by Randy LoBasso | May 5, 2020 | Action Center, Biking in Philly
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has calculated that the City has a gap of $649M that needs to be closed before City Council can adopt a FY21 budget before June 30, 2020. $649M is 12 percent of the City’s overall budget. The Mayor is proposing to close the gap by... by Sarah Clark Stuart | May 1, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Note: When Mayor Kenney’s revised FY21 budget is published and analyzed, we will publish another blog post about that budget’s potential impact on Vision Zero and bicycle infrastructure and the Bicycle Coalition’s position. One of the many long...
by Randy LoBasso | Apr 24, 2020 | News
If you’re a Bicycle Coalition member, there’s someone you’ve undoubtedly corresponded with in the last few years, and that’s Ashley Vogel. Our (now former) Marketing and Development Manager spent the last few years sending out newsletters,...
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 | 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...