A collaboration among municipalities, schools, businesses and other organizations to promote active transportation across Long Island.
Walking and biking can provide many health, environmental, social/safety and economic benefits.
Start promoting the benefits of Active Transportation to your residents, students or employees on your website, email, newsletters and social media. Our Toolkit makes it easy with sample copy, flyers and logos. .
Host an educational event either virtually or in person to promote the many benefits of Active Transportation, and build awareness about nearby walkable downtowns and recreational bike trails. Let's Move LI volunteers can help you organize the event.
Ready for the next step? Form a committee to develop and implement an Active Transportation Plan to encourage your residents, students or employees to walk and bike. Our Spotlights page can give you ideas of active transportation initiatives in other communities. Also, check out our Resources page for information on the many Long Island resources that can help!
Baldwin, a diverse unincorporated hamlet on the south shore of Long Island, is part of the larger Town of Hempstead. The hamlet is 4.5 miles long, and one mile wide, spanning 2.96 square miles. Baldwin runs north to south and is often recognized as being bookended by its North Baldwin and Baldwin Harbor (south of Atlantic Avenue) communities. It is serviced by the Long Island RailRoad Babylon branch, with a 40-minute commute to Manhattan. The hamlet is also serviced by the Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus system. The N35 route stops at several places in Baldwin along Grand Avenue, the main north-south commercial roadway. The N4 and N4X also serve Baldwin’s downtown area. Baldwin has a developing downtown and was selected to receive a $10 million Downtown Revitalization grant from NYS to help fund multiple transit-oriented housing projects. Nassau County is also working on a Baldwin Complete Streets project which includes a critical lane reduction within the core downtown area to create a safer, walkable and vibrant environment that encourages pedestrians and cyclists.
The Baldwin Civic Association along with other organizations, such as the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, advocate for a sustainable, transit-oriented environment that will attract additional business development, cultural and arts establishments, and housing for all generations.
The Baldwin Civic Association has suggested the creation of safe and inviting bicycle routes to enhance connectivity amid planned growth and help alleviate parking and traffic problems. Their draft vision proposal is a bicycle route that would travel around Grand Avenue to ensure safety and enhanced mobility. The route would connect Baldwin’s neighborhoods in the north and south as well as the neighboring communities of Oceanside, Freeport, Hempstead State Park, and Roosevelt, among others. This route would also connect to public transportation (bus route/LIRR) as well as to schools, and cultural institutions (colleges and libraries) and businesses. In addition, the route would connect residents with several parks in Baldwin (Coe’s Neck in the north, Silver Lake Park and Milburn Creek Park in the middle, and Baldwin Harbor Park in the south).
On May 13, the Baldwin Civic Association invited the whole community to experience a portion of their proposed bike route by organizing a Bike Rodeo and Parade with assistance from Nassau County together with the Town of Hempstead and the Nassau County Police. The event was a huge success, and another ride will likely be planned during Long Island Mobility Week in September.
Architect Willy Zambrano, Chair of the Baldwin Civic Economic Development Committee commented, "The bike rodeo and parade is a huge instrumental component that will gather community support for a potential permanent bike network route. It promotes awareness of other active modes of transportation. During the parade we picked up a few more riders and runners along the way. Besides providing many health, social and environmental benefits, is a great way to bring the community together. The bike network will connect all our parks, residential neighborhoods and commercial nodes which could potentially help support local economic growth to our commercial corridor as well. Having this type of event at least twice a year will help gather enough support from the community at-large and civic leaders for a permanent bike network route in the future."
Each month we spotlight a municipality or organization that is promoting active transportation on Long Island. Review our past Spotlights for ideas on how to promote walking and bicyling in your community.
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