The Hub 10/25/19: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-Up of Transportation News
“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.
PlanPhilly: Lights! Elevators! Signs! SEPTA’s 15th Street Station gets $28 million makeover – One of the busiest stops on the Market-Frankford Line just got a serious functional and aesthetic facelift. The new and improved 15th Street station features more elevators, improved signage, and art from a renowned artist.
The Inquirer: Why Philly must win the transit war – Philadelphia is better served by transit than many places, but ask any Philly transit rider and they will have a laundry list of problems with SEPTA’s service. To compete with the other Mid-Atlantic cities, Philadelphia needs to invest heavily in public transportation.
The Philadelphia Citizen: Is Council’s Love Of Parking Finally Over? – Philadelphia City Council President Darrel Clarke and outgoing Councilperson Jannie Blackwell have been trying to increase the parking minimums in Philadelphia’s zoning code. The parking bill will not advance this session. It is unlikely that any parking increases will be supported once newly elected Council members take office. With several progressive candidates projected to win their elections, there may even be support in the coming sessions for decreasing existing parking requirements for new construction.
Next City: Lessons From Oakland’s Adaptive Bikeshare Pilot – Over the summer, Oakland embarked upon a 6 month adaptive bike share pilot. The San Francisco Bay Area has thousands of bike and scooter share vehicles, and soon adaptive bikes for people who have different mobility needs will be in the mix. Officials recommend a staffed station where people can leave their mobility devices for recreational trips in addition to adaptive bikes that can be used for one way trips and docked with regular bikeshare bikes.
CityLab: A Horrifying Glimpse Into Your Dystopian Future Transit Commute – Cartoonist Josh Kramer imagines a commute in the not too distant future. How autonomous vehicles will impact our future mobility remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, we must work to grow our transit networks equitably so that safe, efficient commutes are within everyone’s reach.
Image Source: Josh Kramer
