by Sarah Clark Stuart | Oct 7, 2021 | News, Vision Zero
2020 was a terrible year for many reasons. In Philadelphia, the wide open and empty streets invited reckless and irresponsible motorists to speed dangerously and kill the most people (156) since 1989 (167 fatalities). Yesterday, the Office of Transportation,...
by Patrick Monahan | Oct 4, 2021 | News, Vision Zero
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has recently announced an invitation to provide your recommendations on the draft 2045 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) from September 20th through October 19th. The Bicycle Coalition and members of the...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Sep 24, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
The bicyclist killed on Thursday, September 23 was Patrick White, D.C., a chiropractor who lived on Tabor Road. In the words of one of his friends, “he was an amazing human being, father, friend and chiropractor.” A memorial page is here. 9am on Friday,...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Sep 24, 2021 | News, Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, The Circuit, Vision Zero
As reported yesterday, the City of Philadelphia abstained from voting in favor of adopting the 2050 Long Term Plan as prepared by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. This move represents a signal from the City to its fellow board members that it...
by Patrick Monahan | Sep 23, 2021 | News, The Circuit, Vision Zero
This morning, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) held their Board and Executive Committee meeting which reviewed the updated Draft Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan with a summary of comments received and recommended changes presented by the...
by Patrick Monahan | Sep 7, 2021 | News, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, The Circuit, Vision Zero
This morning, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) held their monthly Regional Technical Committee meeting to announce updates on the recently-completed 30-day public comment period on the Draft Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan, and the Draft DVRPC...