Philadelphia Installing City-Wide System of Bike Direction Signs

Sign at 13th & Pine

Have you noticed the green bicycling direction signs going up around Philadelphia? Spiffy, no? There are more on the way.

The City of Philadelphia is putting up more than 400, in an innovative collaboration between the Dept. of Public Health and the Planning Commission. Directional signage is typically installed by transportation agencies. Here in Philly, these other two city agencies are encouraging active transportation while making the city more explicitly bike friendly. Big kudos to them.

We had a small hand in the initiative, working with the Planning Commission and Mayor's Office of Transportation to identify locations for the signs. (*puffs on fingernails, rubs fingernails on shirt*)

We asked Clint Randall from Get Healthy Philly about the project, and he provided the following information: