Project Spotlight: Route 59 Study Update
The study team held four Community Planning Workshops for this purpose, along with several “pop-up” listening posts at community events across the study area. (Photos by Route 59 Project Team)
The Route 59 Area Transportation & Land Use Study, which is federally financed through NYMTC’s Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), is identifying and evaluating transportation and development issues and future improvement scenarios in the Route 59 corridor in Rockland County. The area surrounding Route 59 includes a mix of land uses, with large retail centers as well as commercial and residential sites and a significant walking presence.
The travel markets that move within and through the area are complex, being a mixture of regional and local person and goods movement, and modes including truck, bus, car, walking, and bicycle.
To date, the communities in this area have provided input to help envision changes and improvements to the transportation corridor and the surrounding area. The study team held four Community Planning Workshops for this purpose, along with several “pop-up” listening posts at community events across the study area.
Each workshop and pop-up has helped build and refine ideas for improvement in the corridor and its surroundings. A draft final report which synthesizes these ideas along with agency input will be released for public review in the near future.
You can learn more about the Route 59 Area Transportation & Land Use Study by visiting www.Route59Study.org.