DVRPC launched its Bicycle Cyclical Count Program in 2014. The program collects and analyzes bicycle volumes to track trends at 150 different locations in the nine-county region. These locations were selected for their representative attributes, like having different types of bicycle facilities, such as multi-use trails, dedicated bicycle lanes, striped shoulders, sharrows, and in mixed traffic.
On February 1, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a historic $800 million in grant awards for 510 projects through the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program, a record amount of funding to improve roads and address traffic fatalities. DVRPC was awarded $1.47 million for its Regional Vision Zero 2050 Action Program.
A new analysis examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected bicycle and pedestrian traffic in two areas of Philadelphia. Using data collected from the intersection of Front and Chestnut streets and the Schuylkill River Trail near the Walnut Street Bridge, the analysis compares pre-pandemic usage from March 2019 to March 2020, to usage in July 2021 to July 2022, when some residents began to resume normal activities despite COVID-19’s lingering presence.
City officials announced today a new Vision Zero safety study along the Hunting Park Avenue corridor, between Wissahickon Avenue and Old York Road. The goal of the project, a partnership with DVRPC, is to engage with people who work, live, or go to school in the area and identify future safety improvements based on Vision Zero strategies.
