The Public Health & Safety Committee provided timeline updates for two roadway pilots and discussed pedestrian‑access projects and an at‑risk regional transit funding line during its April 11 meeting.

Staff reported that notices have been mailed to residents along Meeting House Lane and that installation for the Meeting House Lane pilot is expected within days of the meeting. Letters regarding a pilot on Price Avenue will go out the following week, and staff said installations for that pilot are likely later in April; both pilots will run through the summer and into the next school year to gather seasonal data and resident feedback.

Committee members also noted that the Montgomery County Planning Commission’s draft active transportation GIS is online and that a steering committee meeting was scheduled; staff said results and maps would be reported back to the committee. Committee members asked staff to make speed/volume/crash data available online as part of the borough’s public information and to include a resident feedback mechanism tied to the pilots (for example, a web form or the borough’s general inquiry portal).

In broader transportation discussion, several members raised an immediate concern: planned SEPTA regional rail service reductions if federal funding is not approved. Staff warned that losing SEPTA regional rail would raise congestion, affect commuting options, and could reduce property values and municipal tax revenue. Members urged residents to contact federal and state legislators; staff said they would prepare a call‑to‑action message for social media and local outreach.

Ending: The committee did not take new capital decisions at the meeting; it will collect resident feedback during the Meeting House Lane and Price Avenue pilots and return with data after the pilot periods.