by Randy LoBasso | Apr 5, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Wednesday’s Spruce/Pine meeting was very well attended and organized. The evening opened with a human-protected bike lane along Spruce Street for cyclists to show support for safer, better infrastructure, and proceeded with a well-organized, informative meeting by the... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 4, 2018 | Featured, Vision Zero
Tonight is the first night of meetings that will begin what we believe are a change from Spruce and Pine Streets as they exist today, to comfortable spaces where pedestrians, people on bicycles, and motorists can co-exist peacefully. I know, it sounds like a... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 27, 2018 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured
When the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine were installed in 2009, they were pretty cutting edge, as far as U.S. bike lanes went. Stretching from river to river, the lanes were installed after removing a lane of motor vehicle traffic, and prioritized bicycle... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 12, 2018 | Crash, Featured, Vision Zero
Forty-six year-old Maria Jacovelli was struck and killed by the driver of a minivan on Sunday in South Philadelphia, making her at least the third pedestrian killed by a driver in Philadelphia in 2018. In response to the tragedy, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater... by Bicycle Coalition | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
By Kyle Hearing Since 2014, the Bicycle Coalition has been urging the City of Philadelphia to adopt Vision Zero. In early 2015, it called for Philadelphia to adopt a Vision Zero policy in its Better Mobility mayoral platform. In the fall of 2015, BCGP hosted the first...