by Sarah Clark Stuart | May 18, 2018 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized
At yesterday’s City Council session, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and Mark Squilla introduced four ordinances necessary to allow the Streets Department to “flip” the river-to-river bike lane with the parking lanes on Spruce and Pine streets when it... by Randy LoBasso | May 8, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The City (Office of Transportation & Infrastructure Systems) is presenting to the Boards of CCRA and WashWest about their plan for Spruce & Pine Bike lanes as follow ups to the early April public meetings, tonight. OTIS is seeking letters of support from two... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 5, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Wednesday’s Spruce/Pine meeting was very well attended and organized. The evening opened with a human-protected bike lane along Spruce Street for cyclists to show support for safer, better infrastructure, and proceeded with a well-organized, informative meeting by the... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 4, 2018 | Featured, Vision Zero
Tonight is the first night of meetings that will begin what we believe are a change from Spruce and Pine Streets as they exist today, to comfortable spaces where pedestrians, people on bicycles, and motorists can co-exist peacefully. I know, it sounds like a... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 27, 2018 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured
When the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine were installed in 2009, they were pretty cutting edge, as far as U.S. bike lanes went. Stretching from river to river, the lanes were installed after removing a lane of motor vehicle traffic, and prioritized bicycle...