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Some Ithaca College students have sustained injuries or felt unsafe walking along Route 96B — Danby Road — without sidewalks. For almost a decade, the Town of Ithaca has been considering a plan to install sidewalks on Danby Road, however these plans have never come to fruition.

No set timeline for installation of sidewalks on Danby Road

By Michael Pyskaty, Staff Writer • April 23, 2016
Walking alongside New York state Route 96B on a brisk Friday evening in January with two of her friends, Allison Tindel was struck by a vehicle on the side of the roadway
The Ithaca Town Board will use the $76,000 grant from the New York State Department of Transportation to study the Danby Road pedestrian corridor.

Town of Ithaca receives state grant to study sidewalks

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • January 22, 2014
The Ithaca Town Board voted to accept $76,000 from the New York State Department of Transportation to conduct a sidewalk study on Danby Road.
The New York Department of Travel installed 'Share the Road' signs after Ithaca College raised concerns about the lack of sidewalk on 96B.

Ithaca to study sidewalk feasibility

By Kayla Dwyer, Contributing Writer • September 18, 2013
The Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council has allocated $95,000 of federal funding to a study of the feasibility of a sidewalk on Danby Road.
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