Village of Geneseo Circulation, Accessibility, and Parking Study

Alternatives to Improve Circulation, Parking, Safety and Aesthetics
Route 39 / North Street / Court Street Corridor
Village of Geneseo
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Alternatives Development
The previous chapters of this report described existing conditions, plans, and public input that
led to the identification of significant issues and opportunities in the study corridor, including
intersection and roadway concerns. The intersections of Court/North/Main Streets and Main/Park
Streets, and the condition of North Street, were indentified through the evaluation of existing
conditions and the community workshop and survey as having the most significant issues that
warranted attention.
The goal of this chapter, therefore, is to determine the most feasible intersection and roadway
alternatives that should be evaluated in further detail leading to specific actions being
recommended for implementation. Alternatives will be evaluated using several factors including the
projected level of service in year 2028, safety impacts, multi‐modal considerations, aesthetic
impacts, costs and other factors.
Intersection Alternatives Analysis
Currently, the Court/North/Main Streets intersection’s east bound and west bound approaches
have a level of service E. In addition, the accident rate at the intersection is above the statewide
average. In order to determine the most feasible options to improve the intersection, benefits,
costs, and other pros and cons of each intersection alternative have been evaluated and described
in this section.
The alternatives identified for the Court/North/Main Streets intersection are as follows:
• No build: Do not make any changes to the intersection.
• All‐way stop: Install stop signs at each of the four intersection approaches.
• Traffic Signal: Install signal heads on signal arms or span wires at all the intersection
approaches. The potential layout of the traffic signals is shown in Figure 28.
• Roundabout: Construct a four leg roundabout at the intersection. Roundabouts are
circular intersections where traffic flows one way around a traffic island. A potential
layout of a roundabout at the intersection is illustrated in Figure 29
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