by John Boyle | May 25, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
After an 11 year advocacy effort, PENNDOT has finally eliminated the Bikeway Occupancy Permit (BOP) and replaced it with Bike Lane Request/Approval Letters. The BOP, which had been law up until now, required a municipality that wanted a new bike lane to maintain any... by Randy LoBasso | May 17, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
Earlier this month, Congress passed—and the president signed—a budget deal that continues funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER grant program. The deal will fund operations through September 30, 2017. As I... by John Boyle | May 16, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Uncategorized
Governor Wolf issued a press release on Monday addressing PENNDOT’s onerous Bicycle Occupancy Permit (BOP) and announced a pilot project to help PENNDOT standardize their bike lane policies. “PennDOT will be issuing a policy change removing the Bicycle... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 17, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
Federal funding is incredibly important to the city for transit, traffic control and signals, pavement resurfacing, safe routes to school and bicycle/pedestrian facilities and, honestly for the city and state’s tourism. But the most recent federal budget... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 15, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
Perhaps the most breaking of news to come out of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision Zero Conference 2017 was Philadelphia’s Bike/Ped Coordinator Jeannette Brugger announcing a protected bike lane coming to West Chestnut Street. This is a project... by Bicycle Coalition | Feb 22, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Uncategorized
Calling all Montgomery County cyclists: we need your help. In early July, Montgomery County received a $30,000 Transportation and Community Development Initiative grant from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) in order to create an entirely new...