by Nicole Brunet | Feb 23, 2024 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Earlier this month, the City of Philadelphia’s office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS) released their updated traffic calming request process. For almost a year, OTIS and the Streets department have been working to make the existing...
by Nicole Brunet | Feb 8, 2024 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
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...
by Connor Descheemaker | Aug 30, 2023 | News
Guest blogpost written by Connor Descheemaker, Coalition Manager of Transit Forward Philadelphia The Transit Forward Philadelphia coalition organized to win low-income fares, free transfers, steps toward fare-capping, more money for accessibility improvements, and...
by Nicole Brunet | Aug 8, 2023 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
On Friday, August 4th the driver of a Tesla hit a cyclist, Mario D’Adamo III, and a pedestrian before attempting to flee and running into a tree in FDR Park. ABC 6 previously reported that the pedestrian was in critical condition and the cyclists was in stable...
by Nicole Brunet | Mar 30, 2023 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
Like many groups, we have been closely following the race for Philadelphia’s 100th Mayor. We formed a coalition, built a platform, met with candidates, released a questionnaire, and will be hosting a mayoral forum on Friday, March 31st! Take a look at what some of...