by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 20, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
On Wednesday, June 15th, the Philadelphia Parking Authority organized a site visit to the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) to learn more about their automated enforcement program. The Bicycle Coalition and Transit Forward Philadelphia joined...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 20, 2023 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
A comparison of tickets written to motorists illegally blocking bike lanes in May 2022 (46 tickets) to May 2023 (400 tickets) shows a 769% increase. Based on the location of tickets provided to the Bicycle Coalition by the PPA, we prepared the map below. Tickets are...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 16, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
On June 8th, Councilman Mark Squilla introduced legislation authorizing the use of cameras on SEPTA buses and trolleys to enforce parking regulations. Bill No. 230489 will be taken up in the fall when City Council reconvenes after the summer recess. The bill creates...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 15, 2023 | News
Sadly, we want to acknowledge and report on the death of the sixth cyclist killed in Philadelphia that occurred in late May. We had hoped to report on his name, but the Police Department’s Crash Investigative Division is still investigating the crash and has...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jun 8, 2023 | News
Safe Streets Advocates took Amtrak from Philadelphia to Harrisburg on Tuesday, June 6th to ask state elected officials to support several bills to make Philadelphia and Pennsylvania roads and road users safe. We focused most attention on automated speed enforcement...
