by Randy LoBasso | Jan 6, 2015 | Crash, Featured
As 2014 waned to a close, a bicyclist was killed on Christmas Eve in West Goshen Township, near West Chester, Pa. It’s an all too familiar story in Philadelphia and its suburbs—something we try to emphasize here every so often. Traffic crashes and deaths: They’re... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 3, 2014 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured
Philadelphians love to bike, and the numbers prove it. A higher percentage of people, 2.3 percent, commute by bicycle in Philadelphia than in any other big city in the United States. Bicycling grew 260 percent in Philly between 2005 and 2013, and bicyclists have, with... by Bicycle Coalition | Sep 23, 2014 | Crash, Safe Routes Philly, Uncategorized
Earlier this month, Mekhi Freeman, a ten-year-old student at Solis-Cohen Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia was killed in a crash while he was riding his bicycle near the intersection of Loretto and Longshore Avenues. Freeman was riding west through... by Bicycle Coalition | May 13, 2014 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured
Early Saturday morning, 38-year old Antonio (Tony) Sandoval Aparecio was killed while bicycling through the intersection of 2nd and Girard in Northern Liberties. He had just left Johnny Brenda’s, where he had worked as a cook for many years. The intersection at...
by Nicole Brunet | Jun 26, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Last week, City Council passed bill # 240434 enabling automated speed cameras on the entire length of Route 611/Broad Street. This is the first corridor of five allowed in the state legislation passed in December 2023. In 2023 the PA legislature passed HB 1284, making...