by John Boyle | Mar 11, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Sometime this year, PennDOT is scheduled to resurface a portion of Lehigh Avenue. The limits of the resurfacing project are between Kensington Ave and Aramingo Ave. The resurfacing presents an opportunity to make the roadway much safer than it is today. It likely...
by John Boyle | Mar 3, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On March 1, 2022, oTIS announced that it had chosen the mixed lane option for Washington Avenue. There will be a variety of lane configurations over the 5-mile stretch: 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes to 5 lanes to 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes. The downside of this...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 25, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Back in 2012, the Bicycle Coalition put out the concept proposal of a connected high quality bikeway network called “Safe Streets, Healthy Neighborhoods”, which included the idea of high quality protected bike lanes on Market, Walnut and Chestnut Streets...
by John Boyle | Feb 25, 2022 | News, Biking the Region, NJ, research, Vision Zero
We are still reeling from the tragic death of bicyclist Julie Galezniak of Stratford, NJ in December 2021. As we reported, Dylan Weatherwalks of Chesterfield, NJ was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. It was determined that the driver of the truck was...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 23, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On Monday, March 1, 6:30pm, at the Christian Street YMCA, Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) will reveal their final plan for re-configuring the pavement markings of Washington Avenue from Gray’s Ferry to 4th...
by John Boyle | Feb 18, 2022 | News, Biking the Region, Vision Zero
Camden residents and Market St business owners saved a plan for a two-way Market St between downtown and the waterfront. The preferred option known as Alternative 5 would convert Market St to a two-way street with a westbound bike lane from Broadway to Delaware...