by Randy LoBasso | May 9, 2018 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
The City of Philadelphia recently began a $12.1 million construction project along Lincoln Drive in Northwest Philadelphia, between Ridge Avenue and Wayne Avenue, and there is a meeting tonight in Germantown to discuss some of the changes that are taking place. We... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 26, 2018 | Action Center, Featured, Vision Zero
The state Legislature’s current session is coming to an end, and the Philadelphia Vision Zero Alliance has been working on getting several bills passed before our state representatives and senators recess for their summer vacation. There are numerous bills in... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 19, 2018 | Action Center, Featured, Vision Zero
As the Bicycle Coalition has done throughout 2018, members traveled up to Front and Luzerne Streets on Wednesday to bring more attention to Philadelphia’s traffic death epidemic. As noted in the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan, Philadelphia has the highest per-capita... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 27, 2018 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured
When the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine were installed in 2009, they were pretty cutting edge, as far as U.S. bike lanes went. Stretching from river to river, the lanes were installed after removing a lane of motor vehicle traffic, and prioritized bicycle... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Mar 23, 2018 | Action Center, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Newsflash! The press release from the Office of Transportation & Infrastructure Systems (reproduced below) was released around 6:15pm this evening. oTIS is planning to discuss how they will be repaving and improving the Spruce/Bike bike lanes at two public... by Leonard Bonarek | Feb 16, 2018 | Action Center, Biking the Suburbs, Crash, Featured, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
On Thursday afternoon, 8-year-old Lela Cruz was struck and killed by an elderly motorist who lost control of his vehicle on the 400 block of State Street in North Camden. She was riding her bike on the sidewalk when the motorist drove over the curb, hit another adult...