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...
by Lor Song | May 3, 2021 | Safe Routes Philly, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The Philadelphia Streets Department has commenced construction on six Safe Space for Cyclists protected bike lanes this week. These are upgrades that are a long time coming and the result of planning, advocacy, funding, and community meetings — most of which...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 26, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly
As this weekend’s death of a 74-year-old person on a bicycle at the intersection of Spring Garden, Kelly Drive and Eakins Oval reinforces, the bicycle infrastructure on the Oval is inadequate to protect the lives of bicyclists. Currently, the parking lane in...
by Randy LoBasso | Jan 22, 2021 | Biking in Philly
Philadelphia’s first raised-protected bike lane will probably open this spring and, on Thursday, several staff members from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia went to check it out. The lane, which will go 1.3 miles, will eventually become a key corridor...