Study Overview
Move Ithaca is the City’s groundbreaking Active Transportation Plan with a goal to reshape the way that people of all ages and abilities, walk, bike, and roll around our city.
This project picks up where the Better Bike Network Plan – pioneered by Bike Walk Tompkins – left off by taking a more in-depth, data-driven look at the proposed routes reflecting today’s mobility needs.
When complete, the Move Ithaca Plan will serve as a roadmap for the City’s Active Transportation Network with prioritized routes and roadway designs that maximize safety and access for residents and visitors alike.
Explore the streets
Nobody knows the ins and outs of Ithaca’s street network like you! We want your feedback to help us identify specific safety issues, opportunities, and needs for cyclists and walkers within the existing street network. Click the the map to zoom in and drop pins with your thoughts.
Get Involved
Survey
Help the Move Ithaca Team improve walking, biking, and rolling throughout the City with this short online survey!
Come see us!
The City of Ithaca will host an open house event for the Move Ithaca Active Transportation Plan Monday, March 3, 2025 from 4:30-6:30pm at City Hall, 108 East Green Street in the second floor conference room. A formal presentation will take place at 5:45pm to provide an overview of the project, and to highlight specific features of the draft bike network plan.
Share your thoughts
Click below to share your comments with the Move Ithaca team and submit any questions you may have.
FAQs
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Any self-propelled, human-powered mode of transportation including walking, biking, and rolling.
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Complete Streets are streets that are designed and operated to enable safe access for users of all ages and abilities. Complete Streets leverage design tools like bike lanes, curb extensions, speed bumps and others to achieve a community's unique safety, public health, connectivity, and economic development goals.
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The purpose of Move Ithaca is to plan and design a multi-street “active transportation network” within the City of Ithaca, which provides safe and efficient cycling infrastructure as well as pedestrian, transit, and ADA-accessibility improvements along the “network” street segments and intersections.
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This initiative is being led by the City of Ithaca in close collaboration with numerous stakeholders, and supported by a consultant. This project is funded through the federal Carbon Reduction Program established under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
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The Active Transportation Plan process began in April 2024 and is expected to be completed in Summer of 2025.
Related Projects
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Tompkins County Joint Safety Action Plan
The Joint Safety Action Plan will provide recommendations and strategies to improve safety at identified locations and help eliminate deaths and serious injuries throughout the region. The goal is to help make Tompkins County safer for all road users including people who drive, walk, bike, or ride transit.
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Route 13 Cayuga Waterfront Revitalization
The City of Ithaca obtained a BUILD Grant to reimagine and redesign the Route 13 Corridor on the north side of the City. This project will explore opportunities to redevelop the waterfront and enhance connectivity between surrounding neighborhoods and downtown on the east side of the corridor.
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Tompkins County Priority Trails Strategy
In 2023, Tompkins County updated its Priority Trails Strategy. This plan paints a picture of a trail network for Tompkins County where parks, natural areas, urban areas, and rural villages are connected via multi-use trails.
