by Lor Song | May 19, 2021 | Vision Zero, Biking in Philly, News, Safe Routes Philly
Later today, bicyclists from around the city, region, state, country, and world will participate in the Ride of Silence, a bicycle ride that takes place once a year to remember those cyclists who’ve been killed while on their bicycle. We long for the day where a...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | May 12, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly, Crash, Vision Zero
We learned today that the 74 year old killed on April 24th at Eakins Oval was Heather Ann Peters, a Bicycle Coalition member since 2012. The obituary in the Inquirer and here describe her life. “Dr. Heather A. Peters — sinologist, anthropologist,...
by Lor Song | May 3, 2021 | Safe Routes Philly, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The Philadelphia Streets Department has commenced construction on six Safe Space for Cyclists protected bike lanes this week. These are upgrades that are a long time coming and the result of planning, advocacy, funding, and community meetings — most of which...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 25, 2021 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
As we learned late yesterday from reports by the Inquirer, Fox 29 and NBC10, a woman on her bicycle was killed while crossing over Kelly Drive from Spring Garden to Eakins Oval. Our sincerest sympathies to her family and friends. This is a crash that should have been...
by Amanda Ruffner | Apr 12, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured
The first virtual version of our annual Vision Zero Conference wrapped Friday, March 26, with over 220 community members and advocates joining the 50+ speakers for a week of learning and conversation. Robin Hutcheson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety Policy at...