Penn Avenue 'rightsizing' meeting held in the Strip District
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.
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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.