Celebrating Office Workiversaries! | |
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We recently celebrated two workiversaries, and continued the tradition of visiting our local Yum Yum donut shop!
Our Executive Director, Jacqui Baxter-Rollins, joined in 2020 and our Bookkeeper Judith has been in her position for a year.
Jacqui's leadership and Judith's diligence have been instrumental in helping us move forward - Thank You!
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Upper Gwynedd Fall Fest Was A Success! | |
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On October 21, we had the pleasure of attending Upper Gwynedd Township’s Fall Fest. We shared plans for new bike lanes coming in 2024 and the support was overwhelming!
Our ‘upcycled’ prize wheel was a big hit with the kids, and they got rewards for answering questions about bike safety.
Volunteers from Bike North Penn joined us, and we’d like to thank Carol, Matt, Judy, Dom, and Bill for their support.
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We Appreciate Our Members! | |
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This month, we honored our members with uniquely engraved bamboo plaques: the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce's Executive Director, Jude Martin-Cianfano (pictured left), and Upper Perkiomen Valley's Chamber of Commerce's Executive Director, Leeanne Engle, and Erin Sweed, PerkUp Project Coordinator (pictured right).
We're looking forward to collaborating more with these fabulous chambers in future
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We Have A New Bike Match! | |
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Meet Doug!
If you’re around the East Greenville area, you might have seen Doug walking 3 miles round trip to work. Doug learned about our bike match program from our partner and the bike supplier, Bike and Sol. In addition to providing him with a bike, we supplied him with a helmet, bike lights, and a lock.
Brad met Doug and explained the best routes for safer cycling. He also shared resources with Doug, including details about RUTI (trip planning tool) and the Share-A-Ride program, so he can earn rewards.
Happy Riding!
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Horsham Twp. Has A New Shuttle! | |
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We're excited to share the news about this new, free shuttle in Horsham Township!
The new Horsham Office Park Shuttle (H.O.P.S) is now available to commuters traveling from the SEPTA Ft. Washington Station and Horsham office parks. It is even free to all riders!
Check out the details here: https://www.horsham.org/pview.aspx?id=43773&catid=611
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Share Your Vision for the Greater Philadelphia Region! | |
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The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission is updating Connections 2050, the current Long-Range Plan for the Greater Philadelphia region. The Plan contains a broadly-shared vision for the year 2050 around four focus areas: environment, communities, economy, and multimodal transportation.
What priorities do you have for the region? What does an equitable, resilient, and sustainable Greater Philadelphia look like to you? Share your vision and priorities by taking the survey: www.dvrpc.org/update2050. Those who complete a survey may enter to win a $50 gift card.
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PECO has launched a Public Benefit Charging Program | |
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The Public Benefit Charging Program supports Level 2 and fast-charging installations and expands eligible uses to include charging stations for electric passenger buses, commuter shuttles, school buses, taxi cabs, and rideshare vehicles. This rebate is available for commercial customers, nonprofit organizations, and county, municipal, and regional government entities. The program will be available through 2024.
The $1 million rebate program is the latest in EV charging infrastructure incentives that will allow the company to align with customer needs and support the expansion of electric transportation options throughout the region.
This rebate is the latest in a suite of programs available to encourage transportation electrification, including rebates for EV owners and PECO’s online EV Toolkit, which provides information on charging options and locations, as well as a tool to calculate potential savings and emissions reductions.
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SEPTA's Micromobility Playbook Has Been Released! | |
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Under SEPTA's Strategic Plan Forward, the playbook is an update to make using micromobility with transit seamless and convenient for people in our region.
The plan includes recommendations for improving systemwide access to transit stops, expanding station amenities, vehicle accommodations and connections to the transportation network and providing a framework to increase ridership by better accommodating riders that use micromobility.
To get your copy, click here: https://ow.ly/JPO050PUNtp
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SEPTA Invites the Public to View & Test Its New Beta Website! | |
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SEPTA introduces transit-forward features that show live route data created with riders in mind. To check it out go to: https://beta-realtime.septa.org/
Be sure to click the "Let Us Know What You Think" in the top right corner of the page to let SEPTA know what you think of the site so far.
HOWEVER, this website is still in its testing phase. So, please continue using www.SEPTA.org for the most up-to-date information.
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Our partner, Bike North Penn, has an upcoming Community bike ride - In Tweed .
They will meet at 1 PM, with the ride starting at approximately 1:15 PM. The route will be 4-6 miles at a slow speed. The ride will be starting and ending at the same location, outside Backyard Beans in downtown Lansdale.
Each rider is responsible for their own safety. Helmets are required.Kids under the Age of 15 need to be accompanied by an adult.
When: Saturday, October 28
Time: 1pm - 2:30pm
Where: Outside Backyard Beans in downtown Lansdale
Don't forget their monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov 16th @7pm at the Lansdale Library.
For more info: https://bikenorthpenn.org/calendar-2/
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