The Hub 9/7/18: 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.

 

Vox: Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces – After installing the first protected bike lane in the U.S., New York City found that protected bike lanes and comprehensive bike infrastructure benefit more than just cyclists.

 

Design Advocacy Group: Sidewalk Wrongs and Walkers’ Rights – Philadelphia’s streets and sidewalks are a dangerous and unrelenting obstacle course, especially for those dependent on crutches, walkers, canes or wheelchairs or pushing a baby stroller. One pedestrian demands more.

 

Generocity: As easy as riding a bike: Why safer streets for cyclists mean safer streets for all – the Bicycle Coalition Greater Philadelphia’s Randy LoBasso discussed the importance of bike lanes with Generocity.

 

CityLab: Let’s Rethink What a ‘Bike Lane’ Is – Urbanists are rethinking the bike lane with the popularity of e-scooters and other motorized transportation modes. Could we build a new concept of travel lanes to accommodate everyone?

 

The Inquirer: Roosevelt Boulevard is on pace for a deadly year. Could speed cameras help? – Roosevelt Boulevard is positioned for its deadliest year yet with 10 pedestrians deaths in just nine months, more than all of 2017. Speed cameras, proposed in a bill one vote away from the Governor’s desk, may be the key to reducing the number of deaths speeding.