by Sarah Clark Stuart | May 14, 2020 | News, Vision Zero
The organizers of the Ride of Silence are still encouraging anyone to ride themselves, with family or household members or “virtually” (on a trainer) on either May 20th or on May 23rd to commemorate cyclists who lost their lives in traffic crashes. For the...
by John Boyle | Apr 21, 2020 | News, Vision Zero
According to preliminary data from the Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Unit’s Fatal Crashes report on Open Data Philly, 17 pedestrians were killed by motor vehicles in Philadelphia during the first quarter of 2020. That represents an 88 percent...
by Randy LoBasso | Apr 9, 2020 | Biking in Philly
After several months of planning and meetings, a Philadelphia neighborhood organization has successfully blocked the construction of a new protected bike lane and section of the East Coast Greenway. Taking place in March, just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut...
by Randy LoBasso | Mar 31, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation has announced that the Wissahickon Bridges have reopened to bicyclists and pedestrians. Four bridges in Wissahickon Valley Park in Northwest Philadelphia had been closed after the most recent person driving a minivan plunged off...
by Randy LoBasso | Mar 11, 2020 | News
As we reported last week, another vehicle slammed into the Wissahickon Bridge along the trail next to Lincoln Drive, closing the bridge for the foreseeable future. The bridge, which closed on February 28th, remains closed and, unfortunately, we do not have information...