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More useful and cheaper would be to connect the Hudson Greenway trail to the Old Putnam trail in Van Cortlandt Park. A few possibilities:

1. Continue the trail along the HH Parkway, up to the bridge. Then find a decent bike route through Spuyten Duyval to Van Cortlandt Park at 242 St. The neighborhood is tame enough, there are plenty of possible routes that would could "improve" with protected bike lanes, etc.

2. Have bikes go down the ramp at Inwood, and then continue along the Hudson River at ground level. Then fix the railroad crossing that is currently all steps, turning it into ramps instead. Now you have a fully bike-accessible route up to the bridge into Spuyten Duyval. As in (1), find a route through that neighborhood to 242 St.

3. Extend the Old Putnam Trail south from VCP all the way to 225 St; or put a two-way protected bike lane on Bailey Ave. Either way, now connect that to Inwood by improving bike lanes on the Broadway Bridge and Broadway itself to 218 St.

In all of these options... please provide a suitable surface for biking through Van Cortlandt Park!!! Even in the rain!!!

Once you've connected to the Old Putnam Trail, you have a high-quality bike trail all the way past I-287. Somewhere after that (Peekskill?) aim to get the bike trail back to the Hudson River, where it needs to head through the mountains. It is also important to improve the Route 119 corridor from the Putnam Trail to the Tappan Zee Bridge.

One advantage of the Putnam Trail alignment (vs. an on-the-Hudson alignment) is it's more useful for people who live in Westchester County.