NJ TRANSIT MAP Online
Due to many complaints about the lack of a transit map online for NJT I put a primitive somewhat inaccurate one online. Inaccurate only because the info is circa 1997. Some routes have links to current schedules though. Use it as reference and please use NJ TRANSIT's website to determine your itinerary.
This is the legacy blog of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. It is an archive of posts from 2003 to 2014. Making your ride better since 1972. https://www.bicyclecoalition.org
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Asbury Park Press- Thursday letters to the Press:
"Transportation enhancements a bargain"
The criticism of the enhancements program in the Jan. 12 story 'Gas taxes go to things far from transit' is shortsighted and fails to see how transportation affects our quality of life. Transportation enhancements cost the country about $500 million a year -- about the same price as the Atlantic City tunnel. Compared to the cost of the $300 billion highway bill, enhancements are an incredible bargain.
For instance, would residents of Little Silver argue that the rehabilitation of their historic train station was a waste of transportation dollars? And who would have ever thought that a bicycle ride between Keansburg and Atlantic Highlands was a healthy activity before the Henry Hudson Trail bikeway? Those projects would not have happened without transportation enhancements.
If there is inequity in the transportation system, it lies in the fact that we as Americans fail to complete our streets for safer bicycling and walking. Statistics and a look out the window bear this out: 13 percent of all highway deaths are either bicyclists or pedestrians, yet we spend less than 1 percent of the overall highway budget on accommodating them. Walking to school has decreased 60 percent while driving our super-sized kids to schools accounts for 20 percent of our morning congestion.
Simply pouring concrete on our transportation problems has only made things worse. It's time to get out of our cars and back on our feet.
John Boyle
THE BICYCLE COALITION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA"
"Transportation enhancements a bargain"
The criticism of the enhancements program in the Jan. 12 story 'Gas taxes go to things far from transit' is shortsighted and fails to see how transportation affects our quality of life. Transportation enhancements cost the country about $500 million a year -- about the same price as the Atlantic City tunnel. Compared to the cost of the $300 billion highway bill, enhancements are an incredible bargain.
For instance, would residents of Little Silver argue that the rehabilitation of their historic train station was a waste of transportation dollars? And who would have ever thought that a bicycle ride between Keansburg and Atlantic Highlands was a healthy activity before the Henry Hudson Trail bikeway? Those projects would not have happened without transportation enhancements.
If there is inequity in the transportation system, it lies in the fact that we as Americans fail to complete our streets for safer bicycling and walking. Statistics and a look out the window bear this out: 13 percent of all highway deaths are either bicyclists or pedestrians, yet we spend less than 1 percent of the overall highway budget on accommodating them. Walking to school has decreased 60 percent while driving our super-sized kids to schools accounts for 20 percent of our morning congestion.
Simply pouring concrete on our transportation problems has only made things worse. It's time to get out of our cars and back on our feet.
John Boyle
THE BICYCLE COALITION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA"
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Hey PennDOT give us a bicycle friendly US 202
US 202 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Section ES1. This section of US 202 stretches from Matlack St in West Goshen to the Delaware State Line. Plans are to widen to 6 lanes after 2012.
Remember the slogan I was ranting about a few days back "Complete the Street", well here is a chance for us to tell PENNDOT to do just that. We need to make sure that any modification to US 202 accommodates bicycles "along and across" the length of the entire project. On Tuesday PENNDOT will post the Draft Environment Impact Statement for public comment on the US 202 website http://www.us202.com
As usual PENNDOT will make the commentary process as difficult as possible by requiring comments in writing. (do these guys do rebates?) The good news is that we have a history of success on this road; the Bicycle Coalition successfully lobbied for bike lanes on US 202 north of Norristown and for a 9 mile multi-use path between Montgomeryville and Doylestown.
Suggestions to PENNDOT
In your comments you should urge PENNDOT to include bike lanes, bicycle friendly intersections and to reduce the numerous commercial driveways, if you speak bureacratise you can sum it up by saying "complete the road with context sensitive solutions" Forward thinking planners and engineers embrace that philosphy.
Submit written testimony by April 9 2004 to:
PennDOT,
7000 Geerdes Boulevard,
King of Prussia, PA 19406,
Attn: Elaine Elbich, P.E.
US 202 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Section ES1. This section of US 202 stretches from Matlack St in West Goshen to the Delaware State Line. Plans are to widen to 6 lanes after 2012.
Remember the slogan I was ranting about a few days back "Complete the Street", well here is a chance for us to tell PENNDOT to do just that. We need to make sure that any modification to US 202 accommodates bicycles "along and across" the length of the entire project. On Tuesday PENNDOT will post the Draft Environment Impact Statement for public comment on the US 202 website http://www.us202.com
As usual PENNDOT will make the commentary process as difficult as possible by requiring comments in writing. (do these guys do rebates?) The good news is that we have a history of success on this road; the Bicycle Coalition successfully lobbied for bike lanes on US 202 north of Norristown and for a 9 mile multi-use path between Montgomeryville and Doylestown.
Suggestions to PENNDOT
In your comments you should urge PENNDOT to include bike lanes, bicycle friendly intersections and to reduce the numerous commercial driveways, if you speak bureacratise you can sum it up by saying "complete the road with context sensitive solutions" Forward thinking planners and engineers embrace that philosphy.
Submit written testimony by April 9 2004 to:
PennDOT,
7000 Geerdes Boulevard,
King of Prussia, PA 19406,
Attn: Elaine Elbich, P.E.
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Blue Route and Exton Bypass: Scenic Byways?
Yes its true. We may not have a "Blue Ridge Parkway" but we do have our beloved Blue Route. Lets go kids pack up the Station Wagon and and bring your sleeping bag because you can't beat the camping in the Ikea parking lot.
Yes its true. We may not have a "Blue Ridge Parkway" but we do have our beloved Blue Route. Lets go kids pack up the Station Wagon and and bring your sleeping bag because you can't beat the camping in the Ikea parking lot.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Bike Skills instruction course package available
“Bike Skills for the City” provides four to six hours of classroom instruction, group exercises, discussions and hands-on activities presented in 80 easy-to-use PowerPoint slides, plus four hours of on-road training and skill development to practice lessons learned in the classroom.
Cost is $100 and $50 for Thunderhead Alliance Organizations
“Bike Skills for the City” provides four to six hours of classroom instruction, group exercises, discussions and hands-on activities presented in 80 easy-to-use PowerPoint slides, plus four hours of on-road training and skill development to practice lessons learned in the classroom.
Cost is $100 and $50 for Thunderhead Alliance Organizations
Monday, January 12, 2004
Complete the Streets
for safer bicycling and walking
Completing the streets means routinely accommodating travel by all modes. A street that does not is an incomplete street.
Complete the Streets!
Complete the Streets!
Complete the Streets!
for safer bicycling and walking
Completing the streets means routinely accommodating travel by all modes. A street that does not is an incomplete street.
Complete the Streets!
Complete the Streets!
Complete the Streets!
Saturday, January 10, 2004
Free Schuylkill River Park
Have your group sign a petition to allow a grade crossings at Locust and Race St. CSX plans to permanently fence off those two access points leaving the only access at the Market, Chestnut and Walnut St bridges away from the adjacent neighborhoods.
To its credit the city continues to oppose CSX plans. The Streets department is willing to put up signalized gates at both entrances but CSX will not budge. Many believe that CSX has gone as far as parking trains in front of the access points.
Photos of Schuylkill River Park which will open officially in the spring.
Have your group sign a petition to allow a grade crossings at Locust and Race St. CSX plans to permanently fence off those two access points leaving the only access at the Market, Chestnut and Walnut St bridges away from the adjacent neighborhoods.
To its credit the city continues to oppose CSX plans. The Streets department is willing to put up signalized gates at both entrances but CSX will not budge. Many believe that CSX has gone as far as parking trains in front of the access points.
Photos of Schuylkill River Park which will open officially in the spring.
Friday, January 09, 2004
Two States, Two Trails, Two Turnpikes?
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has been a part of a concerted effort to convince the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to add a pedestrian/bicycle pathway on a new proposed south span of the the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge, part of the I-95/Pa Turnpike Interchange Project which would connect the existing Delaware Canal with the Delaware River Heritage Trail (in design).
The FHWA has released their Record of Decision which gives the PA Turnpike the go ahead to start designing the project. The ROD elaborates on the possibility of a bike/ped facility but basically said NO (as expected) but they may reconsider if certain conditions are met. That's an improvement from never ever. Construction is not expected until after 2012, so as we learned in the Shawshank Redemption "Time and Pressure" is all you need.
The letters of support the Turnpike Commission got were tremendous from both states . In particular from DCNR and NJDOT as well as State Rep. Charles McIlhinney. The Record of Decision notes that 48 additional letters were received: "A majority of these commenters requested the evaluation of a bicycle/pedestrian facility for the proposed new additional Delaware River Turnpike Bridge"
Thanks to everyone who wrote to the PA Turnpike Commission
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has been a part of a concerted effort to convince the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to add a pedestrian/bicycle pathway on a new proposed south span of the the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge, part of the I-95/Pa Turnpike Interchange Project which would connect the existing Delaware Canal with the Delaware River Heritage Trail (in design).
The FHWA has released their Record of Decision which gives the PA Turnpike the go ahead to start designing the project. The ROD elaborates on the possibility of a bike/ped facility but basically said NO (as expected) but they may reconsider if certain conditions are met. That's an improvement from never ever. Construction is not expected until after 2012, so as we learned in the Shawshank Redemption "Time and Pressure" is all you need.
The letters of support the Turnpike Commission got were tremendous from both states . In particular from DCNR and NJDOT as well as State Rep. Charles McIlhinney. The Record of Decision notes that 48 additional letters were received: "A majority of these commenters requested the evaluation of a bicycle/pedestrian facility for the proposed new additional Delaware River Turnpike Bridge"
Thanks to everyone who wrote to the PA Turnpike Commission
Neighborhood Bike Works Calendar
Neighborhood Bike Works will be on the air!
Tune in to WHYY's Been There, Done That at 1pm, Saturday, January 10 (that's tomorrow). This week's program, called "On the Move" will discuss transportation in America, and include a segment on Bike Church, NBW's adult bicycle repair co-op.
Help Neighborhood Bike Works get a jump on Spring Cleaning!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 is the regular monthly Shape-Up-the-Shop day. From 12 to 2, NBW welcome volunteers to help get our St. Mary's location in order. Dress to get dirty.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19 For the fifth year in a row NBW is participating in the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service.
Starting at 9 am, NBW will take the day to finish work started Saturday at the St. Mary's location, as well as working at the Haddington shop. Just as importantly, discussion and reflection on the relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King's work will be encouraged.
Snacks for everyone; t-shirts for the first thirty people.
SPECIAL NOTE TO DRIVERS: There's just too much stuff in the basement, and some of it needs to hauled to the recycling center. Contact NBW if can bring your truck or van to Monday's event.
Neighborhood Bike Works will be on the air!
Tune in to WHYY's Been There, Done That at 1pm, Saturday, January 10 (that's tomorrow). This week's program, called "On the Move" will discuss transportation in America, and include a segment on Bike Church, NBW's adult bicycle repair co-op.
Help Neighborhood Bike Works get a jump on Spring Cleaning!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 is the regular monthly Shape-Up-the-Shop day. From 12 to 2, NBW welcome volunteers to help get our St. Mary's location in order. Dress to get dirty.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19 For the fifth year in a row NBW is participating in the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service.
Starting at 9 am, NBW will take the day to finish work started Saturday at the St. Mary's location, as well as working at the Haddington shop. Just as importantly, discussion and reflection on the relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King's work will be encouraged.
Snacks for everyone; t-shirts for the first thirty people.
SPECIAL NOTE TO DRIVERS: There's just too much stuff in the basement, and some of it needs to hauled to the recycling center. Contact NBW if can bring your truck or van to Monday's event.
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
More Bike Racks for Philly
The Streets Department plans to install up to 2000 bike racks throughout the city. The department will contact the city's Business Improvement Districts, neighborhood and business associations to determine where bike racks need to be placed.
There is one catch though, the local association has to sign a maintenance agreement with the city to provide touch up paint and remove abandoned bikes.
If you are a business owner or a commuter in any of the local business districts contact the districts executive director and tell them you need bike racks. Installation of the racks is expected to begin in the summer or fall of this year.
The Streets Department plans to install up to 2000 bike racks throughout the city. The department will contact the city's Business Improvement Districts, neighborhood and business associations to determine where bike racks need to be placed.
There is one catch though, the local association has to sign a maintenance agreement with the city to provide touch up paint and remove abandoned bikes.
If you are a business owner or a commuter in any of the local business districts contact the districts executive director and tell them you need bike racks. Installation of the racks is expected to begin in the summer or fall of this year.
Saturday, January 03, 2004
Bicyclists Baltimore Pike Under Siege
An article in the Delaware County Times states "A public meeting is being planned to discuss PennDOT's plan to put a bike trail on a narrow, highly traveled stretch of Providence Road in Aldan."
What they are really talking about is a small section of Bicyclists Baltimore Pike a county project to create a signed bike friendly route between Brookhaven Borough and West Philadelphia. Bike lanes (where feasible) signage and hazard removal are all part of this project.
Aldan Councilman John McBlain (R) objects to the bike improvements and has asked State Rep. Nicholas Micozzie (R-163) to help in organiza meeting to gather public input. Stay tuned here for announcements.
McBlain's objections include the installation of bicycle friendly sewer grates (apparently the borough has just installed wheel grabber grates which need to be removed) and the current state fiscal crisis.
My answer to those concerns is
A-installing dangerous drainage grates is negligent and sets up a lawsuit from an injured cyclist and
B- This project is being paid for with federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Funds (CMAQ) allocated in 2001 and in no way affects the state budget.
An article in the Delaware County Times states "A public meeting is being planned to discuss PennDOT's plan to put a bike trail on a narrow, highly traveled stretch of Providence Road in Aldan."
What they are really talking about is a small section of Bicyclists Baltimore Pike a county project to create a signed bike friendly route between Brookhaven Borough and West Philadelphia. Bike lanes (where feasible) signage and hazard removal are all part of this project.
Aldan Councilman John McBlain (R) objects to the bike improvements and has asked State Rep. Nicholas Micozzie (R-163) to help in organiza meeting to gather public input. Stay tuned here for announcements.
McBlain's objections include the installation of bicycle friendly sewer grates (apparently the borough has just installed wheel grabber grates which need to be removed) and the current state fiscal crisis.
My answer to those concerns is
A-installing dangerous drainage grates is negligent and sets up a lawsuit from an injured cyclist and
B- This project is being paid for with federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Funds (CMAQ) allocated in 2001 and in no way affects the state budget.
CBS News - Take The Walking School Bus
From CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking - Today, only 13 percent of
kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago. And now, The Early Show Correspondent Tracy Smith reports, there's an effort afoot
to bring those days back. Click here to see the report of a walking school bus in Indiana PA.
From CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking - Today, only 13 percent of
kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago. And now, The Early Show Correspondent Tracy Smith reports, there's an effort afoot
to bring those days back. Click here to see the report of a walking school bus in Indiana PA.
Friday, January 02, 2004
Help improve bike access on the route 70 corridor
Route 70 - Public Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2004
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the New Jersey Department of Transportation invite you to a public meeting for the Route 70 corridor study. Join us to learn about the existing conditions of Route 70 and to provide your insights.
Date: Monday, January 12, 2004
Place: Cherry Hill Township Municipal Building, Room 208
820 Mercer Street, Cherry Hill, NJ
Time: 4:00-7:00 p.m.
(Presentation @ 5:30 p.m.)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is collaborating with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on a transportation study of the Route 70 corridor from the Airport Circle to the Marlton Circle.
All aspects of NJ 70 will be analyzed and other significant facilities in the study area will be considered.
Your participation is critical to the success of this collaborative effort. This is your opportunity to learn about the project and provide your insights.
*If you would like more information about this project, contact:
Kevin S. Murphy of DVRPC at 215-238-2864, kmurphy@dvrpc.org or Anna Farneski, Communications Director for the New Jersey Department of Transportation at 609-530-4280.
Route 70 - Public Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2004
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the New Jersey Department of Transportation invite you to a public meeting for the Route 70 corridor study. Join us to learn about the existing conditions of Route 70 and to provide your insights.
Date: Monday, January 12, 2004
Place: Cherry Hill Township Municipal Building, Room 208
820 Mercer Street, Cherry Hill, NJ
Time: 4:00-7:00 p.m.
(Presentation @ 5:30 p.m.)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is collaborating with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on a transportation study of the Route 70 corridor from the Airport Circle to the Marlton Circle.
All aspects of NJ 70 will be analyzed and other significant facilities in the study area will be considered.
Your participation is critical to the success of this collaborative effort. This is your opportunity to learn about the project and provide your insights.
*If you would like more information about this project, contact:
Kevin S. Murphy of DVRPC at 215-238-2864, kmurphy@dvrpc.org or Anna Farneski, Communications Director for the New Jersey Department of Transportation at 609-530-4280.
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