Posts about bicycle planning
The Lebanon Valley Bicycle Coalition is collecting repairable bikes (and sewing machines) to support www.bikesfortheworld.org. Drop off at St. James Lutheran Church, 53 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Noon to 3pm, Oct 23rd . Tax deductable donation of $10 to assist with shipping is requested. If you need pickup, call Scott at 717-273-1571.
PennDOT contracted to have a new design for the I-83 Capital Beltway. A website, www.i-83beltway.com, explains the plans and provides an opportunity to contact PennDOT with your perspectives. Construction on the first segment of the project, I-81 interchange to Union Deposit Road, is currently underway. Design work is now underway on Segment 2, Union Deposit Road …
RECONSTRUCTION OF I-83 CAPITAL BELTWAY AND ITS IMPACT ON BICYCLING Read More »
In September, 2019, the FHWA issued its Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Program and Project Development. Reviewing this Guidance and using it when working with Penn DOT and Lebanon County Metropolitan Planning Organization staff should be very helpful in winning positive results for bicyclists. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/guidance/guidance_2019.cfm The FHWA states: “Improving safety and infrastructure for bicycling and walking creates an …
Lebanon County is adopting an updated Long Range Transportation Plan through 2045. The metropolitan planning organization for Lebanon County is LEBCO MPO. The LVBC Board has expressed our concerns about the most recent draft provided in May. As of mid – March, LVBC had been advised that a bike ped advisory group to LEBCO MPO …
SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS IGNORED BY PENN DOT WHEN APPROVING RUTTER’S HOP Read More »
A HOP is a highway occupancy permit and is issued by Penn DOT District 8 to approve driveways onto state roads. Rutter’s at 16th Street and SR 422 has no through bike lane for bicyclists to maneuver in significant traffic when traveling west. There are two right turn lanes into Rutter’s. Why doesn’t Penn DOT require bike …
Safety of Bicyclists Ignored by Penn DOT When Approving Rutter’s HOP Read More »
In 2010, LVBC was encouraged by our member Michelle Robinson, a professional planner, to develop a bicycle transportation map for planning purposes. The Lebanon County Planning Department and LEBCO MPO staff would not agree to developing a county bike plan. The map would have to serve. PennDOT Central Office staff supported the map project by …
In November, 2018, Dick Norford and Bill Hoffman studied a possible work-around for southbound/eastbound bicyclists’ access around the underpass. Dick is following through with Middle Paxton Township and Dauphin Borough to gain their approval. PennDOT Engineering District 8, we have learned, may be willing to allow bicyclists through the underpass on the northbound/westbound side where …
The Ban of Bicyclists’ Using SR 322/22 Continues – Here’s the Latest Read More »
