by John Boyle | Apr 19, 2021 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, research, Vision Zero
The Federal Highway Administration is accepting public comments on the long overdue rewrite of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The manual is an important document as it standardizes signs and lane marking across the nation. However the existing...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 19, 2021 | News, Featured, Vision Zero
We have teamed up with the good folks at the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability to develop a ride series for 2021’s Vision Zero PHL Week to see some of Philadelphia’s Vision Zero, Complete Streets, and Circuit Trails infrastructure...
by John Boyle | Feb 20, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Last year, the City of Philadelphia added 2.8 miles of bike lanes, upgraded facilities on 7.5 miles of streets (e.g. sharrows to bike lanes, or standard bike lanes to buffered) and restriped more than 15 miles of existing bike facilities. This includes nearly... by John Boyle | Oct 18, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research, Vision Zero
According to the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (oTIS), the City of Philadelphia added and improved 33 miles of on-road bike infrastructure (bike lanes and sharrows) in 2017. Included in this number are approximately 4 miles of new bike lanes and... by John Boyle | Jan 31, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
As a feeder route to the Vine Street Expressway, Callowhill Street between 2nd and 6th Streets is as wide as 76 feet with 3 to 5 lanes of traffic. This creates a barrier for bicycle- and pedestrian-travel along or across. The City of Philadelphia asked the Delaware...
