by Randy LoBasso | Jan 16, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured
Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation Infrastructure Systems has some job openings available — which we consider very good news for the office, and Philadelphia. oTis is in charge of the city’s transportation and infrastructure, and involved in... by Randy LoBasso | Jan 12, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured
The Philadelphia Parking Authority recently provided its latest numbers for people who drive motor vehicles violating the law by parking in bike lanes to the Bicycle Coalition. The good news: Ticketing motor vehicles in bike lanes has gone way, way up since 2014. The... by Randy LoBasso | Jan 12, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Earlier this week, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia began hearing, and contributed to, complaints about the Delaware River Port Authority’s lack of plowing of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Earlier, we’d witnessed the surprise yanking of the flex-posts from the... by Randy LoBasso | Jan 10, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
The second part of Philadelphia’s separated bike lane grant, totaling $250,000, was announced today by the state of Pennsylvania. The grant—a Transportation Alternatives Project grant via PennDOT—will go toward “17 lane miles into separated bicycle facilities by... by Randy LoBasso | Jan 6, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
As we’ve written on the blog, and has been reported across city media outlets, there’s been a lot of fake facts circulating with regard to protected bike lanes in Philadelphia. On this week’s podcast, Waffiyyah Murray and Randy LoBasso discuss those rumors and... by Randy LoBasso | Jan 4, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured
Before the New Year, the Delaware River Port Authority removed the flex posts from the 5th Street Tunnel, which connects Old City to Spring Garden Street. The posts, according to the DRPA, were removed for the winter due to snow plowing concerns. As we understand it,...