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“The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is developing an updated Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for Pennsylvania that will outline a vision and framework for improving conditions for walking and bicycling across Pennsylvania, most notably for those Pennsylvanians who walk and bicycle out of necessity rather than for leisure and recreation. The Master Plan will also identify and help prioritize strategies that increase the number of people walking and bicycling, while supporting safety and multimodal connectivity throughout the state.

The Pennsylvania Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan seeks to outline a vision and framework for improving conditions for walking and bicycling across Pennsylvania, with a focus on Pennsylvanians who walk and bicycle by necessity. With your valued input, the Master Plan will provide recommendations for improving the connectivity, safety, convenience and use of the state’s bicycle and pedestrian networks.

Your participation is essential to help develop a Master Plan that will address the needs of Pennsylvania’s bike and pedestrian community. The following survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and will be available online until further notice. Additionally, the information collected from this survey will be confidential and used solely for developing the Pennsylvania Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. Thank you for your participation.”

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Learn more about this PennDOT initiative here.

During our light giveaway on Oct. 26, we fitted almost 500 dark riders with safety lights at four locations around town and campus. It’s thanks to our members, CentreGives donors, and Blake and Linda Gall’s Centre Foundation Endowment, that we can work towards a safer cycling State College. Many thanks, too, to the volunteers, and PSU and State College police officers who came out to help with the distribution. Below is a collage of pictures take by Jeff Cornwall at the PSU IST Bridge site. There’s also a video on our Facebook page. (more…)

Encouraged, but not complacent. PA Jumped from the 40s into the 20s after passing the 2011 4ft law, which also better spelled out cyclist’s rights and responsibilities on the road. With a new, full-time Bike-Ped coordinator in Harrisburg, PA’s rank has moved up into 12th of the 50 states. While that’s a great accomplishment, there is a lot of room to move up with scores around 70/100 in all categories, and it would be nice to see an improvement in consistency. Check out PA’s ranking and report card on the League’s website: 2017 Bike Friendly States