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City Council Perspectives
10/2019 Comments by Council Member Michael Wojcik
" The reality is that many changes need to happen between now and then, starting with leadership on the front end. Here is my take on what needs to happen. The opening of our first mass transit line is a huge deal for Rochester and would be one of the top 10 defining events in our history since 1854. Delays like those on North Broadway are not acceptable and will cause us to fail. "
- A Transit and Street Capacity Study to further refine the work in the development plan to determine the feasibility and impact of reducing important urban arterials such as 2ND Street for transit lanes.
- Initiation of the federally required Project Planning study for a downtown circulator, looking into more detail into routes, modes, funding, design and operation.
- An integrated study of Downtown Parking and Park and Ride needs to determine overall parking needs, the phasing of new parking, changes to parking management structure, funding and more detailed look into the shared parking concept.
- Work with the DMCC and DMC EDA to determine the feasible and appropriate Phase 1 priority infrastructure projects and funding. A DMCC budget and CIP needs to be developed, refined and submitted to the DMCC and the City.
- Policy and ordinance studies to determine changes in parking requirements, how parking integrates with transit, and land use requirements.
12/2014 PB reporting Rochester Councilman Michael Wojcik
Rochester Councilman Michael Wojcik transportation requirement statement per 12/2014 PB reporting: "Rochester owns a transit system, but there is also a school transit system, ZIP's dial-a-ride, Charter buses, private employee shuttles, hotel shuttles, private handicap transport, taxi services, illegal taxi services and numerous soccer moms in minivans. All of these often-repetitive services propagate because none provide coverage the community requires. For the city, this means more pollution, more congestion, less frequent service and more money spent."