Route C: Northside-Southside
People safely crossing Seneca St along the Plain Street Bike Boulevard. Conceptual rendering by Whitham Planning & Design, PLLC.
Route C connects the residential neighborhoods of Fall Creek, Northside, and Southside along pleasant neighborhood streets, avoiding heavy vehicular traffic around the Downtown core. It serves education and community destinations in Ithaca: Fall Creek and Beverly J. Martin Elementary Schools and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center and Southside Community Center. Upon reaching Southside, people can connect to routes that take them to grocery and other stores along Meadow Street and Elmira Road.
This route builds upon the success of Ithaca’s existing bicycle boulevard network by addressing shortcomings: at the intersection of Plain Street with Seneca and Green Streets as well as pavement conditions along most of the route. Addressing these problems, will make this route even more popular among families with children and anyone interested in using a bike to go shopping.
