Quick links:

• Integrated Transit Studies: Overview
• Integrated Transit Studies: Key Findings (Summary)
• Integrated Transit Studies: Presentations to City Council & DMCC Board
• Integrated Transit Studies: Resolutions of Acceptance
• Integrated Transit Studies: Summaries & Technical Reports

The DMC plan was not a blueprint but a concept for future development, it was based on a high-level assessment of conceptual needs and feasibility. The City of Rochester is conducting four integrated transit studies to refine the concepts identified in the DMC Plan, generate confidence in selected projects, and answer key questions that will allow the projects to advance to the design phase. Specifically, the integrated transit studies were tasked with:

• Exploring how the DMC concepts can be built within public right of way with minimal impact to adjacent private property
• Determining the most cost-effective use of public dollars to realize the DMC’s transportation vision
• Allowing additional opportunity for public agencies, property owners, businesses and residents to participate in the development of alternatives to implement the DMC plan concepts
• Laying the ground work to seek federal funding for some of these projects

Integrated Transit Studies Key Findings:

• There is a need for an integrated transportation solution that combines infrastructure and policies, programs, and incentives.
• The transportation solution should accommodate all types of users and modes. The bike and pedestrian networks should be increased without reducing traffic lanes.
• The implementation of the transportation solution should be phased based upon measurable demands. The initial phasing and prioritization of projects will be determined in 2018.
• Diverse funding is required and now is the time to engage with potential funders/developers.
• Transit should be at-grade, rubber-tired, and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT is reliable, comfortable, flexible and less capital intensive.
• A Transportation Management Association should be launched in Rochester in order to facilitate and encourage alternate modes of transportation.

Presentations 

• Presentation to COW: DMC Transportation Plan - June 25, 2018
• Presentation to DMCC Board: DMC Transportation Plan - June 28
• Integrated Transit Studies Executive, Executive Summary - June 14, 2018
• Presentation to COW and DMCC Board: DMC Transportation Plan – March 2018
• Presentation Briefing Materials – March 2018

Resolutions of Acceptance

• Common Council of the City of Rochester Resolution 237-18
  Acceptance of the ITS Final Report, dated June 20, 2018, as an updated and refined framework for the development and implementation of the transportation goals of the DMC Development Plan.
• Destination Medical Center Corporation Resolution No. 69-2018
  Accepting Destination Medical Center Transportation and Infrastructure Program Integrated Transit Studies Final Report, and Providing Direction for Additional Study and Recommendations

Study summaries and technical reports:

Integrated Transit Studies Executive Summary 

• Integrated Transit Studies Executive Summary (for Electric Viewing)
• Integrated Transit Studies Executive Summary (for Printing)

Reports and Technical Memorandums

• City Loop Study Report
  • City Loop Study Report Appendices
• Transit Circulation Study Report
• Street Use & Complete Streets Study Report
• Street Operations Study Report
• Parking & Transportation Management Authority (TMA) Study Report
  • Parking and TMA Study
    • Appendices 1-4
    • Appendices 5-9
    • Appendix 10
    • Appendices 11a-11b
    • Appendices 12-15
    • Appendices 16-20
    • Appendices 21-25
    • Appendices 26-27

Timeline:

In 2016, the Rochester City Council approved the funding to begin work on the four studies. Consultant teams for each study were selected and began work in earnest in fall of 2016. It was anticipated that the majority of the work would be accomplished in 2017. The work of consultants provided an abundance of detailed analysis of various desirable options in each scenario which were reviewed and further evaluated in order to identify a final recommended package of feasible and cost effective transportation improvements to support the DMC Development Plan. As a result of the need to complete this final step of fusing the best elements of the various scenarios into a single recommended plan, the Integrated Transit Study work continued into early 2018. In April 2018, the Rochester City Council and DMCC Board were asked for preliminary acceptance of the key findings and preliminary recommendation. Both entities may give direction for further study or direction for changes. In April 2018 these studies were presented to the public. In June 2018, the Rochester City Council and DMCC Board formally accepted the recommendations and provided direction for additional study and recommendations.