Rochester Street Films: The Sprawl Effect

Name: Rochester Street Films: The Sprawl Effect
Start: 2024-10-08T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-08T20:30:00-04:00
Location: The Little Theatre

Schedule

Tue Oct 08 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Little Theatre | Rochester, NY

After introductory remarks from Simeon Banister, President and CEO of Rochester Area Community Foundation, we’re screening a collection of short films and a live discussion about the costs and consequences of our auto-centric approach to land use, and how we can develop our communities differently to deliver transportation choices, resource access, and upward mobility.
Abigail McHugh-Grifa, Executive Director of the Climate Solutions Accelerator, will moderate a panel discussion with Miguel Velázquez, CEO of RTS, Aqua Porter, Executive Director of RMAPI, and Kevin Kelley, Office of City Planning Manager, to apply these challenges and opportunities to Monroe County.
ADMISSION:
Reserve your seat for this event with an online donation to Reconnect Rochester (suggested $5 - $25)
at www.ReconnectRochester.org/streetfilms.
*This event is free and open to the public and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Suggested donations are much appreciated and support our ability to put on Rochester Street Films events.
GETTING THERE:
Hop on your #bike and we'll have rockstar parking for you in the #bikecorral out back, ride @RTS Route #6, #8 or #10, or walk to The Little Theatre.
DOORS OPEN:
Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Come early and stop by information tables in the lobby!
THE PROGRAM:
Arbitrary parking minimums, excessive zoning mandates, and federal subsidies favoring new suburban construction, have generated horizontal sprawl that is hostile to public transit and walkable, bikeable communities. In addition to causing higher climate emissions and higher taxes to maintain infrastructure, this limitation on alternative transit restricts access to jobs, groceries, and healthcare for the 12% of Monroe County and 26% of Rochester households without access to a car.
We’ll explore how to regain transit rich environments in Monroe County following the early 20th century model of developing jobs, homes, and commercial destinations along trolley and interurban lines. By shifting our current auto-centric policies back toward public transit, walking, and biking we can adopt a 21st century approach to better connect people to resources.