Last month, SPC Transportation Planner Leann Chaney presented “Planning for Active Transportation in Southwestern Pennsylvania”.

The webinar provided an overview of SPC’s recently adopted active transportation plan and companion, web-based toolkit known as the Active Transportation Resource Center. The Active Transportation Resource Center is a central clearinghouse for the latest information on active transportation. Resources include information on programs that support biking and walking, potential funding opportunities, design guidelines, and more.

“Planning for Active Transportation in Southwestern Pennsylvania” was the first webinar in the Penn State Extension Winter/Spring 2020 Land-Use Webinar Series that runs through May. The series informs municipal elected and appointed officials, planners, landowners, farmers, and community organizations about land-use issues and decisions in their communities.

View the full webinar here.

Press Release

The
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is announcing the launch of a new
project website and online mapping survey aimed at providing project
information and gathering the public’s input related to the Route 28 corridor
from Kittanning to Interstate 80 (I-80). 

SPC, in
partnership with the Northwest Pennsylvania Commission; North Central
Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission; Armstrong, Clarion
and Jefferson Counties; and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Engineering District 10-0, initiated the study in December to identify
potential improvements along the approximately 40 mile stretch of Route 28
located in Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson Counties.

The mapping survey is intended to gather information related to all modes of travel, potential improvement areas and detailed interests and concerns within the study area.  Survey participants will drop pins on the mapping and comment to indicate their areas of interest.  The survey will be active until March 6, 2020.  Results of the survey will be shared on the website. 

SPC and its partners have initiated this study to explore transportation improvement concepts that will improve safety and mobility between Interstate 80 and Kittanning, PA.  The study will include an extensive data collection effort to gather existing roadway, traffic, and safety data; future growth and traffic information; and public and stakeholder input.  With the results of the survey and technical data, the study team in coordination with the study’s Steering Committee, will identify improvement concepts that will vary in complexity and location throughout the corridor.  The study team will also place an emphasis on identifying potential funding available to implement the proposed improvement concepts.

The study website
will continue to keep the community informed and provide the overall study
goals, development process/schedule, and all draft and final reports. The
public is encouraged to sign up on the website to receive study updates as they
occur.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Caitlin O’Connor, Director of Public Relations and Communication Initiatives, 412.391.5590 or coconnor@spcregion.org

Ryan Gordon,
SPC Project Manager, 412.391.5590 or rgordon@spcregion.org.

John Petulla,
Consultant Project Manager, 412.922.6880 or jlpetulla@mccormicktaylor.com