Trail_Proposal_print_full
Our goals:
- More trails and bike lanes: safer routes going North-South an East-West
- Improve road crossings: increase the accessibility of sidewalks
- Create BIKE BOULEVARD network: to avoid Titus and Ridge, we need designated streets with low traffic and speeds to create safe biking options
- Install new bike infrastructure: More bike racks and repair stations