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 John Boyle | May 16, 2024 | Bike Month, Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
To kick off Bike Month the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Multimodal Planning released an update on the implementation of the High-Quality Bike Network. The High-Quality Bike Network is the City’s planning vision for the year 2040, aiming to...
by Nicole Brunet | Apr 25, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
Earlier this month, family and friends of Mario D’Adamo III Esq, members of Families for Safe Streets, Greater Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and Friends of FDR park came together to remember Mario D’Adamo on what would have been his 38th...
by Nicole Brunet | Apr 18, 2024 | News, Vision Zero
Edited Mon, May 13, 2024, to reflect the current slate of public hearings (listed at the end of this blog). In March, Mayor Parker released her first proposed City Operating and Capital Budgets. We combed through it with an eye to Vision Zero funding, and attended the...
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...
