Author Archives: Brooke Fossey

About Brooke Fossey

Brooke loves biking as many places as she can--not only because she loves the feel of the wind in her hair, but because she can take in so much more of the world around her that way and chat with so many interesting people along the way. You may see her around Pittsford in her big red cargo trike, where some of the best moments of her day happen. She's an urban and transit planner--and loves anything involving walking, biking, and taking transit--but these days she spends much more of her time building Brio trains with two little people.

Speeding in the Village: The Numbers

The Village of Pittsford recently installed a temporary speed sentry – a radar speed display for traffic – in both directions along State Street from the Village line to State… Read more »

Driver Behavior: What Snow Shows

We’ve talked about how a snowfall allows us to see how heavy foot traffic is in parts of our community, and what a great thing that can be to demonstrate… Read more »

A Village Speeding Problem: State Roads

Our major arterials into the village have a problem. A big speeding problem. It’s easy to tell when someone is going at or around 30 mph—the legal speed limit for… Read more »

Walking & Biking Adventure: Little Free Libraries of Pittsford

Have you begun to notice these Little Free Libraries, or Book Exchanges, popping up in Pittsford? Last year the Town put out guidelines to help residents who would like to host… Read more »

Village DPW Crew Interview

You’ve seen them around the village in all seasons driving the Bobcat, stringing up holiday lights, or watering hanging flower baskets, sporting high-visibility orange sweatshirts or yellow jackets–that’s right: our… Read more »

Playgrounds accessible by bike or foot from Pittsford

When we head to a playground, we love to bike there when we can. Not only do we love the connection we get with our surroundings when we’re out on our bikes–we chat… Read more »

Better Know a Pittsford Trail: Mitchell Trails Edition

The second installment of Better Know a PIttsford Trail takes us to two of the Mitchell Trails, the Mitchell Loop, comprised of part of the Auburn Trail and part of… Read more »

Better Know a Pittsford Trail: Railroad Loop Edition

I am all about the utility of bicycling. We ride as our main mode of transportation whenever we can–to run errands, visit parks, haul all manner of things, and see… Read more »

A Walk (and Bike) Down Memory Lane

For my birthday this year, my family got me a book about Pittsford called “Reflections on Big Spring: A History of Pittsford, NY and the Genesee River Valley” by David… Read more »

We Can Bike the Locks, but Where Can We Lock Our Bikes?

The Village of Pittsford is already a pretty walkable and bikeable place—one of the big reasons we love living here—but bike parking is seriously lacking around the village. Adding bike… Read more »