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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
PennDOT Resurfacing Will Bring New Bike Lanes to W. Market Street
Starting this week, more than 200 miles of state highways around the Philadelphia region will be resurfaced. PennDOT sends out paving notices a couple weeks in advance of new projects and the notices include paving for the next following week. On this particular...
The Future of Bus Lane Enforcement
SEPTA, PPA and the City announced plans last week to start ramping up bus lane enforcement in Center City. As you may have noticed, Chestnut St. in Center City is shining bright with some new red painted "Bus Only Lanes" but despite the paint, the city is still...
City To Conduct Expanded Hours Residential Sanitation Collection Pilot Program
We are so excited to hear that the City of Philadelphia is going to conduct a pilot of expanded residential sanitation pick up times. Since November of 2017, when Emily Fredricks was killed by the driver of a private sanitation truck early on a weekday morning, we...
SEPTA Bicycle and Micromobility Survey
The Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is looking for public input on how to better connect their services to micromobility and bicycles. You may have noticed that SEPTA trains and buses have yet to return to their typical ridership numbers. Since...
Why We Oppose Amended HB140
In the final days of the Pennsylvania legislative session (there are only 7 working days left in the Senate and 6 in the House), the amended version of HB140 moved to the Senate Appropriations Committee for a vote. HB140 was amended in late June by the Senate...
Fewer Biking to Work – 2021 Census ACS Shows the Urban Transportation Shakeup
Last week the Census Bureau released its 2021 1 year American Community Survey Data for geographies with a population of greater than 65,000. With no ACS data available for 2020, the 2021 ACS was the first to accurately compare where we were with transportation to...
The Philly Bike Expo Returns October 29 & 30
The 2022 Philly Bike Expo will be held October 29 and 30 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Over its more than a decade of history, the Philly Bike Expo has developed into one of the nation’s largest consumer-facing bike shows. It’s much more than a trade show -...
Bike DelCo: Pushing the Edges of Possibility
Authored by: James Bergman, Bike Delaware County Affiliate In the past half-year, Bike Delaware County has grown to become a regular presence in Delaware County. We have assembled a fourteen-member action team, hosted two rides in the spring and are co-sponsoring at...
24-Hour Access Restored on the Tacony Palmyra Bridge Sidewalk
Last week the Burlington County Bridge Commission restored 24-hour sidewalk access to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The narrow walkway on the north side of the bridge has served as Philadelphia's only nighttime bicycle and pedestrian link to New Jersey for decades....
Finding a Transit-Friendly E-Bike
If you have ever done an online marketing search for "e-bikes" in the past year you know the consequences. Your social media account gets barraged by a blizzard of e-bikes ads with features like a 100-mile range and a boost torque of 60 Nm. Most of them are mail order...
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