One of the main concerns identified by Chester County residents during the update of Landscapes3, the county’s comprehensive plan, was the need for more bicycle and pedestrian facilities within their communities. With funding provided through a grant from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Transportation and Community Development Initiative program, Planning Commission staff introduced the Active Transportation Municipal Ordinance Inventory and Outreach projec

Author: David Zipper “Millions of Americans have been swept up in the adult cycling craze that has emptied bicycle dealers’ showrooms across the nation and swamped manufacturers with a backlog of orders,” a newspaper story reported. In it, one New York City bike dealer says, “Three years ago 80 percent of the bikes were for children. Now it’s just the opposite.” It sounds like one of the many recent descriptions of biking during the Covid pandemic, as thousands of lockdown-we

“Public transportation systems around the nation will continue taking extraordinary steps to keep riders and public transit workers safe. As we all know, the world’s understanding of COVID-19 continues to evolve, and the latest comprehensive report from Sam Schwartz Consulting documents no direct link between using public transit and contracting the coronavirus. As an industry, we will continue to provide the safest and most sustainable way to move around a city and we will c

Bike sharing companies around the country are joining with the nonprofit North American Bikeshare Association in “Roll to the Polls,” a nationwide initiative to get voters to their polling place on Election Day. Three percent of Americans cited “transportation problems” as a barrier to voting in the 2016 election, according to the Pew Research Center. That 3 percent equates roughly to 4.6 million registered voters in 2020, which is projected to have the largest voter turnout

Most Americans rely on cars to get around, as “87 percent of daily trips take place in personal vehicles,” according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, fear of public transportation has led to more reliance on personal vehicles than usual. Due to the pandemic, 20 percent of people who don’t own a car are considering buying one. While driving offers a more isolated commute, it is often a major hassle and expense. Drivers annu

The Philadelphia Inquirer Elaine Paul Schaefer In the coming months, our Pennsylvania state lawmakers are going to have some tough decisions to make. Back in the height of chaos of this pandemic, they opted to pass only 5/12ths of the state 2020-21 budget, leaving the tough decisions until the fall. Fair enough, but now the time has come to pass the remaining 7/12ths. And the numbers are daunting — some say we are looking at a deficit over $5 billion resulting from a crippled

While the coronavirus continues to plague the nation, Pennsylvania transportation and environmental planners are gearing up for an easy transition from gasoline to electric cars. Transportation and environmental planners provided a lesson in electric cars in celebration of National Drive Electric Week. “The sale of electric cars will continue to grow and one day will dominate,” said Alissa Burger, a program manager at Electrification Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based networ

The nearly overnight shift to remote working situations had a broad impact on commutes across the country, but the changes have also raised questions when it comes to planning for the future of transportation. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended so much of daily life, and the rush-hour commute is no exception, with large swaths of the workforce now working from home. This shift has opened the door to extensive research and conversation centered on the disruption, raising questi