Onondaga County — well, the vast part outside of Downtown Syracuse — must become more bikeable and walkable by completely revising how roads get built and maintained, a new panel will recommend next week.
That’s a top recommendation of a citizens advisory board created earlier this year by the county legislature to ensure that as new housing is built across the sprawling upstate county, residents without cars can access jobs, food or medical care in ways that they currently cannot because sidewalks, bike lanes and bus service are nearly nonexistent outside the Syracuse.
“The vast majority of people do not currently have access to public transportation, walkability, bikeability, if they are not living in the city center which greatly limits where someone can live,” said Nicole Watts, the co-chair of the so-called Housing and Transportation Citizens Advisory Board…