by Patrick Monahan | Jan 14, 2022 | Biking in Philly, News
In August 2021, when the City of Philadelphia reopened MLK Jr. Drive to cars, it announced in its press release that they’d be looking into continuing weekend closures towards the end of the year. We talked to the Kenney Administration and Council staff to...
by Patrick Monahan | Jan 10, 2022 | The Circuit, Biking the Region, News
The Bicycle Coalition and the Circuit Trails Coalition are excited about new funding awarded for the Circuit Trails and local trail projects in the Greater Philadelphia area. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has announced its...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 6, 2022 | News, Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, The Circuit
In late November, PECO sent an email message to a number of counties and townships who are engaged in designing and building Circuit trail projects. Up to recently, PECO has allowed trails to be constructed within PECO “rights of way” (ROW)—property that...
by Lor Song | Jan 6, 2022 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, News, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
As described in a blog post in early December, after a major outreach effort conducted by the City’s the Office of Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) in 2020, in late fall 2021 oTIS initiated an effort to gather additional input on the...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Dec 25, 2021 | News, Vision Zero
Families for Safe Streets of Greater Philadelphia (FSSGP) is excited to be selected as one of three nonprofit organizations that will be highlighted at the Philadelphia Eagles home game on Sunday, December 26, 2021, as part of their Community Redzone Program. FSSGP...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Dec 21, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly
From the good news department: Philadelphia’s protected bike lane network has 19.3 miles under its belt. The Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) reported on the City’s blog that “protected bike lanes in Philadelphia...