Just a thought but it seems like at a time when some really big decisions will need to be made concerning mass transit in the region and when a nearly unprecedented amount of stimulus money for transit is flowing into the region, it’s not a good idea to hold up two otherwise qualified city representatives [...]

I don’t want the sarcasm of the title of my post to obscure the tragedy of a man losing his life, but rather to point out the ridiculousness way the story was reported. Greater Greater Washington is the gold standard for watching out for this shoddy reporting, advocating in its own subtle way, a change [...]

At least not with a bridge that also doubles as an entrance/exit to the Schuylkill Expressway…
That’s a suggestion in this op-ed (h/t to Will Bunch) which includes the bike/ped option for the South Street bridge among many other bold but unfortunately unlikely ideas to improve the transit infrastructure in this town. The whole op-ed is [...]

Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green says bicyclists and skateboarders need to be covered under his cell phone ban because they endanger themselves and others when gabbing on phone.
Green, the co-author of the ban, said this morning on WHYY that “I think they are as much a danger to others, as they are to themselves.” He [...]

So I noticed from my daily Philadelphia Business Journal update that the Tasty Baking Company has finally moved its offices into its new digs at the Navy Yard way down at the south end of Broad Street. I mentioned this to Alan which reminded him to check out a website that he had seen posted [...]

Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green will appear on WHYY’s Radio Times tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. to talk about why bicyclists and skateboarders should be included in a city-wide cell phone ban. Green is a co-sponsor of the bill that would ban anyone from using a hand-held cell phone while driver, biking or skateboarding. Mayor [...]

(fyi: City Councilman Bill Green, a co-sponsor of the ban will be on Radio Times Tues, April 21 @ 10 a.m. to discuss the cell phone ban) added 4/20/09 1:01pm
(fyi: Mayor expected to sign bill into law) added 4/17/09 11:00am
The first thing you should know is that the Philadelphia City Council passed a bill today [...]

I’m loving this new recurring feature about urban cycling at the NYT’s City Room, known as Spokes. In this post, SPOKESwriter David Goodman discusses a subject near and dear to my heart - bike theft.

It’s Christmas in April for transit advocates as SEPTA reveals its capital improvement plans for 2010. Among the big ticket items on the list are more hybrid diesel-electric buses which, according to SEPTA “emit 80 percent less carbon monoxide and 31 percent less particulate matter, and get 29 percent better mileage than standard diesel buses.” [...]

A story in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer indicates that folks in the PA and NJ region are driving fewer miles as a result of the recession and the gas price spikes last year.

Impact on the roads
Reporter Paul Nussbaum says Pennsylvania drivers in January drove 4.5 percent fewer miles and in New Jersey the decline was even [...]