Daily News | PPA is marshaling a cycle-mounted patrol of officers to ticket vehicles that block bike lanes
The Philadelphia Parking Authority announced Wednesday that it is organizing a new enforcement squad to keep designated bicycle lanes clear in three of the most congested areas in the city by ticketing vehicles that illegally park in them.
It’s also about safety. Vehicle crashes killed 41 bicyclists on city streets from 2011 through 2021, according to PennDot and Philadelphia Police Department statistics. At least 135 were injured. When residents park in bike lanes in front of their homes or contractors leave their vans there during a job, riders often must swerve into traffic.
When those bicycle lanes were established in 2009, the Nutter administration adopted an informal policy that residents could park temporarily while loading or unloading a vehicle. But some overstay the 20-minute limit.has heated up over bike lanes, which some see as barometers of a rapidly changing city and gentrification. But city officials say that embracing multiple modes of transportation is the best way to fight traffic congestion.
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