Village of Spencerport Eastern Village Corridor Concept Study

II. Inventory and Analysis
Photo looking East into plaza along Slayton
Photo looking South along sidewalk at West
There are sidewalks along both sides of Union Street within the Village. Crosswalks
are provided on Union Street at the East/West Avenue signalized intersection, and at
the Amity Street and Lyell Avenue unsignalized intersections. There is also a midblock
crosswalk just north of the canal across Union Street. Marked crosswalks are
the standard NYSDOT painted type; no high visibility crosswalks exist within the
Central Business Area.
There are also sidewalks along both sides of Lyell Avenue until Coleman Avenue,
where the sidewalk continues on the south side of Lyell Avenue to Trowbridge Road.
At Trowbridge Road the sidewalk along the south side Lyell Avenue ends, however
there is a paved path that leads directly to the Spencerport School District grounds.
There is a crosswalk at the unsignalized intersection of Coleman Avenue / Lyell
Avenue. While there are sidewalks along Lyell Avenue, many residents stated that
large groups of school children walk along the shoulder of the road as opposed to the
sidewalk.
Within the basin area of the Village the pedestrian environment is less than welcoming.
There are no defined sidewalks through the basin area, the East/West intersection
lacks adequate pedestrian signal heads, and the pedestrian is required to walk through
parking areas and vehicle travel ways, as shown in the top photo to the left. Outside
of the immediate basin area, sidewalks are present in approximately 20 % of the Village.
The Union Street Bridge over the canal provides sidewalks on both sides for
pedestrians, which creates a link from the canal trail path to the businesses along
Union Street. However, the pedestrian experience feels “disconnected” from the
north side of East Avenue to the south side of East Avenue and the Village Plaza. Once
the pedestrian is south of East Avenue, there are numerous higher traffic commercial
driveways to cross along Union Street.
North of East Avenue the pedestrian experience is more inviting with limited vehicular
conflict points and street trees, as shown in the photo to the left. South of East
Avenue there is a bank, gas station, funeral home and Slayton Place driveways for
pedestrians to contend with while walking along Union Street.
With the exception of sidewalks north of East Avenue, the difficult circulation and
vehicular conflict points likely discourage those with mobility impairments, such as the
elderly population from frequenting the central business area on foot.
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Village of Spencerport, New York