by Sonja Bontrager | Mar 7, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, News
The 2024 Philly Bike Expo is fast approaching — March 16 & 17 are just a week away. I’ve been attending since its inaugural year (2010!) and I still remember the sense of awe I felt when I walked into the 23rd St Armory and found myself surrounded by...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 23, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Earlier this month, the City of Philadelphia’s office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS) released their updated traffic calming request process. For almost a year, OTIS and the Streets department have been working to make the existing...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 8, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On Monday, February 5th, Mayor Parker announced that she will request a charter change to separate the current Streets Department into Streets and Sanitation. This decision comes out of a year of advocacy from environmental, transit, and quality-of-life focused...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 1, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, News, Vision Zero
Automated Speed Enforcement Legislation: HB 1284 passed in December of 2023 with an expansion of the existing Roosevelt Boulevard program to 5 additional permanent corridors and 5 school zone pilots set to expire in 5 years. On Monday, January 29th, we joined our...
by John Boyle | Jan 25, 2024 | News, Biking in Philly
Late last year the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (OTIS) submitted a 118-page Progress Report to the Secretary of Transportation, Michael B. Carroll, highlighting the latest findings of the Parking Separated Parking Bicycle Lane Pilot...
by John Boyle | Jan 19, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, research
The Bicycle Coalition has officially published the I Bike PHL 2023 Report. In the fall months of September and October, volunteers for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia took 90-minute shifts on weekday mornings and evenings collecting data for the Fall...
