Next Great City: Philadelphia - Volume III, Issue XXII

Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture)

 

 

 

Next Great City

NEWSLETTER
Next Great City: Philadelphia

 

URBAN SUSTAINABILITY FORUM TAKES ON TRANSPORTATION REFORM   

VOLUME III,
ISSUE XXII

 

The City's Fall Leaf Drive is underway from now until Dec. 18
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Includes interviews with Urban Sustainability Forum speakers and more!

 
Questions or Comments?
Email Christine at:knapp@pennfuture.org or call 215-545-9692

Don't forget to visit our website at: http://www.nextgreatcity.org/
  
 

With the aggressive spread of sprawl, our tax dollars have been spent building thousands of miles of additional roads, highways and other infrastructure.  Some of the financial resources needed for this expansion have been transferred from our older cities and towns.  This pattern of development has left brownfields, decaying infrastructure, communities isolated from opportunities, and has destroyed the farmland, forests, and fields that define our countryside.

At November's Urban Sustainability Forum distinguished guests from the local and national arena will explore a better way by examining how regions can work to build more sustainable communities through the federal transportation reauthorization bill that is now being formulated in Congress.  

Please join us, and add your voice to the conversation!

   
THE BICYCLE COALITION HELPED FOLKS BIKE THE STRIKE  

The SEPTA strike was as strain for folks all over the city who found themselves taking very long walks to work or waiting in bumper to bumper traffic.  As the over 800,000 riders who rely on SEPTA to get to work and school scrambled to make other accommodations during the strike, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia came out in full force to make one obvious alternative, the bicycle, more accessible.  Through their Bike the Strike campaign, the Bicycle Coalition provided free coffee, bike maps and safe bicycling handouts, and set up a service station and bike parking at City Hall. The Coalition's Bicycle Ambassadors were also available to assist people in planning their bike commute to work and answering technical or safety questions.

SEPTA commuters are thrilled to have service reinstated, but thanks to the Bicycle Coalition's help there may be some people who aren't headed back to the bus so fast now that they have found this fun, inexpensive, active commuting alternative.

  
PHILLY'S FALL LEAF DRIVE IS UP AND RUNNING  

From now until to December 18, you can help the City save money, free up landfill space and give Philly's composting program a huge boost by collecting fallen leaves on your property and in your neighborhood.  These leaves will be composted for use covering vacant lots, fertilizing community and public gardens, and nourishing newly planted trees throughout the city.  More bags of leaves mean more fertile compost to use in our communities and less organic waste in landfills, so everyone wins!

For additional details about collection check out the Fall Leave Drive website, or call 311 or (215) 686-5560 for more information.

  
PIER 11/RACE STREET PIER PARK DESIGN PRESENTATION  

The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation and the City of Philadelphia are working to create a new riverfront park at Pier 11/the Race Street Pier.  This action is one of the initial early action recommendations that PennPraxis and the Central Delaware Advocacy Group recommended in the Action Plan for the Central Delaware in order to support the Civic Vision that thousands of Philadelphians created. 

Be one of the first to see the initial design schemes for the new Pier 11/Race Street Pier Park. Meet the landscape architects, and share your thoughts about each scheme at the Design Presentation Meeting being held on November 18 at Festival Pier.  RSVP online. 

 
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