Advocating for people-friendly streets in Pittsburgh
Advocating for people-friendly streets in Pittsburgh
Positive progress in a difficult year Despite the global pandemic, the MoveForwardPGH team has been busy making sure residents can get safely around their City. The pandemic highlighted the need for safe outdoor activities, as well as a reevaluation of how a city, where 25% of households don’t own a car, can still get to the places they need to …
City looking for feedback on a series of Northside Streets The Department of Mobility of Infrastructure is looking to create a network of safer, connected streets within the Northside as part of their new Bike(+) Plan. This Northside Network of projects involve a series of streets that could see a number of improvements that will create less stressful biking and …
Completing a missing link between neighborhoods The Project The Brighton Rd Corridor project is part of the overall Northside Network of projects, and will create a safer street on Brighton, between North Ave and California Ave These improvements will better connect both existing and proposed pieces of the Northside’s bike network including existing and future bike lanes on Brighton itself, …
Communties Connect over a bridge The Project The Columbus Ave Corridor project is part of the overall Northside Network of projects, and will create a safer street on Columbus, between Manhattan St and California Ave. These improvements will better connect both existing and proposed pieces of the Northside’s bike network including California Ave, Brighton Rd, and the Manchester Neighborhood. Due …
Connecting communities to the Commons The Project The North Ave Corridor project is part of the overall Northside Network of projects and will connect the City’s bike network between Manhattan St and Brighton Rd. These improvements will better connect both existing and proposed pieces of the Northside’s bike network including W Ohio St, Brighton Rd, and the Commons Protected bike …
Connecting neighborhoods through clarity and traffic calming The Project The California Ave Bike Facilities are part of the overall Northside Network of projects, and seeks to add bike facilities on California Ave, between Brighton Rd and Marshall Ave. These improvements will better connect the bike lanes on Brighton, into the California-Kirkbride neighborhood, to the bike lanes on Marshall Ave. Additionally, …
New connections to Highland Park and the Bud Harris Cycling Oval A busy Pittsburgh road known for its deadly flooding history has a new safety feature, only this time it’s not gates to close the road but a smooth pathway to keep pedestrians and cyclists separated from speeding traffic. A new shared path runs along Washington Boulevard for a half-mile …
A neighborhood network of safer streets Latest Updates See the City’s Engage platform to leave a comment or a question about this proposal The Project The Manchester-Chateau Network of projects involve a series of streets (Fulton, Juniata & Manhattan) that could see a number of improvements, mostly within the heavily residential Manchester neighborhood, that will not only aim to reduce …
A wholistic approach to neighborhood connectivity Feedback NEW Comments about any of the projects? Please take this survey and/or leave feedback on the City’s EngagePGH site by 1/1/21. December 1, 2020: Presented at the Northside Walk/Ride Monthly Meeting. DOMI team went over projects with the Northside Leadership Conference’s Bike/Ped Committee. November 18, 2020: DOMI presented at the Greening America’s Communities – …
Connecting Neighbors Across the Allegheny The 16th Street/David McCullough Bridge traverses the Allegheny River between grocery stores and shops in the Strip District to residential areas near Progress Street on the Northside. While a popular connection between the Penn Ave Bike Lanes and the North Shore Trail, people riding bikes across it must contend with either fast moving traffic on …