by Randy LoBasso | Sep 4, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed the Defendant’s Motion to quash and dismiss the charges against the driver who killed 24-year-old Emily Fredricks in 2017, meaning the case will, again, move forward. Fredricks was riding her bicycle on Spruce Street in...
by Leonard Bonarek | Sep 3, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, News, The Circuit, Vision Zero
Earlier today, Register of Wills and longtime Cobbs Creek resident Tracy Gordon organized a press conference (link to full video here) to highlight the need for safety improvements on Cobbs Creek Parkway. The event was held at the intersection of Cobbs Creek and...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 18, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
In May, the Clean Air Council, Feet First Philly, 5th Square, and the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia unveiled the Recovery Streets platform to serve as a roadmap to safely transform Philadelphia’s street space to improve mobility, public health and safety,...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 17, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
When the Recovery Streets Coalition — including the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Feet First Philly, 5th Square, and the Clean Air Council — released our eponymous proposal in Spring 2020, we called on the City of Philadelphia to use one of...
by John Boyle | Aug 5, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, The Circuit, Vision Zero
The Philadelphia Streets Department has announced its virtual public meeting for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Bridge Rehabilitation Project. The Department is accepting feedback on the project through August 21, 2020. You can visit the website to look at the...
by Amanda Ruffner | Jul 30, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Katie Burns, Development Fellow On Sunday, July 26, about 500 community members embarked on a twelve-mile bicycle ride that started at Dell Music Center in Fairmount Park, looped City Hall, and ended at Laurel Hill Cemetery in honor of the four lives taken this...