by Patrick Monahan | Mar 17, 2023 | Featured, News
The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced the seventh round of funding in its WalkWorks grant program, which seeks to provide grants to local governments to support their Active Transportation Plans, supporting those who walk, bike, take public...
by Patrick Monahan | Mar 16, 2023 | Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, News, The Circuit
On Monday, March 13th, we joined the Montgomery County Planning Commission and local officials to cut the ribbon on the highly anticipated Chester Valley Trail Extension East. The new 3.94 mile segment links the existing 14.5-mile portion of the Chester Valley Trail,...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 10, 2023 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, News
The City announced on Friday, March 10th that Martin Luther King Drive Bridge, located between MLK Drive and Eakins Oval, will begin reconstruction activities and close completely to all users on Monday, March 27th. The Schuylkill River Trail beneath the bridge will...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 10, 2023 | Biking in Philly, News
Earlier this month, PennDOT announced that it had issued a “notice to proceed’ (NTP) to its general contractor to begin the $328.9 million project to create a cap over I-95 between Chestnut and Walnut Streets from Front Street to the Delaware River...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 10, 2023 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Earlier this week, the City of Philadelphia announced the “Chinatown Stitch: A Project to Reconnect Philadelphia to Vine Street.” The announcement included a new $1.8M grant from Reconnecting Community Pilot Program (RCP) to accelerate the planning...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 10, 2023 | Crash, News, Vision Zero
On February 17th, Woodsen Jones was riding his bicycle to pick up breakfast for his wife when he was struck by an oncoming driver near the intersection of 13th and Lehigh Ave. The driver fled the scene and Jones was taken to the hospital where he later passed away. ...
