Newsletter: 🚇 TONIGHT: Last Roosevelt Blvd Open House / 📚🚲 Books on Bikes / 💔 Pedestrian Killed on Washington Ave

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 312 🚇 TONIGHT: LAST ROOSEVELT BLVD OPEN HOUSE Tonight is the last Roosevelt Blvd open house! PennDOT, SEPTA and the City of Philadelphia have been hosting a series of open houses on the future of Roosevelt Blvd where they're asking YOU to choose a transit option for the future of Roosevelt Blvd. Continue reading

Washington Ave Connector Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6th, 2025 PHILADELPHIA — Last Friday, a man was killed and a woman was injured as they attempted to walk across Washington Ave at Front Street. Just six months prior, a man in his 60s was struck and killed crossing the same intersection. Continue reading

Newsletter: 👀🗓️ Looking Back on 2024

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 311 👀🗓️ LOOKING BACK ON 2024 As 2024 comes to a close, let's take a moment to reflect on some of our victories and accomplishments from the past year. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🎁 Last-Minute Gift Idea / 🛣️ Market Street Transformation / 🏀 Sixers Arena Approved

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 310 🎁 LAST-MINUTE GIFT IDEA Need a last-minute gift for the urbanist in your life? We still have some GrimGrimGrim Blvd Subway shirts left in stock. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🌉 Delaware River Bridge Multi-Use Path / 🚇 Support a Subway on Roosevelt Blvd / 🎉 Holiday Party Recap

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 309 5th Square is Philadelphia's urbanist political action committee, organizing and advocating for better transportation, land use, and public space policies. Our work is made possible through the support of over 400 members donating anywhere from $5 to $25 a month. A huge thank you to the folks who attended our Holiday Party last Friday! It was a great night celebrating our 10th year as an organization and the achievements of our award winners and urbanist community! Continue reading

Newsletter: ☃️🥳 Holiday Party on Friday / 🏆 2024 Urbanist Award Winners / 🚇 Advocate for Roosevelt Blvd Subway

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 308 ☃️🥳 HOLIDAY PARTY ON FRIDAY THIS FRIDAY, Join 5th Square members and friends for our annual Holiday Party + Urbanist Awards Ceremony at Indy Hall! Come celebrate with other Philadelphia built environment activists, neighborhood and community leaders, architects, planners, builders, and sustainability advocates at the urbanist holiday party of the season! Continue reading

Newsletter: 🍻 Tomorrow: Happy Hour with Welcoming Neighbors Network / 🚇 Roosevelt Blvd Updates / ❄️ Open Streets this Weekend

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 307 🍻 TOMORROW: HAPPY HOUR WITH WELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK  Join us TOMORROW for an informal meet-up with abundant housing advocates from across the Northeast Region of Welcoming Neighbors Network (WNN)! Continue reading

Newsletter: 🥳 SEPTA Death Spiral Averted / 🍻 Happy Hour with Welcoming Neighbors Network / 🏆 Nominations Due for Urbanist Awards

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 306 🥳 SEPTA DEATH SPIRAL AVERTED Governor Shapiro announced that he is flexing $153 million in federal highway to SEPTA. Averting disastrous service cuts, fare increases, and the transit death spiral that would ensue. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🚋 This Thursday: Meetup and Trolley Modernization Updates / 🏆 Nominate Someone for Our Urbanist Awards / ❄️ More Rittenhouse Open Streets in December

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 305 🚋 THIS THURSDAY: MEETUP AND TROLLEY MODERNIZATION UPDATES Join us this THURSDAY November 21st from 6-8pm for an informal, in-person meet-up over at Resurrection Philadelphia’s Annex! This is an indoor/outdoor, family-friendly event. Continue reading

Newsletter: 🚲 Actions for Safer Streets / 🚋 November Meetup Next Week / 💪💲 Ask Gov Shapiro to Flex Highway Funds to SEPTA

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 304 🚲 LEGALIZE PARKING PROTECTED BIKE LANES There is still a chance during this legislative session to legalize parking protected bike lanes in PA. Legislators will be back in Harrisburg on November 13th to “wrap up” some bills. Reach out to State Legislators Today. Continue reading