by Bicycle Coalition | Dec 17, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
By Benjamin Harris As part of the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure Initiative, North 13th Street is being reconfigured between Girard and Cecil B Moore with, among other things, a parking protected bike lane. The current 22 foot... by Leonard Bonarek | Dec 17, 2018 | Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, The Circuit, Vision Zero
[clic aquí para español] A beat up rented van pulls up to a dark alley and backs up to a loading dock. Doors open and 10 large boxes slide out and are stacked in the back and the van lurches off into the night. This was step one in helping to start... by John Boyle | Dec 13, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Earlier this week, planners from the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems attended the Callowhill Neighbors Association meet at Azavea on Spring Garden Street to unveil a proposal to redesign the bike lanes on 10th and 13th Street from Vine to Spring... by Leonard Bonarek | Dec 12, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
At this time last year we scheduled a clean up of the West Chestnut bike lane, only to have Philadelphia Streets Department swoop in with a preemptive sweep up. Once again, our plans to clean the West Chestnut Bike Lane were foiled. We planned to tidy up on Saturday... by John Boyle | Dec 11, 2018 | Biking the Suburbs, Featured, The Circuit
On December 5th, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) Board approved more than $2 Million in CMAQ funds for the construction of two Circuit Trails Projects in New Jersey. The projects were part of DVRPC’s Competitive CMAQ (Congestion... by Leonard Bonarek | Dec 11, 2018 | Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, The Circuit
On December 10, advocates for The Circuit Trails got three wins in a single night. In Pennsylvania, Bristol Borough (photo above) and The City of Coatesville passed municipal resolutions in support of building 500 miles of The Circuit by 2025. On the other side of the...