by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 6, 2022 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, News, Vision Zero
After waiting for 12 long months, the Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on the bill that would allow parking protected bike lanes in Pennsylvania (HB140). The Bicycle Coalition and Bike Pittsburgh have been advocating for this bill since the legislation...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 30, 2022 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Vision Zero
After nearly a year since HB140 was passed out of the House in March 2021, the Parking Protected Bike Lane and Plaza bill is finally going to get a hearing in front of the Senate Transportation Committee on April 4, 2022. This hearing is not a voting hearing,...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 24, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Last weekend, PennDOT reopened the Chestnut Street Bridge, restoring one of the five bridges that connect West Philadelphia to Center City and vastly improving the bicycle connection. Closed since August 2019, the Chestnut Street Bridge is now re-opened with a brand...
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 Sarah Clark Stuart | Dec 21, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly
From the good news department: Philadelphia’s protected bike lane network has 19.3 miles under its belt. The Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) reported on the City’s blog that “protected bike lanes in Philadelphia...