A temporary parking protected bike lane demonstration project attended by Western PA legislators along Penn Circle, Pittsburgh

Currently, municipalities in Pennsylvania lack the ability to easily install “Parking Protected” bike lanes and pedestrian plazas. These types of bike lanes use parked cars to physically separate pedestrians and people on bikes from car traffic. However, due to a technicality in the PA Vehicle Code that requires cars to be parked within 12” of the curb, Pennsylvanians are denied this life-saving tool, that has been used successfully in states and municipalities across the country.

Since we started, bills have passed the PA House of Representatives unanimously, but keep getting stuck in the Senate side of the Legislature.

We haven’t given up!

There is a new bill in the House that could fix this.

Stay tuned to this space to find out how to get involved so that Pennsylvanians can enjoy the safety benefits available to many other states.