Bike + Transit: Upgrading to Safer Streets in Philadelphia
Topics: Safety, Bus, Bicycling, Walking, 2024 Conference, Transit, Corridor Planning
Tags: Philadelphia PA
Bike riders and transit riders deserve to feel safe, but many street environments make it feel the opposite. In Philadelphia the regional planning agency, city and transit agency are finding routes to safer streets by leveraging repaving projects and the long-awaiting trolley modernization project. Explore past and future projects. Hear about methodology for traffic analysis and the design of street upgrades for both bus and bicycle facilities. Find out how future transit capital projects are changing their operations in order to make it safer to walk, ride and roll.
Jeannette Brugger, Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Thom Stead, Assistant Manager, Office of Mobility, Analysis and Planning, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), Philadelphia, PA
Logan Axelson, Deputy Program Director, Trolley Modernization, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA