by Sonja Bontrager | Mar 21, 2025 | Vision Zero, Safe Routes Philly
For the Vision Zero Conference we host three afternoon breakout sessions that attendees get to choose from. This year our breakout sessions will focus on the new regional high injury network, analyzing environmentally friendly infrastructure through the lens of “green...
by Bicycle Coalition | Dec 12, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
We are heartbroken to hear that Jason Lohr passed away from his injuries last weekend. Jason was the third bicyclist killed in Philadelphia this year and was hit just two days after Dominique Jones was killed while riding his bike in Strawberry Mansion. According to...
by Bicycle Coalition | May 23, 2024 | Bike Month, News, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
Last week, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia marked National Bike Safety Month with two community events, Ride of Silence and Bike to Work and Wherever Day, highlighting the importance of funding and expanding safe bicycle infrastructure to create a...
by Lor Song | Jan 6, 2022 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, News, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
As described in a blog post in early December, after a major outreach effort conducted by the City’s the Office of Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) in 2020, in late fall 2021 oTIS initiated an effort to gather additional input on the...
by Lor Song | Oct 8, 2021 | News, Crash, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
On Tuesday, October 5th, Yomar Rivera 17, was struck and killed while trying to cross at Adams Ave and Roosevelt Blvd around 7:30 PM. Yomar was returning from a job interview and was biking across the intersection when he was struck by a white Ford F-150 headed...
by Lor Song | Jun 1, 2021 | News, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
Last week, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 6:45 pm – 8 pm, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) and the Philadelphia chapter of the Ride of Silence organized the 16th annual Ride of Silence. Over 250 cyclists gathered in support of cyclists who...
