ONE THOUSAND MILES IN FOUR YEARS: HOW NEW YORK STATE USED ISTEA TO IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE BICYCLE ROUTE SYSTEM

1000 MILLES EN QUATRE ANS: COMMENT L'ETAT DE NEW YORK A UTILISE ISTEA POUR ETABLIR, D'UN BOUT A L'AUTRE DE L'ETAT, UN RESEAU DE PISTES CYCABLES

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has established a statewide system of more than 1,000 miles of signed and numbered bicycle routes since 1993. These routes represent one of the more significant accomplishments in the United States under the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). The major routes in the system are Bike Route 5, which runs from the State's Capital region to Niagara Falls; Bike Route 9, which goes from Central Park in New York City to the Canadian Border south of Montreal, and Bike Route 17, which travels New York State's Southern Tier from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. This system facilitates bicyclists and intermodal transportation through both rural regions and complex urban areas with improved route choices, serving both the local mobility needs of utilitarian cyclists and the tourism potential of cross-state bicycle travel.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec

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• Authors:
  • Olson, J S
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Northeast Association of State transportation Officials
  • Location: Quebec, Canada
  • Date: 1997-6-7 to 1997-6-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 297-300

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; Intermodal facilities; Mobility; Route choice; Rural areas; Tourism
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753493
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 10 1998 12:00AM