We look forward to meeting you

at PROBIKES in Squirrel Hill on Tuesday! 

Can’t make it to Pittsburgh this Tuesday?  

Email pawalkbike@gmail.com  to begin planning

for a PA Walks & Bikes Launch Party

in your area of Pennsylvania. 

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission remains uncommitted to the inclusion of a walkway on the new bridge over the Delaware River, even though this is the number one request from the public has been the inclusion of the pathway. The Commission is taking public comments on its “Environmental Assessment” until February 4, 2009. Make your voice heard that the new bridge must include a bike/ped pathway!. Go to one of two public hearings to submit testimony or email in your comments in the frame below (scroll down and right).

More information

Plan presented to save Hulton Bridge
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Kate Luce Angell - ‎Dec 24, 2009‎

Dangerous By Design

Download the full report (pdf)

Tell Transportation Secretary LaHood and the U.S. DOT to make pedestrian safety a priority. Pedestrian deaths are preventable, and we demand safer streets!

Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (and Making Great Neighborhoods)

In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community. More than 43,000 Americans – including 3,906 children under 16 – have been killed this decade alone. This is the equivalent of a jumbo jet going down roughly every month, yet it receives nothing like the kind of attention that would surely follow such a disaster.

Children, the elderly, and ethnic minorities are disproportionately represented in this figure, but people of all ages and all walks of life have been struck down in the simple act of walking. These deaths typically are labeled “accidents,” and attributed to error on the part of motorist or pedestrian. In fact, however, an overwhelming proportion share a similar factor: They occurred along roadways that were dangerous by design, streets that were engineered for speeding cars and made little or no provision for people on foot, in wheelchairs or on a bicycle.

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Action Plan is accepting public comments until November 9, 2009.Pennsylvania is responsible for 1% of the planet’s man-made greenhouse emissions. The Pennsylvania DEP  has prepared this Climate Change Action Report, which identifies 52 specific actions that would result in a 95.6M Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent reduction of Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

Interested persons may submit written comments on Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Action Plan by November 9, 2009. The Department will accept comments submitted by mail or by e-mail. A return name and address must be included in each e-mail transmission. Email comments should be submitted to epclimatereportcomments@state.pa.us . Written comments should be submitted to Joseph Sherrick, via the U.S.P.S. to the Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105. The Department will not accept comments submitted by facsimile.

Click here to access the full report or individual chapters. Chapter 6 focuses on Transportation and Land Use.

First Glance at Chapter 6

There is no mention of bicycling and walking in the plan. There is a desire but no stated goal for reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled. The plan focuses instead on keep driving actions such as proper tire inflation and “Eco Driving”. Enhanced Support for Existing Land Use Policies sounds like a really weak action. Why not strengthen and enforce better Land Use Policies?. Why not have a plan to make build more sidewalks and bike lanes?

So please submit your comments.

Posted by: “John”

Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:47 am (PDT)

Beginning October 10, 2009, the Pennsylvania Climate Change Action Plan is available for a 30-day public comment period.

Pennsylvania is responsible for 1% of the planet´s man-made greenhouse emissions. On July 9, 2008, Governor Rendell signed the Climate Change Act (Act 70), which included a number of  goals, including the preparation of an action plan detailing measures Pennsylvania could take to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Working with the Climate Change Advisory Committee, the Department has prepared this Climate Change Action Report, which identifies 52 specific actions that would result in a 95.6 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MMtCO2e) reduction of Pennsylvania´s greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Interested persons may submit written comments on Pennsylvania´s Climate Change Action Plan by November 9, 2009.

The Department will accept comments submitted by mail or by e-mail. A return name and address must be included in each e-mail transmission.

Email comments should be submitted to epclimatereportcom ents@state.pa.us . Written comments should be submitted to Joseph Sherrick, via the U.S.P.S. to the Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

First Glance at Chapter 6

There is no mention of bicycling and walking in the plan. There is a desire but no stated goal for reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled. The plan focuses instead on keep driving actions such as proper tire inflation and “Eco Driving.” Enhanced Support for Existing Land Use Policies sounds like a really weak action. Why not trengthen and enforce better Land Use Policies? Why not have a plan to make build more sidewalks and bike lanes?

So please submit your comments.

Why Register?  This is a national database of walk to school participants.  Adding your event to this list will help all of us demonstrate our united effort to fight childhood obesity, reduce traffic congestion, save lives, and build more livable communities in Pennsylvania.  Walk to school with your child, neighbor, or friends October 7 — Register Today!

Who’s Walking in Pennsylvania

40 events happening in:

Archbald

Athens

Bethlehem

Camp Hill

Charleroi

Dallas

Doylestown

Erie

Franklin

Harleysville

Hatfield

Hyndman

Lansdale

Lansdale,

Lewistown

Littlestown

Mechanicsburg

Middletown

Mount Carmel Area

Norristown

North Wales

Paxtang Borough

Pittsburgh

Plum

Reading 

Ridley Park

Seneca

Souderton

Tioga

Towanda

Warrington

Join Dr. Andy Baldwin’s Health Ride Across PA

You can join U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr, Andy Baldwin for his cross state Health Ride next week to raise awareness about childhood obesity.

Dr. Baldwin’s Health Ride 2009 ride across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania takes place from Oct 4-10 promoting healthy behaviors in PA communities via health fairs at elementary schools along the way.

The ride will follow PA Bike Route S, leaving Pittsburgh on October 4 and finishing in Philadelphia October 10.

More information can be found here - Health Ride