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...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 23, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Earlier this month, the City of Philadelphia’s office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS) released their updated traffic calming request process. For almost a year, OTIS and the Streets department have been working to make the existing...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 8, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On Monday, February 5th, Mayor Parker announced that she will request a charter change to separate the current Streets Department into Streets and Sanitation. This decision comes out of a year of advocacy from environmental, transit, and quality-of-life focused...
