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SAVE THE DATE! ATTEND THE 2025 PHILADELPHIA WESTERN SUBURBS TRAIL SUMMIT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025, 9AM TO NOON The 13th annual Philadelphia Western Suburbs Trail Summit is scheduled for Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 9am to 12:00 noon at the Community Recreation and Environmental Center, 9000 Parkview Drive in Andy Lewis Community Park in Haverford. The summit focuses on trails and on-street bicycling and pedestrian improvements and plans in Delaware County and vicinity. Regional planners, local governments, advocacy groups and consultants will update you on recently completed trail sections, upcoming construction, and planning and design efforts underway for future trails and improved bike and walking mobility. Each year we review progress, learn of upcoming projects, and identify opportunities for future connections and improved connectivity in our communities. The summit is FREE and all are encouraged to attend. The Western Suburbs Trail Summit is sponsored by the Friends of Haverford Trails, Haverford Township's Parks and Recreation Department, and Delaware County's Trails Alliance and Planning Department. Agendas and presenters' visual materials from previous summits are available below. Here's a comprehensive resource of information and maps showing trails throughout Delaware County PA, plus adjacent Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Most of these trails are walking trails. Some are multi-use paved trails, often part of the developing Circuit Trails network. The area-wide trail map for Delaware County and vicinity is an overall reference map of all trails. The various township level (or sub-township level) pages on this site provide further information and more detailed maps showing trailhead access points, parking provisions, trail bridges, water fords and other features. Links to useful local studies and plans are also provided. Click or tap on either an image below or its title. Get out and enjoy our area's many trails!
Overall Trail Map: Delaware Co. & Vicinity	Bike Facilities Map: Delaware Co. & Vicinity
Trails in Haverford Township	Trails in Lower Merion Township
Trails in Marple and Newtown Townships	Trails in Middletown Township
Trails in Radnor Township	Trails in Springfield-Nether Providence Area
Parks & Trails in Thornbury Township	Trails in Upper Darby Township
Trails in Upper Providence-Media Area	Direct Links to Interactive Online Maps
Larger Nearby Trails
These are links to informational websites for additional major trails in our general area, for which we get inquiries.
Chester Valley Trail	Ridley Creek State Park Trails
Schuylkill River Trail	Valley Forge Park Trails

Philadelphia Western Suburbs Trail Summit
	Our annual "Philadelphia Western Suburbs Trail Summit" has grown from a local event in 2013, when Haverford Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Haverford Trails held a "summit" for people interested in trail development. We have gathered the speakers' presentations since 2017 here, so that this wealth of information can remain available and informative to everyone. Click or tap here.
The Circuit Trails
	Greater Philadelphia is the proud home of the Circuit Trails, a vast regional trail network, composed of hundreds of miles of trails, that is growing in size each year. One of America’s largest trail networks, the Circuit is currently composed of more than 370 miles of completed trails with a vision of completing more than 800 miles of interconnected trails across the nine-county region in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Nearly 65 nonprofit organizations, foundations and agencies are working to advance the completion of the Circuit Trails. A premiere regional amenity, the Circuit Trails connect people to jobs, communities, parks and waterways. Learn more at www.circuittrails.org.
Essentials of Bicycle Parking: Selecting and Installing Bicycle Parking that Works
	Don't buy and install a bad bike rack design! Take the time to buy a good one and place it properly, with sufficient support and adequate space. People "in the know" know the difference, and a bad, ill-informed choice reflects badly on your business or organization. Click or tap here for a short, informative and authoritative guide that provides the basics you need to know. It has been compiled by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals ( APBP), the professional organization for bicycle and pedestrian planners, designers, engineers, advocates and others.
"Micromobility Devices": Pennsylvania Definitions and Regulations
Pedal-assist bicycles, e-bikes, electric scooters, Segways, powered skateboards, one-wheel motorized balance boards... There's been an explosion of options for getting around more easily with something less than a car or motorcycle. But what can you use, and where? Laws and local regulations are playing "catch up", but here is a quick visual fact sheet from PennDOT. Note that electric-powered scooters, skateboards and unicycles are illegal on public roadways in Pennsylvania.
Great DVRPC Regional Map-Based Resources
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the regional planning agency for the Greater Philadelphia area. It conducts studies and oversees the allocation of transportation funding for our region. It works in relative obscurity, so unfortunately not all of its studies get the attention they deserve. Here are a few terrific DVRPC online map-based studies and resources related to trails, bicycling and walking:
	For a multi-layered overview of the Circuit Trails and the status of its many links, see www.dvrpc.org/webmaps/thecircuit. Hint: Unclick the "Pipeline" and "Planned" layers to get a better picture of the current situation.
	The DVRPC Pedestrian Portal at walk.dvrpc.org offers a detailed inventory of the sidewalks in our region. Hints: click on "View our regional sidewalk map" and zoom in to carefully study.
	You can "geek out" like a planner studying the regional Bicycle Low Traffic Stress map at www.dvrpc.org/Products/WEB20030. Hints: Click on "Launch Project" to see the map, then click on the left-most icon at the bottom, then select only the "Bicycle Facilities" and "LTS 1&2 Islands" layers.

Contact us at trails@haverfordciviccouncil.org