by Nicole Brunet | Jan 26, 2023 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
Over the past 6 months, the Bicycle Coalition has led a coalition of 10 organizations and drafted the 2023 Better Mobility Platform for mayoral candidates. We are in process of connecting with campaigns now but we wanted to start the conversation about mobility and...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 25, 2023 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
On Sunday, January 22nd, 43 year-old Savoun So who was walking across Oregon Avenue at 5:40pm, and 31 year old Edgardo Rosario was on his bicycle on N. Howard St. at 8:33pm were killed by two separate drivers who struck them, leaving them to die on...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 24, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
As an outgrowth of the $5M Route for Change study that the City prepared with a federal RAISE planning grant during Mayor Kenney’s first term (read the 2021 final report here), U.S. Senator Bob Casey successfully advocated for a major grant from the U.S. DOT to...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 10, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
We reviewed the Philadelphia Police Crash Investigative Division (CID) data from 2022 and here’s what we found. We compared the 2022 data reported by the CID to the data reported by PennDOT in previous years. It should be noted that PennDOT takes a year to...
by John Boyle | Dec 19, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, The Circuit, Vision Zero
The City of Philadelphia is approaching Mayor Kenney’s Mayoral 2015 commitment to build 30 miles of protected bikeways. Referred to by City Officials as the High-Quality Bicycle Network, a combination of separated bike lanes, raised cycle-tracks (curb-separated...
by Nicole Brunet | Nov 20, 2022 | News, Crash, Vision Zero
Philadelphia High Traffic Fatality Rate Persists in 2022 Sunday, November 20, 2022 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims PHILADELPHIA — Community members, City staff and elected officials came together on Sunday to honor the 109 people who lost...