Village of Geneseo Circulation, Accessibility, and Parking Study

Village of Geneseo
Alternatives to Improve Circulation, Parking, Safety and Aesthetics
Route 39 / North Street / Court Street Corridor
Acceptable Alternative – North Street Roadway – No Major Reconstruction
As roadway reconstruction projects often take years to get funded through the Transportation
Improvement Project (TIP) program, a “no reconstruction” alternative was considered for North
Street that meets the landscaping and road narrowing objectives preferred by survey and workshop
participants. The no reconstruction option involves the extension of the parkway on the south side
of the roadway by eliminating the parking lane without any major reconstruction of the roadway or
drainage. The roadway would need to be saw cut so the asphalt could be removed and replaced
with topsoil and sod. Figure 31 shows the no reconstruction alternative.
Figure 31. Option A – North Street No Reconstruction Cross Section (Source: Stuart I. Brown Associates, LaBella Associates)
Acceptable Alternative – North Street Roadway ‐ Reconstruction
There are several options for North Street if it were to be fully reconstructed. Full
reconstruction would involve replacement of the drainage swales with an underground storm
drainage system. The reconstruction of the storm drainage system would permit the construction of
a level street cross section and the installation of curbing. The three potential options for
reconstruction of North Street are as follows:
North Street Reconstruction Option B – Two Lanes, One Parking Lane, Substantial Parkways
Option B would provide two 12 ft. travel lanes, a parking lane and two large parkways on both
sides of the road. This option narrows the paved surface to 32 feet which is eight feet narrower
than the narrowest section of the existing roadway. The road narrowing should act as a traffic
calming factor for vehicles.
The large parkways could potentially permit the planting of a double row of trees (or an
additional row where trees are already planted). Appropriate trees would need to be selected so
that their mature canopies do not interfere with each other. Option B is illustrated in Figure 32.
58 Alternatives Development