by Randy LoBasso | Oct 15, 2018 | Featured, Vision Zero
Editor’s note: The following was recently sent to the Philadelphia Parking Authority by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. The Bicycle Coalition continues to work with other organizations and agencies to remedy the situation of blocked rights-of-way... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 26, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, Vision Zero
The family of Emily Fredricks recently settled with Gold Medal trucking company over Emily’s death in November 2017. Fredricks was riding her bicycle on a faded buffered bike lane on Spruce Street in Center City when the driver of a Gold Medal trash truck... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 19, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
After more than a month of negotiations and re-scheduled court hearings, flex-posts were installed at 13th and Spruce Street Streets today, to better the bike lane in front of the new Fairfield Marriott Hotel. The issue began this past spring after the hotel... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Sep 13, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The family of Emily Fredricks, who was killed by a Gold Medal trash truck while bicycling on the Spruce Street bike lane on November 28, 2017, made an important announcement that they had reached a settlement of $6 Million with the owners of the Gold Medal company.... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 10, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia held a series of ‘car counts’ last month, to start the data gathering practice pertaining to Spruce and Pine Streets through Center City. As many know, Spruce and Pine Streets are not safe enough and there is a plan to...