A City Council committee held off on voting on a bill authorizing a new bike lane around City Hall this week, causing consternation among cyclists and traffic safety advocates who were expecting the measure to advance.

PennDOT has already milled the asphalt around Penn Square, where City Hall is located, and still plans to repave and install the bike lane later this month. But without passage of the bill, the lane will be considered a pilot project that could eventually be dismantled.

More than 20 people testified in favor of the legislation at a session of council’s Committee on Streets and Services on Monday, according to Dave Talone, an organizer with Philly Bike Action. But Councilmember Jeffery Young, the bill’s sponsor and the committee chair, announced he was putting the bill on

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