Get Involved
The Orangetown Bike Study aims to create a shared, community vision for the local cycling network. Input from community residents, business owners, neighborhood associations, and other stakeholders will ensure that this vision is inclusive and accessible to all.
Orangetown Bike Study Final Report
View Media Coverage of Bike to School Day
Nyack News and Views: http://nyacknewsandviews.com/2018/05/orangetown-bike-to-school/
FiOS 1 News: https://www.facebook.com/FiOS1NewsLHV/videos/2060899297516678/
What can I do?
Bike to School Demonstration a Success in Orangetown
Last week, students and their families joined the Town of Orangetown and Parks & Trails New York to celebrate National Bike to School Day by riding their bikes to school. The highway department created two pop-up facilities, which featured Rockland County’s first protected bike lanes. This demonstration was a huge success!
Next Step: Volunteer for Spring Bike Counts
Last September, we had a great turn out from volunteers to help us with Orangetown’s first organized bike count. In order to learn more about local cycling patterns, the bike study team is organizing a follow up count during the last week of May and first weekend in June (from Tuesday May 29 to June 3). You don’t need any specific skills, but we do have a training presentation available.
Each location requires a volunteer to count the same spot for one, two-hour weekday period AND one, two-hour weekend observation period. Consult the location grid below for specific times and locations.
If you choose to volunteer, Parks & Trails New York will contact you to verify your count location as well as send necessary forms. If you would like to participate but are unable to do both bike counts as requested, or have other questions, please contact Maggie Pugliano at mpugliano@ptny.org or at 518-434-1583. Check out pictures here.
Please Register By Friday, May 25 Sign up to Volunteer
– View the Recommended Bikeway Treatments map here
– View the Presentation from the Public Meeting
You can also continue using the Orangetown Bike Study Feedback Map to view recommended bikeway treatments, suggest additional locations for bike facilities such as bike lanes and bike racks, point out dangerous intersections or road sections, and make other cycling-related observations. Stay tuned for final release of the Orangetown Bike Plan in June.
About the Bike Study
With a generous grant from the Tappan Zee Bridge Community Benefits Fund, Orangetown is embarking on a study of bike use in town. Cyclists, both long- and short-range, already form an important constituency; meeting their present and future needs is beneficial to Orangetown families and businesses. Bicycle infrastructure increases health, property values, tourism, local business opportunity and economic development while decreasing air pollution and automobile traffic.
The advent of the Shared Use Path on the new TZB and the visible presence of long-range cycling groups alert us to the need to plan now more than ever, but most cycling is short-range and informal, and is a longstanding priority for Orangetown families and local government.
We must also be mindful of the need to mitigate any negative impacts the larger groups of cyclists attracted to Orangetown and any foreseeable conflicts between cyclists, motorists and pedestrians, using the tools at our disposal, ranging from facilities/signs to education and enforcement.
The Town of Orangetown has contracted Parks & Trails New York, a non-profit organization that has assisted communities around the state in developing trails and planning bike and pedestrian networks, as the project consultant for the Orangetown Bike Study.
• Bike Study Community Information Meeting Video Sept. 7, 2017
Project Contacts
For more information on the Bike Study, contact:
• James Meerdink with Parks & Trails New York (518) 434-1583