The Hub 8/24/18: 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.
Plan Philly: Volunteers count vehicles in the bike lanes as upgrade work on Pine and Spruce is delayed – The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is conducting a weeklong count of cars blocking the bike lanes along Spruce and Pine. The city of Philadelphia has a plan to move the lanes from the right to the left side of the street and add some protected intersections, but cyclists will have to wait until next year for the safety improvements to be implemented.
Mobility Lab: Car-based transportation disproportionately harms low-income people – Low income populations stand to gain the most from single occupancy vehicle trip reduction. Asthma is more prevalent in communities close to highways and busy roads, where more people live in poverty. People with less means are also more likely to rely on transit and walking to get around, which means repurposing the space used by cars can have a real impact on their quality of life.
City Lab: What’s Crazy About Biking to the Hospital to Have a Baby? – New Zealand’s minister of women rode an electric bike to her appointment for induced labor. At 42 weeks pregnant it’s an impressive feat, but the history of cycling parallels the history of women’s liberation. To the proud new mother, it just made sense to travel in the way she normally does.
Next City: A Divided Neighborhood Comes Together under an Elevated Expressway – Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans was once a vibrant, green, business corridor before it became an elevated expressway. The community that the project divided has reclaimed the space beneath the highway with art and community events.
Philly.com: Should Philly limit the number of Uber and Lyft drivers? – Congestion in Center City Philadelphia is only getting worse. Could following in New York City’s footsteps by regulating ride-hailing help ease our traffic woes?
Image Source: Next City
