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Tell Your Senator to Reject Dangerous Anti-Philly Bike Amendment
We’ve just learned that tomorrow morning, the Pennsylvania Senate is — again — going to consider an amendment that will make it much harder for bike lanes to be installed in Philadelphia. This amendment threatens not only Philadelphia, but the entire...
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Tell Governor Murphy: Allow Slow Streets in New Jersey
During the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey residents, like people all over the country, are increasingly accessing the streets as a means to safely get out of the house to exercise to maintain their physical and mental health. In urban neighborhoods, bicycling and...
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Bill Allowing Parking Protected Bike Lanes On Hold Until PA Senate Returns
Much to our disappointment, SB565 was not brought up for a final vote during the PA Senate’s last three sessions days during the week of July 13th. This happened in spite of over 1500 emails sent to Senators all around the Commonwealth asking that the bill be...
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There’s never been a better time to support Senate Bill 565. Why? Because it’s t-h-i-s-c-l-o-s-e to passing the full Senate, and t-h-a-t-m-u-c-h-c-l-o-s-e-r to becoming Pennsylvania law! The legislation, which would allow PennDOT to build parking-protected...
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A Look Back at the 20/20 Vision for Vision Zero Philadelphia Conference
Before COVID-19 forced us all into stay-at-home orders and shut down the economy, we brought together over 200 people from the public and private sectors, planners and community members to share goals, priorities and strategies for the Vision Zero Philadelphia...
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We Analyzed Philadelphia’s COVID-Impacted Budget
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has calculated that the City has a gap of $649M that needs to be closed before City Council can adopt a FY21 budget before June 30, 2020. $649M is 12 percent of the City’s overall budget. The Mayor is proposing to close the gap by...
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