by Patrick Monahan | Dec 8, 2023 | The Circuit
Photo Credit: Jack Sworaski’s photo of the recently completed quarter mile segment of the Merchantville Trail In 2023, several gaps were completed and celebrated throughout the Greater Philadelphia area that now bring new connections to communities within the...
by John Boyle | Dec 6, 2023 | News, The Circuit
For several months now we have been receiving complaints about what appears to be indiscriminate clear-cutting along the Schuylkill River Trail between Shawmont and Conshohocken. Amtrak owns the overhead catenary wires on the former Schuylkill Branch of the...
by Patrick Monahan | Nov 22, 2023 | Action Center, The Circuit
Right now, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is in the process of updating the region’s Long-Range Plan. The Long-Range Plan for Greater Philadelphia was last adopted back in 2021. The Plan sets the vision and goals for the region, strategies to...
by Patrick Monahan | Nov 15, 2023 | The Circuit
After completing a new segment of the Delaware River Trail (DRT) from Fishtown to South Philly, the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) is working on an extension of the trail north. This new segment will stretch between Penn Treaty Park and Lehigh Avenue,...
by John Boyle | Nov 14, 2023 | News, The Circuit
At the Circuit Coalition’s Semi-Annual Meeting at John Heinz NWR, Sean Megill-Legendre from DVRPC announced that 2.2 miles of Circuit Trails have been completed since May. That brings the total mileage of open Circuit Trails to 391 miles or about 47% of the 2040...
by Patrick Monahan | Sep 29, 2023 | Biking the Region, News, NJ, The Circuit
In August, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) opened its public comment period for the Draft FY2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for New Jersey which is a critical funding opportunity for the Circuit Trails and bicycle/pedestrian...
