by Nicole Brunet | Apr 4, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
Even one traffic fatality is unacceptable — especially for a Vision Zero city — and yet Philadelphia ended 2023 with record high pedestrian and bicyclist deaths. No one wants this year to follow that terrible trend, and we’ve been closely monitoring...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 29, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
City of Philadelphia Managing Director Adam Thiel delivers opening address at Vision Zero PHL 2024 conference. Photo by Chris Young. PHILADELPHIA- Elected officials, community leaders, city staff, safety advocates, engineers and planners came together for the 10th...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 13, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is excited to announce that Larry Shifflet, Deputy Secretary of PennDOT and Kristin Del Rossi, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Streets Department, will host the Keynote Conversation at the 2024 Vision Zero PHL Conference...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 8, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
The above photo is from a June 8, 2023 interview discussing now-adopted legislation raising penalties for drifting (in a car) to $2,000.00 In February, Council Member Mike Driscoll introduced a bill to fine users, buyers, and sellers of license plate flipping devices....
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 5, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
For the Vision Zero Conference we host three morning breakout sessions that attendees get to choose from. This year our breakout sessions will focus on highway caps, vehicle design, and safer streets in public parks. Where do caps fit in the future? Through the...
by Chris Gale | Feb 26, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
One of our newest Board members and co-founder of Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia, Latanya Byrd, was invited to speak on a panel at the White House Convening on Equity on February 14. I was fortunate to accompany her at this wonderful event where...