Name
Bike + Transit: Upgrading to Safer Streets in Philadelphia
Date & Time
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session Type
Session
Description
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.
Speakers
Logan Axelson, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Jeannette Brugger, City of Philadelphia
Thom Stead, DVRPC
Jeannette Brugger, City of Philadelphia
Thom Stead, DVRPC
AICP CM
CM 1
Mode
Bicycling