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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
It’s Time To Think About Micromobility Charging Stations
The Federal government's love affair with funding incentives for electric vehicle charging stations does not trickle down to e-bike or e-scooter users. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI) awarded Pennsylvania $175 million to install EV chargers...
Vision Zero 2024: Main Room Plenaries
For the Vision Zero Conference we host two all conference plenary that take place at the beginning and end of the conference. This year our plenaries will focus on local and state legislative efforts to make our streets safer. The morning plenary is all about Traffic...
Bus Revolution Faces Further Delays, While Riders Need Urgent Help
After 3-5 years of process, Bus Revolution is delayed again. SEPTA and City Council need to work together to give bus riders progress.
The Success of BCYC’s “Headshots for Help”
BCYC teamed up with the renowned photographer and philanthropist, KD Morris through the Headshots for Help initiative, a unique event where individuals exchanged in-kind donations, specifically snacks, for professional headshots. The inaugural event held at KD Morris'...
Take Action to Protect Access to E-Bikes in New Jersey
Take Action! In December we published a blog post that highlighted a bill that would require owners of low-speed e-bikes and e-scooters to buy liability insurance and register their personal conveyance with the Motor Vehicle Commission. That bill was re-introduced in...
Vision Zero PHL 2024 sessions announced!
So much has changed in Philadelphia since the first Vision Zero PHL conference 10 years ago, and this year's theme, "Vision Zero at a Crossroads", brings current challenges into sharper focus. As traffic fatalities across the country have been on the rise,...
Mayor Parker Announced Separation of Streets and Sanitation Departments
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...
Our Comments for the I-95 South Philadelphia Plan
There has been a lot of talk on how out of touch PennDOT's initial vision for I-95 (a.k.a. I-95 CSP or I-95 section B) between Market Street and FDR Park since Inga Saffron published this article critiquing the preliminary design and the multiple options that were...
Making FDR Park Safer For Bicyclists and Pedestrians – Our Proposed Changes
In response to the death of Mario Adamo who was killed by a driver while bicycling on the loop road of FDR Park. The Department of Parks and Rec have been looking at ways to make the roads in the park safer for everyone. Last fall two sets of speed cushions were...
What’s new in Harrisburg? Automated Speed Cameras and Public Transit Funding
Automated Speed Enforcement Legislation: HB 1284 passed in December of 2023 with an expansion of the existing Roosevelt Boulevard program to 5 additional permanent corridors and 5 school zone pilots set to expire in 5 years. On Monday, January 29th, we joined our...
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