by Randy LoBasso | Mar 30, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The Washington Post has a bombshell story today about the soaring rate of pedestrian deaths in the United States—but their look at data only tells part of the story for people in Philadelphia, where pedestrian deaths have been soaring at a greater rate than the... by Bicycle Coalition | Mar 27, 2017 | Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Featured, Uncategorized
With the momentum gained in the 2000s, the Bicycle Coalition has forged ahead the past 7 years to achieve great milestones for the biking community. Finally recognized as a major player in city transportation, biking has increased by 260% between 2005 and 2013 thanks... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 15, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
Perhaps the most breaking of news to come out of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision Zero Conference 2017 was Philadelphia’s Bike/Ped Coordinator Jeannette Brugger announcing a protected bike lane coming to West Chestnut Street. This is a project... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 10, 2017 | Featured, Vision Zero
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. introduced a new bill on Thursday that would attempt to reduce the number of pedestrian-related traffic deaths in Philadelphia, requiring an immediate response after a fatal traffic crash occurs. The bill, which would amend the city’s... by Randy LoBasso | Feb 2, 2017 | Crash, Featured
The last piece of New Year’s confetti had barely landed on the floor when the news came in on January 1, 2017: A pedestrian had been hit by a motorist who immediately fled the scene before crashing into a fence. The pedestrian was killed. It was the first...