Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning

Overview

The Cape Cod Commission works with partner organizations, municipalities, and citizens across the region to document and plan for improvements to existing bicycling facilities and, where and as possible, to help create a Cape-wide network of bicycling routes.

Regional Shared Use Path Vision 

Data Collection Efforts

Regional Non-Motorist Counts Data Viewer

Commission Staff regularly deploy counters on the region's bicycle and sidewalk network. Click below to review the locations and data of our non-motorist counts. MassDOT also maintains a Statewide Non-Motorist Count Database. 

Additionally, to learn more about our non-motorist counting efforts, please view an overview presentation recording below. 

Regional Non-Motorist Counts Overview Presentation (February 2024)

External Resources

• Cape Cod Rail Trail - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Cape Cod National Seashore Bike Trails - National Park Service brochure, with maps
• MassBike - Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition
• East Coast Greenway
• MassDOT Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Awareness Video 
• MassTrails grants 
• MassDOT Shared Streets and Spaces grants
• Cape Light Compact Income-Eligible E-Bike Rebate Program
  
  

Overview Presentation of Cape Cod Bicycle Projects (Summer 2020)