Have You Downloaded the MyBurgh App Yet?

Speeding is a menace to neighborhoods across the city and the region. It makes us feel less safe (particularly when walking or biking) and can make a place feel unwelcoming.

Most importantly, speeding automobiles can be deadly. According to the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles a person hit by a car traveling at 20 miles per hour has a 2% chance of death, but if hit by a car traveling at 40 miles per hour there is a 70% chance they will die.

Is there a place in your neighborhood or on your commute where motorists consistently exceed the speed limit?

Enter 311, the City of Pittsburgh’s non-emergency hotline. Over the years we’ve regularly reminded our supporters and members to call 3-1-1, tweet @Pgh311, or fill out the online form to report faded bike lane lines, faded crosswalks, and dangerous potholes and grates. Now we want to be sure that chronic speeding and aggressive driving are also be reported to 311.

Additionally, you can use 311 to urge the city to install traffic calming like speed humps in a particular location.

Be sure to always give as many location details as possible when making your report. You will be given a service request identification number that the City will reference when following up with you.

Here’s a list of a just some of the things the things that you can report on the 311 app:

• Chronic speeding
• Aggressive driving
• The need for traffic calming
• Faded bike lanes or crosswalks
• Dangerous potholes
• Missing signage

More information about the new app can be found on the City press release.

Join us at the Women & Biking Forum on Saturday, April 2nd! Hosted by BikePGH’s Spinnsters, this forum aims to bring women together to celebrate bicycling, and to develop strategies to break down the barriers to bicycling that specifically affect women. Women and trans* identified people welcome to this day of workshops, keynote speakers, luncheon and more!