Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

DVRPC’s Bike-Friendly Resurfacing Program is a practical, effective, and low-cost use of the planning process. It identifies road locations meriting bike improvements and leverages PennDOT Connects to integrate new facilities – bike lanes, striped shoulders, or sharrows – into scheduled road resurfacing projects. DVRPC analyses the priority of road segments for bike facilities and the Level of Traffic Stress for bicycles, then conducts feasibility screenings in house and with PennDOT. Upon approval and letter of request from the host municipalities, road segments are advanced for completion. After a year and a half, six improved bike facilities were implemented with 10 miles of road resurfacing. Another nine facilities are in the pipeline.