Streets will convert from car-friendly to people-friendly Sunday at 9am
An estimated 25,000 bicyclists and pedestrians will take to Pittsburgh’s streets this Sunday, July 30 for OpenStreetsPGH. Participants will enjoy the car-free streets of Downtown, the Strip District, and Lawrenceville from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Car traffic will be prohibited on a 3.5 mile stretch of Penn Avenue and Butler Street on Sunday morning.
View the OpenStreetsPGH route at http://openstreetspgh.org/route/.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY
Streets will begin closing Sunday at 8 a.m. The following streets will be impacted:
- Market Street from Market Square to Liberty Avenue
- 6th Street from Liberty to Penn Avenue
- Penn Avenue from 6th Street to 34th Street
- Butler Street from 34th Street to Plummer Street
Roadways will reopen promptly at 1:30 p.m.
Traffic crossing intersections
There are 11 intersections along the route where motorized vehicles CAN cross the route during the event.
Downtown
- Fifth Ave. & Market St.
- Liberty Ave. & 6th St.
- Penn Ave. & 7th St.
- Penn Ave. & 10th St.
- Penn Ave. & 11th St.
Strip District
- Penn Ave. & 16th St.
- Penn Ave. & 21st St.
- Penn Ave. & 26th St.
- Penn Ave. & 31st St.
Lawrenceville
- Butler Ave. & 40th St.
- Butler Ave. & 44th St.
PARKING RESTRICTIONS
Cars parked along the route must be moved before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning or they will be towed. No parking signs will be placed along the route on Thursday.
ABOUT THE EVENT
The event is organized by the bike and pedestrian advocacy organization, Bike Pittsburgh, and is made possible through major support from the Colcom Foundation. Additional support this year is provided by Highmark, Peoples, Heinz Endowments, Buhl Foundation, the Benter Foundation, AARP, Uber, Red House Communications, the Port Authority of Allegheny County, and McAuley Ministries.
Media and the public are encouraged to visit http://openstreetspgh.org/media/, or follow OpenStreetsPGH on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, for updates and details on event happenings. For more information on how to get to OpenStreetsPGH visit http://openstreetspgh.org/getting-there/.
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