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Recap: The 2022 Eastern PA Greenways and Trails Summit
In September the Bicycle Coalition participated in the biennial Eastern PA Greenways and Trails Summit. This regional summit alternates with the Pennsylvania Greenways and Trails Summit. This year's summit was held at the State Theater in Easton and brings together...
New Traffic Calming Proposal for W. Washington Avenue
With respect to our understanding of Washington Avenue's 2022 configuration, 11th to 5th was slated to be narrowed to three lanes with a parking protected bike lane, while the rest of the Avenue would remain five lanes wide. As milling and paving started a few weeks...
Philadelphia Celebrates the K&T Trail Phase 2 Groundbreaking!
On Monday, October 17th, elected representatives of Philadelphia, including Congressman Brendan Boyle, Councilmember Mike Driscoll, and other city officials held a groundbreaking for the newest connector along the Circuit Trails at Lardner's Point Park south of the...
Vision Zero Win: Philadelphia PD (Finally) Agrees to Drop Accident from Investigation Unit Name
After seven years of advocacy, the Philadelphia Police Department responded to numerous requests from Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia and the Bicycle Coalition to abandon the name "Accident Investigation Division" and rename the unit Crash Investigation...
Vision Zero PHL programs needs more funds and staff capacity in order to hit goal of eliminating traffic fatalities
October 6, 2022 Vision Zero annual report shows 2021 traffic fatalities remain high PHILADELPHIA - On Thursday, October 6th, the City of Philadelphia released its annual Vision Zero report that shows that Philadelphia ended 2021 with 121 traffic fatalities. This...
Philadelphia’s Vision Zero Budget $6M Higher than Proposed
We are happy to report that after several years of advocacy by the AARP-led Livable Communities Network and our Policy team, Philadelphia's Vision Zero budget has increased for fiscal year 2023. Since 2020, the Bicycle Coalition, along with AARP and the Livable...
SEPTA updates Bike Policy to allow Bikes on all NHSL and BSL trains
We are happy to report that effective immediately, SEPTA's Bike Policy will now allow for bikes on all Norristown High Speed Line and Broad Street Line trains. This announcement comes after advocacy from our Policy Team, Transit Forward Philadelphia and Clean Air...
PennDOT Resurfacing Will Bring New Bike Lanes to W. Market Street
Starting this week, more than 200 miles of state highways around the Philadelphia region will be resurfaced. PennDOT sends out paving notices a couple weeks in advance of new projects and the notices include paving for the next following week. On this particular...
The Future of Bus Lane Enforcement
SEPTA, PPA and the City announced plans last week to start ramping up bus lane enforcement in Center City. As you may have noticed, Chestnut St. in Center City is shining bright with some new red painted "Bus Only Lanes" but despite the paint, the city is still...
City To Conduct Expanded Hours Residential Sanitation Collection Pilot Program
We are so excited to hear that the City of Philadelphia is going to conduct a pilot of expanded residential sanitation pick up times. Since November of 2017, when Emily Fredricks was killed by the driver of a private sanitation truck early on a weekday morning, we...
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