by Nicole Brunet | Sep 23, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
We are so excited to hear that the City of Philadelphia is going to conduct a pilot of expanded residential sanitation pick up times. Since November of 2017, when Emily Fredricks was killed by the driver of a private sanitation truck early on a weekday morning, we...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 9, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
Crash Not Accident Logo and Pledge created by Transportation Alternatives NYC The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia officially request the renaming of the Accident Investigation Division within the...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 8, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
Recently, some of our staff joined friends of Vijay “Jay” Mohan to replace the ghost bike placed in his memory at the intersection of Ridge Ave. and Girard Ave. in Philadelphia. Jay was riding his bike on Sunday, May 10th, 2015 through the intersection of...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Aug 25, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
Yesterday, the District Attorney’s office dropped its charges against Jorge Fretts, the driver who killed Emily Fredricks on November 28, 2017. Despite dashcam and onstreet footage showing that Mr. Fretts did not use his turn signal when he turned right from...
by Patrick Monahan | May 10, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia invites the Philadelphia region’s cycling community to join us for the 7 mile Ride of Silence this year on Wednesday, May 18th. This is a slow paced group ride, for all experienced level cyclists. We will gather at the...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | May 4, 2022 | Vision Zero, Crash
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,...
