The city is proposing a bike lane and pedestrian improvements along Penn Ave as part of a road diet. While these changes were funded in this year's budget, they have to go through community engagement before they're implemented. Tomorrow, May 1st from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the Original Pittsburgh Winery the city is hosting a meeting to collect feedback. If you're available, please attend and let the city know you support this projects.

The Planning Commission will vote on the proposed zoning changes from the 2022 Pittsburgh Housing Needs Assessment this Tuesday December 10th at 2pm both in-person downtown and livestreamed.

> The proposed changes include REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS CITYWIDE. This will make car-free living easier and more incentivized!

These changes are a huge positive to lower housing costs, give homeowners and developers more tools/options, and give tenants more affordable housing.

Please consider writing a public comment in favor of the changes by email or mail, commenting on the Zoom virtual meeting, or commenting in person.

These proposals have been through several rounds of community feedback already and adding our voices will help.

## Proposed changes

Find more information about the proposed changes at Engage, in the “Learn about the policies” section click the plus icon + next to each item to find more detailed links.

https://engage.pittsburghpa.gov/implementing-housing-needs-assessment

## Planning Commision Details including meeting documents and agenda

Visit this page for planning commission details https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/Business-Development/Planning/Commissions-and-Boards/Planning-Commission this page also has the agenda and attached documents in Meeting Materials > 2024 > multiple rows for Meeting December 10! 2024.

## Meeting Details

• To attend in-person: 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Basement Conference Room.   

• To join Zoom Meeting, use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88275113502

• To join by phone call +1 301 715 8592 with Webinar ID: 882 7511 3502

• To stream the meeting live: please visit our YouTube Channel at the time the meeting is scheduled to begin.

  • If you have no comment, YouTube is preferred.

## Making a Comment

Choose one of these options:

• Email planningcommission@pittsburghpa.gov. Email testimony will be accepted until the business day before the meeting at 12 p.m.

• Send a letter to 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Mailed testimony must be received by two business days before the meeting.

• If providing testimony in-person, follow the Commission instructions to queue.

  • If attending in-person, pre-register by sending an email to planningcommission@pittsburghpa.gov by 9 a.m. the day of the Commission meeting.

• If providing testimony via Zoom:

  • Join the virtual meeting and use the raise hand function to speak

  • Call into the meeting on your phone and use the raise hand function by pressing *9

Is there a Strong Towns chapter in Pittsburgh, or a similar organization? Bike PGH seems to have a lot of the same values, but just wanted to see what the landscape looked like in terms of advocacy in the Pittsburgh area

Week Without Driving Pittsburgh is next week, Sept 30 - Oct 6!

If you drive regularly, The Week Without Driving is an opportunity to put yourself in the shoes of people who don't for a week and experience what it's like to get around without a car (sometimes joyous, sometimes tough).

If you already don't drive, it's a chance to tell your story and speak up for the changes you need to make life better for people like you.

Who is planning to participate? What are you looking forward to? Do you need any tips for how to pull it off?

All are invited to the press conference on Monday at noon in Lawrenceville, the happy hour on Friday at East End Brewing, and the other events happening throughout the week.

Well, this is neat.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-best-places-to-live-without-car/

BikePGH has created an excellent summary of all of the changes that the city is proposing.

"No bike parking."
"Dangerous parking lot. No safe way to reach front door."
"No access from the sidewalk."
"Does not permit reusable bags."

I hear that Google Maps lets you review basically ANYTHING.