Eric Boerer News Today

Compared to other streets in the Strip District, like Smallman Avenue and Liberty Avenue, Penn Avenue has the highest ratio of crashes to traffic volume.

A mountain bike culled from the junk bin of a North Point Breeze shop — its brakes stripped and its frame and wheels spray-painted white — emerged as a symbol Wednesday night for bike and pedestrian safety in Pittsburgh. As rain flickered on and off Downtown after commuting traffic had

Armin Samii, a member of the collective Pittsburgh Bike Jam, said, “We all bike, and we think it’s scary out here."

Plans to expand Pittsburgh's bikeshare system could provide one sustainable piece to a city-wide transportation puzzle.

Demonstrators temporarily blocked parts of Penn Avenue and 16th Street earlier today to protest a traffic collision that left a bicyclist in critical condition 12 days prior. The victim's condition is still unknown, advocates say.

The state will make improvements to enhance safety and widen the route, and a detour through Downtown Pittsburgh is in place to carry cyclists each way.

Pittsburgh's 2023 capital budget includes $150,000 for shoring up bike lanes along Penn Avenue, which advocates say are viewed by many drivers as parking.

The design uses a central traffic lane and adjacent two-way bike lanes to prioritize people on bikes on a popular cycling route.

There will be some exemptions to the rule.

The legislation would revise the municipal code to include bike lanes in the list of restricted spaces like on sidewalks, in crossworks and in front of garages.