This week’s news from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about 2021 traffic fatalities is not good. Nationally, traffic fatalities rose 10% between 2020 and 2021. Pedestrian deaths rose 13% and bicyclists deaths rose 5%. Locally, the story is...
Wednesday, May 18th the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) announced the new Bicycle Lane Enforcement Initiative. As part of Mayor Kenney’s Vision Zero Program, the initiative calls for the targeted assignment of 8 new Bike Lane Enforcement Officers who will focus...
Finally, some Vision Zero progress. Nearly two years have passed since automated enforcement cameras were installed on Roosevelt Boulevard in June 2020. At the 2022 Vision Zero PHL Conference that the Bicycle Coalition put on last Saturday at Temple University,...
After over two years of persistent advocacy, the Eakins Oval bike lane in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is finally protected with a “new to Philadelphia” bike lane separator: the K71. Infrastructure progress is not easy to come by in...
Thank you to everyone who took action on PA’s Parking Protected Bike Lane bill! The response was amazing! Nearly 1000 safety advocates sent 15000 emails to Senate Transportation Committee members. The Pittsburgh Gazette and Capital Star ran an editorial...
