The Hub 7/6/18: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News
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“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.
Plan Philly: Transit Advocate discusses commuting in Philly with kids– Longtime transit advocate and parent Dena Ferrara Driscoll (@bikemamadelphia) discusses 7 years of biking, walking, and riding SEPTA with children. Driscoll outlines the highlights and potential dangers of sustainable commuting and lays out a few recommendations for the city to make walking, biking, and taking public transportation easier for families.
City Lab: Lyft poised to become major player in bike share programs– A National Association of City Transportation Officials study found Chicago, Boston, D.C., and New York accounted for 74% of the 35 million bike share trips in 2017. Car Rideshare company Lyft bought Motivate which operates bike share programs in those four cities. This comes after their direct competitor Uber recently bought electric bike share company Jump.
StreetsBlog: Pedestrian deaths linked to rise in SUV sales– Recent reports show that the rise in SUV sales is linked to the rise in pedestrian deaths in the United States. Despite knowing this fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has done little to improve pedestrian safety standards.
SEPTA: New Turnstiles for Regional Rail Passengers in Center City– Regional Rail riders are already getting comfortable using turnstiles at Jefferson Station, and this week riders at University City station will have to pass through them too, followed by Temple University Station on Monday. All Center City Zone stations will have operational turnstiles by the end of this month as SEPTA rolls out their new key card feature for early adopters starting August 1.
StreetFilms: How to make a bike friendly city in 18 Months– Seville, Spain recently created an 80 kilometer bike network along city streets after years of almost no one using bicycles in the city of 700,000. The project took 18 months, and now people argue that the lanes are too small to accommodate the rapidly growing number of cyclists using them. Watch this short video on how Seville became a bike friendly city.
