Newsletter: 🚂 Transit Rally In Harrisburg / 🛣️ Road Safety for Walnut & Chestnut / 📈 SEPTA need to grow ridership / 💄 Penn Center's Makeover
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 151
🚂 JOIN US IN HARRISBURG - FIGHT FOR TRANSIT FUNDING
Join 5th Sq and statewide partners for a RALLY in Harrisburg - NEXT TUESDAY 6/29, to fight for PA transit funding.
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Newsletter: ✨ WIN: Parking Tax Cut Rejected! / 🛣️ Bike Lanes for Walnut & Chestnut / 🚂 Fight for Transit Funding In Harrisburg
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 150
✨ WIN: PARKING TAX CUT REJECTED!
WHYY and The Inquirer are reporting that City Council is dropping their plan to cut the parking tax!
This is an incredible win!
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Newsletter: 💸 Reject Cuts to the Parking Tax / 🖼️ Ben Franklin Pkwy Revamp / 🏘️ Affordable Units Approved for West Philly
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 149
ACTION💸 REJECT THE PARKING TAX CUT
Tell Council to support transit passes for low-income residents, not giveaways to parking executives
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Newsletter: 🚋 A Setback for Trolleys / 🛣️ The Return of Cars / 🚂 Reforming Commuter Rail
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 148
5TH SQUARE IN THE NEWS🚋 A SETBACK FOR TROLLEY MOD
Tom Fitzgerald of the Inquirer wrote about how Amazon outbid SEPTA for land in Southwest Philly originally envisioned for a trolley maintenance yard -- and the lasting impacts this may have on modernizing our trolley fleet.
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🚧 More Safety Improvements for Cobbs Creek Parkway! 🚧
Thank you very much for being one of over 650 friends and neighbors who signed our petition calling for a safer Cobbs Creek Parkway.
To share some promising news, the City of Philadelphia has requested $800,000 in funding from the federal government for safety improvements at key pedestrian crossings at Cobbs Creek Parkway.
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Testimony for SEPTA's FY2022 Capital Budget
5th Square members and volunteers came to SEPTA's Capital Budget hearings today to advocate for
Trolley Modernization
Subway Station Accessibility
Expansion of Trolleybuses
Bicycle Amenities at stations
Here is the spoken testimony delivered at the virtual public meeting today by 5th Square members and volunteers.
This is in addition to a letter delivered by the Transit Forward Philadelphia to SEPTA with comments on the proposed operating and capital budgets.
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Newsletter: 🚋 Speak Out for Trolleys / 🅿️ Cutting the Parking Tax is a Bad Idea / 🌇 Defending Affordable Units
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 147
🚋 SPEAK OUT FOR TROLLEYS!
We are looking for speakers who would like to give short (2 minutes max) testimonials emphasizing the importance of clean, safe, accessible, and frequent trolley service. Personal stories are a plus!
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Newsletter: 🗳️ Election Day Next Tuesday / 🌇 In Defense of Affordable Housing / 🏞️ Keep MLK Open for People
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 146
🗳️ PRIMARY ELECTION DAY INFO
The primary election is NEXT TUESDAY, May 18, 2021.
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