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CROG launches Priority Pathways study to knit bike and pedestrian network across 38 towns
Summary
The Capital Region Council of Governments launched the Priority Pathways study to identify a regional network of walking and biking routes, prioritize safety improvements and coordinate funding and municipal actions; the plan runs through mid‑2026 and will include community outreach and site audits.
Mike Cipriano, Principal Transportation Planner with the Capital Region Council of Governments (CROG), and consultants on Wednesday opened the first public meeting for CROG’s Priority Pathways study, a regional effort to identify walking and bicycling routes and prioritized safety investments across CROG’s 38 member municipalities.
The study, led by CROG staff with consulting support from Toole Design and Foursquare ITP, aims to produce a prioritized network, implementation strategies and short‑ and long‑term actions, including a Complete Streets policy review and identification of potential funding streams. Cipriano described the work as driven by safety concerns: recent injuries and fatalities involving vulnerable road users have made better infrastructure a top priority.
"We want to develop a prioritization plan which will help identify locations or…
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