by Nicole Brunet | Feb 24, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
During the 2023 Vision Zero Conference, we have breakout sessions in the morning and in the afternoon. In the morning there are three panels to choose from; The Future of Automated Speed Enforcement, Creating a More Equitable Chestnut Street, and Equitable Transit...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 24, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
As an outgrowth of the $5M Route for Change study that the City prepared with a federal RAISE planning grant during Mayor Kenney’s first term (read the 2021 final report here), U.S. Senator Bob Casey successfully advocated for a major grant from the U.S. DOT to...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Oct 25, 2022 | News
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...
by Nicole Brunet | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region
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...
by Nicole Brunet | Jun 8, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Philadelphia City Council’s Streets and Services Committee met for the first time since April of this year. The committee, led by Council member Isaiah Thomas, discussed 36 bills. We joined in the public testimony to support 6 of the bills presented. And we’re happy...