by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 7, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
Councilmembers Johnson, Squilla and Mayor Kenney appear to be ready to water down the safest possible configuration for Washington Avenue. More information in yesterday’s blog post and today’s Inquirer story. What can you do? Send an email today asking...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 6, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
After a 10 year debate, in the end, safety was compromised when it comes to how Washington Avenue will be reconfigured in when it is repaved in Spring 2022. Despite being two engagement processes that involved thousands of survey takers, despite dozens of community...
by John Boyle | Feb 4, 2022 | News, Crash, Vision Zero
An arrest has been made in the crash that killed Julie Galezniak in December. The Burlington County Prosecutors Office has announced that 20-year-old Dylan Weatherwalks was charged with Vehicular Homicide (Second Degree). Weatherwalks was charged with causing the...
by John Boyle | Feb 4, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
Traffic fatalities fell slightly from the 2020 peak, but 2021 left 8 bicyclists dead; the highest number of bicyclists killed in 24 years. While total number of traffic fatalities is less than the 166 folks who died from traffic violence in 2020, take little comfort;...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 25, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured, Vision Zero
In pursuit of our mission to promote bicycling as a safe and fun way for anyone to get around Greater Philadelphia, we advocate for consequential and equitable policy changes at the local, regional and state level. In 2022, the Bicycle Coalition and Transit Forward...
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...