by Randy LoBasso | Oct 19, 2021 | News
Philadelphia’s World Day of Remembrance for victims of traffic violence will take place on November 21st along the Cobbs Creek Parkway in West Philadelphia. WDOR is an international event, honoring people who were killed in traffic crashes throughout the world,...
by Lor Song | Oct 8, 2021 | News, Crash, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
On Tuesday, October 5th, Yomar Rivera 17, was struck and killed while trying to cross at Adams Ave and Roosevelt Blvd around 7:30 PM. Yomar was returning from a job interview and was biking across the intersection when he was struck by a white Ford F-150 headed...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Oct 7, 2021 | News, Vision Zero
2020 was a terrible year for many reasons. In Philadelphia, the wide open and empty streets invited reckless and irresponsible motorists to speed dangerously and kill the most people (156) since 1989 (167 fatalities). Yesterday, the Office of Transportation,...
by John Boyle | Sep 17, 2021 | News
Earlier this month, we lost a long-time friend of the Bicycle Coalition, Dr. Ken Steif. Ken was a brilliant Geo-Spatial Analyst who used his knowledge to take on urban planning and policy through GIS analysis to make cities better, more equitable places. Even more...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 20, 2021 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
After months of advocacy to make the case for the best possible scenario for the future of Dr. MLK Jr. Drive, the road has been repaved and, as of this week, re-striped. And on July 20, 2021, the Kenney Administration announced what the plans are for when the Drive...