Author Archives: Renee Stetzer

About Renee Stetzer

Renee is President at Reconnect Rochester. She is a pedestrian, bike and mass transit advocate and the founder of Walk Bike Pittsford. She is also a member of the Village Board of Trustees. Renee walks and bikes everywhere she can. She loves crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and things you can walk and bike to. She believes streets are for people, not just the cars many of them drive.

Attention, Drivers: New 20 MPH Speed Limit on South St.

After a public hearing on January 14, the Village of Pittsford Board of Trustees unanimously approved a local law to reduce the speed limit on South Street to 20 mph…. Read more »

Coming Soon(ish): State St Bridge Rehabilitation & Pedestrian Improvements

[UPDATE: Second NYSDOT Public Information Session will be held on February 13th, 5 – 6:30PM at the Library. See details below] The State Street bridge is getting a makeover in 2021. Those… Read more »

Bike Like Your Grandma is on that Sidewalk

You’ll see these “Yield to Pedestrians” stencils popping up on sidewalks around the Village. The goal is to remind those riding on the sidewalk to be mindful that pedestrians have… Read more »

Monroe Ave Bus Will Still Service Village of Pittsford

RTS unanimously approved its proposed Reimagine RTS service plan today. To read the background on the RTS redesigned service plan, go to our previous posts: Update on Pittsford’s Place In… Read more »

Driver Runs Red Light, Causes Crash at Pittsford Village’s 4 Corners

This was the scene in the heart of our village at 8 PM on Tuesday, June 11th. At around 7:50 PM, a driver heading west on State/Monroe ran a red… Read more »

Cyclist Hit on N. Main St in Village Saturday

A cyclist was hit at the crossing at N. Main Street and Schoen Place Saturday morning just before 10. That was the same day as the Pittsford Regatta and Paddle… Read more »

RTS in Pittsford

It was a packed house on Wednesday for the public information session about Pittsford’s place in the the RTS system re-design. As RTS moves forward to better serve the people… Read more »

Pittsford RTS Public Information Session — Feb 13

There will be a public information session at Town Hall to learn about changes ahead for RTS in Pittsford. As we reported in June, RTS is revamping its service area,… Read more »

Phase 1 of Pittsford’s East Ave Sidewalk Project Complete!

[Update since we wrote this in 2019: The East Avenue sidewalk is now complete all the way to the Brighton Town Line.] If you haven’t taken a walk on the… Read more »

Driver Falls Asleep, Rolls Truck at Eastview Terrace/E. Jefferson in Village

There was another rollover on our Village streets in the early morning on December 23rd. If you recall, the last one was on S. Main Street during the morning commute in… Read more »