All Aboard Atlantic Avenue
DVRPC partnered with Collingswood Borough in New Jersey for another Experimental Pop-Ups Program (ExPo) project. This one was titled All Aboard Atlantic Avenue. The complete streets demonstration featured the region’s first advisory bike lanes, curb extensions—some with painted designs by a local artist, others delineated by armadillos or flexible bollards—and a temporary curb ramp. Advisory bike lanes are a type of shared street where two-way motor vehicle traffic shares a single center lane, and bike lanes are marked by dashed lines on either side. Vehicles can enter the bike lanes in order to pass one another.
The demonstration project stemmed from the feedback received during outreach for the 2020 Connect Collingswood and Haddon Township Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, which was funded through DVRPC’s TCDI grant program. The project provided an opportunity to collect data and community feedback, which will help guide future infrastructure priorities. The project was a partnership between DVRPC, Collingswood Borough, Cross County Connection Transportation Management Association, Camden County, and PATCO, and was installed by the borough on August 14, 2021.