by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 11, 2022 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Vision Zero
Last November, Representative Brett Miller (R-Lancaster) introduced (for the second time) a bill that would define “vulnerable highway users” to include: (1) A pedestrian, excluding a personal delivery device (2) A bicyclist (3) An individual on a...
by John Boyle | Mar 11, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Sometime this year, PennDOT is scheduled to resurface a portion of Lehigh Avenue. The limits of the resurfacing project are between Kensington Ave and Aramingo Ave. The resurfacing presents an opportunity to make the roadway much safer than it is today. It likely...
by John Boyle | Mar 3, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On March 1, 2022, oTIS announced that it had chosen the mixed lane option for Washington Avenue. There will be a variety of lane configurations over the 5-mile stretch: 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes to 5 lanes to 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes. The downside of this...
by Lor Song | Mar 2, 2022 | Bike Share, Biking in Philly, News
As the weather begins to get warmer, so does our need to get on a bicycle and explore new adventures! The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP), has new seasonal jobs and volunteer opportunities...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 25, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Back in 2012, the Bicycle Coalition put out the concept proposal of a connected high quality bikeway network called “Safe Streets, Healthy Neighborhoods”, which included the idea of high quality protected bike lanes on Market, Walnut and Chestnut Streets...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 25, 2022 | Biking in Philly
oTIS is going to conduct a spring “round up” for abandoned bicycles. Here’s a map of what they have so far on their list. We mapped “open” 311 reports of abandoned bikes from 2016-2020. If you know of a bike that is not on this map,...