Advocating for people-friendly streets in Pittsburgh
Advocating for people-friendly streets in Pittsburgh
The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI), in an effort to provide low-stress connectivity through the neighborhoods of Highland Park and East Liberty, is proposing a Neighborway on N Euclid Avenue from Bunkerhill Street to Station Street. This is part of the City’s MoveForwardPGH Program. LATEST: The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will be moving forward with construction of the …
Reconfiguration adds bike lanes, preserves parking Feedback and Outreach 7/15/21: Construction could begin as early as the week of July 19 6/8/21: The designs for the California Ave Bike Facilities have been approved and are due to be installed this summer Project Factsheet (search Brighton) Notices on City’s website Included in the Bike(+) Plan June 6, 2020: Allegheny West …
After five years of development and consultation with hundreds of local stakeholders across scores of neighborhoods, today the City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure released the final 2020 10-year “Bike(+) Plan.” This guiding document updates and extends the network that began twenty years ago with the adoption of the city’s last 10-year bicycle master plan in 1999. “Now …
Reynolds St traffic calming in the works Updates: June 2021 – The two Traffic Circles on Reynolds Street are set to be installed on Wednesday June 2nd and Thursday June 3rd. May 2021 – The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) is ready to begin the installation of the Reynolds St Neighborway Project starting the week of May 24, 2021. …
City working on rapid implementation of new Bike (+) Plan With finalizing the Bike (+) Plan, the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) has, in partnership with BikePGH and Healthy Ride, initiated a program to accelerate its implementation. In addition to installing infrastructure, the program, known at MoveForwardPGH, also includes a marketing campaign to help people understand the benefits …
The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) has been installing Curb Extensions and/or “Bump Outs” to help add clarity to streets and to provide added safety for pedestrians at key locations. Bump outs are one tool that traffic engineers can use to “calm traffic” and increase safety along a corridor.
You may have noticed some new signs and speed humps in the South Side. This is the City’s first “Neighborway,” a new street type in the City of Pittsburgh. Neighborways are a new tool that the City is using in order to build out a connected citywide bike network, something that is getting increasingly more difficult as the wider streets got outfitted with bike lanes, leaving the narrower residential streets to fill the gaps.
It’s been a long slog, spanning two Administrations, countless public meetings, open houses, and pop-up events, but the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) has released the draft of their citywide Bike(+) Master Plan. It is now up for final review and comment.