Tom Hartley continues to impress at the Bethlehem Parking Authority. I’m not a big fan of the multi-space meters either because there’s nothing worse than having to stand in line to pay for parking. But BPA’s data does show usage of the Main Street Commons parking deck increased last year, so the multi-space meters haven’t [...]

Event by event, Easton keeps proving that the parking spaces in the traffic circle aren’t necessary. They keep closing off the corners of the circle for big events, aka times of peak parking demand, and it’s no big deal. People find other places to park, and everyone gets to enjoy more public fun in a [...]

From the comments: Lynn Olanoff says: Bethlehem officials have been working on plans for a year plus to do away with the current right turn lane going northbound. I think last time I talked to Mike Alkhal he said the work was going to be done later this year. Here’s a story I wrote on [...]

I know this is already in the Ron Beitler platform in Lower Macungie, but I’m hoping to get County Executive candidates John Callahan, John Brown, Tom Muller and Scott Ott and the various County Council candidates interested in this idea as well, because I think it’ll be a money-saver for local government and a nice [...]

Bethlehem cyclists recently had another memorial ride for Pat Ytsma, the cyclist who was tragically killed by a motorist on Bethlehem’s Fahy Bridge back in 2011, with a bike ride, and I just want to use this occasion to remind everyone that this intersection will continue to be very dangerous for pedestrians until the right [...]

One more point to make about the Hamilton Crossings TIF is that I think it’s hypocritical in the extreme for Whole Foods to present themselves as a friend of “green” and “sustainable” causes at the same time as they’re pushing for more auto-oriented construction on an exurban greenfield site – just about the worst thing [...]

From a public finance perspective, exurban sprawl development is basically a big Ponzi scheme. The property tax revenue from Big Box development is pathetically meager, and the public return-on-investment in the infrastructure needed to serve this kind of development is massively negative in the long run. That’s why sprawl developers always come hat-in-hand to local [...]