by John Boyle | Dec 13, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Earlier this week, planners from the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems attended the Callowhill Neighbors Association meet at Azavea on Spring Garden Street to unveil a proposal to redesign the bike lanes on 10th and 13th Street from Vine to Spring... by Leonard Bonarek | Dec 12, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
At this time last year we scheduled a clean up of the West Chestnut bike lane, only to have Philadelphia Streets Department swoop in with a preemptive sweep up. Once again, our plans to clean the West Chestnut Bike Lane were foiled. We planned to tidy up on Saturday... by John Boyle | Dec 7, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Benjamin Harris On December 11th, the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure System (oTIS) will hold an open house and the final workshop for this phase of the Roosevelt Boulevard Route for Change Program, in an effort to help shape the long-term future of... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 6, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, Vision Zero
By Sarah Clark Stuart and Randy LoBasso Early one morning on a dry, cold November day, the driver of a garbage truck took the life of Emily Fredricks, a 24 year-old woman on her way to work while riding on the Spruce Street bike lane. In the difficult days and weeks... by Bicycle Coalition | Dec 6, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Benjamin Harris Earlier this month the Bicycle Coalition began a pilot with the City of Philadelphia to tackle illegal closures of our sidewalks, bike lanes, and streets, and asked our supporters to report problems with disruptions. See the original post here for... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 4, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The Streets Department has decided to install minimal protection on 27th Street leading to the South Street Bridge. The flex-posts going in on 27th Street, which are supposed to be installed this month, will be a bare minimum measure and, given the area in which they...