by Nicole Brunet | Oct 3, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
We are happy to report that after several years of advocacy by the AARP-led Livable Communities Network and our Policy team, Philadelphia’s Vision Zero budget has increased for fiscal year 2023. Since 2020, the Bicycle Coalition, along with AARP and the Livable...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 30, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region
We are happy to report that effective immediately, SEPTA’s Bike Policy will now allow for bikes on all Norristown High Speed Line and Broad Street Line trains. This announcement comes after advocacy from our Policy Team, Transit Forward Philadelphia and Clean...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region
Starting this week, more than 200 miles of state highways around the Philadelphia region will be resurfaced. PennDOT sends out paving notices a couple weeks in advance of new projects and the notices include paving for the next following week. On this particular...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 28, 2022 | News
SEPTA, PPA and the City announced plans last week to start ramping up bus lane enforcement in Center City. As you may have noticed, Chestnut St. in Center City is shining bright with some new red painted “Bus Only Lanes” but despite the paint, the city is...
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 22, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Scooters, The Circuit, Vision Zero
The Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is looking for public input on how to better connect their services to micromobility and bicycles. You may have noticed that SEPTA trains and buses have yet to return to their typical ridership numbers. Since...
