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Promote a multi-modal transportation system that encourages economic health and community vitality


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All Subprinciples

Subprinciple A - Enhance and promote the use of bicycles and walking as viable forms of transportation by providing safe public facilities, including multi-use trails, bicycle routes, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks.

Subprinciple B - Enhance transportation options and provide facilities that allow passengers to transfer easily and safely from one mode of transportation to another (e.g., biking to bus service).

Subprinciple C - Ensure that development occurs in a manner that maintains the function and safety of the road network in the area.

Subprinciple D - Provide affordable and accessible public transportation to important destinations among outlying nodes, the Ithaca urban area, and points outside the County.

Subprinciple E - Enhance transportation options, including freight and air service, to support business development, while preserving the integrity of existing communities.

Subprinciple F - Promote a transportation system that supports nodal, compact development patterns and reduces negative environmental impacts.


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Specific tools relating to each Subprinciple

Subprinciple A

Enhance and promote the use of bicycles and walking as viable forms of transportation by providing safe public facilities, including multi-use trails, bicycle routes, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks.

Subprinciple B

Enhance transportation options and provide facilities that allow passengers to transfer easily and safely from one mode of transportation to another (e.g., biking to bus service).

Subprinciple C

Ensure that development occurs in a manner that maintains the function and safety of the road network in the area.


Subprinciple D

Provide affordable and accessible public transportation to important destinations among outlying nodes, the Ithaca urban area, and points outside the County.

 

Subprinciple E

Enhance transportation options, including freight and air service, to support business development, while preserving the integrity of existing communities.

 

Subprinciple F

Promote a transportation system that supports nodal, compact development patterns and reduces negative environmental impacts.