The Princeton Council has approved a grant application for funding to construct a grade-separated bicycle lane along Hamilton Avenue, between Moore Street and Linden Lane.
The grant application will be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s 2026 Bikeways program for the Hamilton Avenue Bikeway – Moore to Linden project. The town will learn in November whether the grant was approved and if so, it will have two years to award a construction contract.
The Engineering and Infrastructure Operations staff is working with the Michael Baker consulting firm on an analysis and report of recommendations for pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Paul Robeson Place, Wiggins Street and Hamilton Avenue from Bayard Lane (Route 206) to Snowden Lane, according to the June 19 memorandum from Deputy Administrator Deanna Stockton and Assistant Engineer Jim Purcell.
The study stems from a recommendation in a 2017 study to consider on-road and off-road alternatives for bicycle facilities along the corridor, the memorandum said. The consultant has identified an opportunity to construct a grade-separated bicycle lane/pedestrian path along the corridor and is developing a conceptual design for the Moore Street-to-Linden Lane section of the corridor.
Hamilton Avenue will be narrowed by five feet to accommodate the bicycle lane/pedestrian path, which means on-street parking will be eliminated, according to the memorandum. Once the improvements are completed, the Princeton Council will adopt an ordinance to ban on-street parking.
Hamilton Avenue, between Moore Street and Linden Lane, has been identified by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee as a critical element in the bicycle mobility plan, the memorandum said. It serves a significant number of school children who ride their bicycles or walk to school.
