{"id":44204,"date":"2026-04-04T07:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/44204\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:16:07","slug":"geneva-council-flips-on-street-safety-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/44204\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva council flips on street safety plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sharp turnaround is reshaping a busy Geneva roadway, according to the Finger Lakes Times. City Council members who doubted new safety measures last month now back adding flashing crosswalk beacons on South Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>The change follows public pressure and renewed concern over traffic near Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The city plans a pilot program with beacons at three crossings, along with ideas like lowering the speed limit and restricting parking to improve visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the project could cost up to $25,000 but may be reimbursed by the state. City leaders now appear ready to move forward without a formal vote.<\/p>\n<p>  Get the latest local headlines every morning at 6 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign up for our Get Local newsletter (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Sign up for our Get Local newsletter (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sign up for our Get Local newsletter <\/a>.<br \/>\n Want to see more FingerLakes1.com stories in Google? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred Google news sources (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred Google news sources (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred news sources <\/a> to help Google prioritize our reporting in your results. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/author\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774901532_35_FL1-01-LOGO-2022-V01-250x250-newer.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774901532_35_FL1-01-LOGO-2022-V01-250x250-newer.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FingerLakes1.com is the region\u2019s leading all-digital news publication. The company was founded in 1998 and has been keeping residents informed for more than two decades. Have a lead? Send it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"204e4557536046494e4745524c414b4553110e434f4d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sharp turnaround is reshaping a busy Geneva roadway, according to the Finger Lakes Times. City Council members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,3733,1992],"class_list":{"0":"post-44204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneva","8":"tag-geneva","9":"tag-geneva-city-council","10":"tag-top"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116345214422487827","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}