The Town of Ithaca, with the participation of the Forest Home Improvement Association (FHIA) and other interested stakeholders, intends to engage active transportation consultants with the capacity to provide planning and engineering services – as well as community relations support services and agency strategic guidance – for the Forest Home neighborhood in accordance with the Town’s Complete Streets policy (April 15, 2015) and Vision Zero policy (June 9, 2025).
The purpose of this Forest Home Traffic Calming Plan Update is to develop practicable strategies and recommendations to alleviate traffic impacts within the study area, while improving connectivity, mobility, safety, and access for pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles. The goals of the Plan are to adapt the transportation network to provide safe access for all users; prioritize pedestrian and bicycle links between key transportation assets and destinations; promote active transportation and a multi-modal system integrated with neighboring anchor institution Cornell University. The Plan will build on previous efforts by identifying connectivity gaps in the town’s transportation network, recommending improvements to existing streets and intersections, considering access management strategies, and providing concept-level designs to better connect streets, trails, and sidewalks. The Plan will provide the town with a strategy for balancing safety, accessibility, residential quality of life, and mobility concerns with the need to support ongoing economic and community development initiatives.
Background on past transportation planning initiatives in the Forest Home neighborhood, including links to the 2007 Traffic Calming Plan and 2025 Top-Level Priorities for Infrastructure Improvements, is located at https://www.fhia.org/forest-home-infrastructure.
