Philadelphia has a plan for concrete-protected bike lanes in Center City, officials tell residents
"After months of outcry from cyclists in the wake of a crash that killed a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia doctor...the city's Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) is recommending additional protection, including concrete curbs and potentially planters, for bike lanes on Pine Street and Spruce Street."
#BikeLanes #UrbanPlanning #Philadelphia
Philadelphia has a plan for concrete-protected bike lanes in Center City, officials tell residents
Philadelphia Pays Parents to Drive Their Kids to School
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"Parents who provide proof of car ownership receive $300 a month, or $3,000 a year, to drive their children to school. Students who are driven one way but take the bus back are eligible for half the amount. Students under a certain age who commute to school by foot, bike or public transportation aren’t eligible for any subsidies"
#Philadelphia #CarsRuinEverything
Philadelphia: Activists partied to stop cars from parking in bike lanes
This story is depressing for its implicit assumption that churchgoers have no way to attend church if they don't drive cars. Sure, "Some are elderly with mobility challenges while others are young families" but that implies that some are not. Can they carpool? Take the bus? Ride bikes?
#cycling #Philadelphia #CarsRuinEverything
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Outside this Philly church Sunday, activists partied to stop cars from parking in bike lanes
This Transit Agency Almost Spent $50 Million on a Parking Garage. Now They’re Looking at Housing Instead.
"Even the most hopeful critics of the investment expected the parking garage to return. After all, it was five years in the making and the archetypal “zombie project.” To the surprise of many, six months later...SEPTA specifically inquired about transit-oriented development, or in this case, multi-family housing. "
#Philadelphia #transit #housing
SEPTA Almost Spent $50 Million on a Parking Garage. Now They’re Looking at Housing Instead.