by Bicycle Coalition | Jul 8, 2014 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research
Creating corridors within Philadelphia neighborhoods to improve residents’ ability to travel by foot, by bicycle, and by public transit is the goal of our Safe Streets, Healthy Neighborhoods campaign. This campaign began in 2011 by studying South Philly with the... by John Boyle | Jul 2, 2014 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, The Circuit
Part of our job is to demonstrate the widespread public support for better trails in our region. We can present all sorts of funding plans and trail route studies, but it is loud public exclamations of support that make things happen. So a big thank you to the 237... by Bicycle Coalition | Jun 27, 2014 | Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Featured
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has announced $7.5M in awards for non-highway transportation projects submitted from the five Southeastern PA counties. Among these projects, which will receive Transportation Alternative Program funding[1. This... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 26, 2014 | Action Center, Featured
Today Congress is considering an amendment that would kill the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), the main federal source of money for bicycling and walking projects. Two years ago, Congress passed a bill known as MAP-21, which provided more local control over... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 23, 2014 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Featured, The Circuit
Periodically, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) issues a four year capital transportation budget (Transportation Improvement Program or TIP) for the five Pennsylvania counties. It provides detail on which transportation projects will be funded...