by John Boyle | Nov 9, 2017 | Bike Share, Biking Outside The Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, research, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Thanks to a generous grant from the Knight Foundation, I was able to attend the NACTO 2017 Conference in Chicago from October 30-November 2 in Chicago. NACTO or the National Association of City Transportation Officials. The City of Philadelphia is a founding... by John Boyle | Oct 24, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized
A pair of gloves, a portable leaf blower and a pair of loppers. That is all the tools that I had when I decided to spend a late weekend afternoon at a decrepit sidewalk on State Rd near the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The photos were AFTER I removed the shrubbery and blew... by John Boyle | Oct 11, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Featured, The Circuit
On Friday, October 6, the Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation (LHT), cut the ribbon on the Kings Highway segment of the Trail. Named that because this trail segment crosses the historic Kings Highway, otherwise known as US 206. Like other recently built LHT segments,... by John Boyle | Sep 21, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Featured, Uncategorized
Earlier this year, PENNDOT removed the Bicycle Occupancy Permit from its design manual. Instead of agreeing to the permit which local governments will need only provide a letter of request for the proposed bicycle lane that includes the necessary information for... by John Boyle | Sep 14, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured
On Thursday, the US Census Bureau released its 2016 1-year American Community Survey Data. The latest data shows that bicycling to work in Philadelphia remains at 2.2 percent or 14,379 people. That is virtually unchanged from 2015. The data continues to show that more...
