To Create the Region's First Green Transportation Corridor

Do you wish the trail would meet up the new South Street Bridge, Bartram's Garden and beyond? Would you go further north than the East Falls Bridge if there was a safe way to Manayunk?  Wouldn't it be terrific to cross the Schuylkill River on one of three existing bridges that connect Manayunk to Lower Merion Township?

If the answer is YES, then you must sign the petition calling for elected officials to help find funding for nine trail projects that will Complete the Trail. Our goal is to get 3000 signatures!

Thank you to Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. for introducing City Council Resolution 090134 calling for Completing the Trail.

Download the power point presentation made at the February 2009 Forum.

Download the trail map that shows the different  segments. 

The 15 minutes documentary that chronicles Philadelphia's victorious efforts to create and preserve street level access to the Schuylkill River Park Trail is now available for a $100 donation.

Donate now! 

More information about the movie is on Facebook

Schuylkill River Development Corporation has unveiled the conceptual design of the boardwalk it plans to build between Locust Street and the South Street Bridge.  The slide show presented on November 17th is available here (3.2 MB pdf)

The boardwalk will be 50 feet out in the river to avoid the tree canopies that are along the embankment.  It will connect to the South Street Bridge ramp (north side of bridge) and also connect to the river bank just south of a set of stairs being built from the Bridge on the south side of bridge.

The boardwalk will be a concrete surface, 15 feet wide and 4-9 feet high from the water (depending on the tide).   

SRDC has $4 million of the $10 million construction cost identified and needs $6 million to complete the entire project.

Any comments on this design can be sent to erin.bolz@srdc.net

Our Halloween Parade on Sunday, September 26th was a huge success.  We had the biggest spooky crowd ever!  Many thanks to everyone who came, strutted their costumes and paraded down the trail!  We also thank Mark Focht, Executive Director of Fairmount Park to judging along with Alex Doty and Kevin Gruenfeld.  see photos in our photo album to right or here if you want to download them.

This year's Runnin on the River 5K and Fun Run was a great success.  Many thanks to all volunteers and sponsors who made it possible for us to put this annual event.

The Fun Run had 13 runners!  Congratulations kids!  You were fantastic!

The 5K had 167 finishers this year.  Our top winners were Peter Churchman (17:45) and Deb Fink (20:29).  Congratulations to all winners and finishers!  The results are posted on our Runnin' on the River page. 

Runnin on the River supports the Schuylkill River Park Alliance's advocacy work.

 Evolve Strategies, a full-service communications firm located in Philadelphia, created "Free the River Park," a 15 minute documentary about the arduous campaign to secure the public access through  two at-grade crossings to the Schuylkill River Park Trail.

On June 1, 2008, Schuylkill River Park Alliance stopped over a hundred park users on a typical Sunday morning to ask questions about their use of the trail and desired uses in the future.  Here are the results:

Even in the rain, Schuylkill River Park Trail was the best place to watch the Fireworks on the 4th! Nothing compares to the fireworks above the Art Museum reflecting in the river below!

Hundreds of Fireworks Affectionados , some with umbrellas in hand, watched the 4th of July extravaganza from along the trail.

Enjoy the Summer on Schuylkill River Park Trail

See the Connector Bridge slide show  here

Schuylkill River Development Corporation and Fairmount Park held a second public meeting on June 12th on the Connector Bridge. They presented a preliminary design treatment of the connector bridge using the chosen yellow alignment that runs along the western edge of the Schuylkill River Park over the CSX tracks to Schuylkill Banks in a south to north line.  Photos of the current design treatment are here

Read how on our News page.