by Randy LoBasso | Jul 26, 2017 | Featured, Vision Zero
The National Transportation Safety Board took a huge step yesterday when it released a new study identifying speed-related deaths and injuries “as an urgent and under-addressed national problem,” as noted by the Vision Zero Network. Ten-thousand people are killed... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 26, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Tonight, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission will unveil the final designs for the upcoming American Street protected bike lane. The last public information about this project noted that it would be Philadelphia’s first center-lane, raised protected bike lane... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 25, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Citing the concerns of some Lombard Street residents, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson sent a letter to the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems last Friday rejecting the the City’s proposal to create a protected bike lane along that street for six months in... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 19, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Everyone has a role to play in making our streets safer, and at the Bicycle Coalition, we feel we have a unique opportunity to both inform all road users of the laws of the road—and to make sure we’re representing bicyclists in this effort. That’s why for the second... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 17, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The City of Philadelphia is proposing that the buffered bike lanes on Lombard, 27th and South Streets be converted into protected bike lanes. Tonight, there is a Public Listening Session for the neighbors and those use the streets for transportation. Please attend... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 14, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Editor’s note: As cyclists, we understand there are some people who don’t like us, no matter what. Maybe they had a bad experience with a person on a bike at some point, maybe they don’t think we belong on the roads. Whatever the case, those people send me...