by Ashley Vogel | Feb 6, 2020 | News, Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured, Vision Zero
On Wednesday, February 5th, we celebrated the victory of Senate Bill 565 passing Committee and heading to the full Senate. This means that we are closer than ever before to getting protected bike lanes and pedestrian plazas written into the state vehicle code. The...
by Randy LoBasso | Feb 5, 2020 | Vision Zero
After years of advocacy and an overnight haul of 1500 emails to members of the Senate Transportation Committee, Senate Bill 565 passed Committee and is headed to the full Senate, meaning we are closer than ever before to getting protected bike lanes and pedestrian...
by Randy LoBasso | Feb 4, 2020 | Vision Zero
Editor’s note: After more than 1500 emails to members of the Senate Transportation Committee, this amendment was withdrawn in committee. Senate Bill 565 passed cleanly, and is headed to the full Senate. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTED THE TRANSPORTATION...
by Amanda Ruffner | Feb 4, 2020 | Vision Zero, Featured, News
Polly Trottenberg was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January 2014 to lead the nation’s largest municipal transportation agency. In this role she oversees a department with over 5,800 employees and a $18.1 billion 10-year capital plan. She directs the...
by Randy LoBasso | Jan 30, 2020 | Vision Zero
The Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee will be having a voting session the first week of February, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has learned. So, if you haven’t yet, it’s imperative you sign our combined petition with Bike...
by Randy LoBasso | Jan 24, 2020 | Vision Zero
For the third time in the last three months, members of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia staff and volunteers set out to do something extremely simple and satisfying. We picked up some brooms, shovels, and gigantic paper bags to clean some bike lanes. We...
