Weekly Newsletter, Issue 253 🗳️ VOTE TODAY! It's election day! If you haven't voted already, polls will be open until 8:00 p.m. tonight. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 252 🚋 FASTER TROLLEYS AND BUSES Getting delayed on the bus or trolley from an illegally parked car is a frustrating experience that can make transit riders feel like second-class citizens. Fortunately, a new law passed by City Council would equip SEPTA buses and trolleys with cameras for automated enforcement against illegal parking in bus lanes, on trolley tracks, and blocking bus stops. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 251 ⚾ SPORTS AND SUBWAYS Last Tuesday, the sports complex was abuzz with three games in one night, drawing a massive crowd of 126,000 fans. Though it was a chaotic night if you were driving, the tens of thousands of fans who took the Broad Street Line had a fun, free, and fast trip down to South Philly. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 250 🙅 TELL PENNDOT NO HIGHWAY EXPANSION PennDOT is seeking feedback (respond by Thursday) for their plans to expand portions of I-95 through South Philly. All of PennDOT's proposed changes involve highway and ramp widenings through the heart of our city, which will increase traffic volume, pollution, and traffic deaths, and undermine sustainable modes of transportation like walking, biking, and public transit. Continue reading

Tell PennDOT that there should be no highway expansion or new interchange between the Walt Whitman Bridge and Broad St, and that we should instead create more walkable and bikeable streets, and expand public transit (eg the BSL Navy Yard Extension). Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 249 🚇 CITY COUNCIL BLVD SUBWAY HEARING TOMORROW TOMORROW at 1:00 p.m., City Council's Transportation Committee will be holding a virtual hearing on the proposed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway which will be streamed here. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 248 ✅ ENDORSEMENT ALERT 5th Square is proud to announce its endorsements for the following candidates running for City Council in this year’s general elections. Continue reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, October 2, 2023 5th Square is proud to announce its endorsements for the following candidates running for City Council in this year’s general elections. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 247 🏛️ LOBBY FOR SPEED CAMERAS Join us and the Bicycle Coalition in Harrisburg to renew and expand automated speed enforcement in Philly on Tuesday, October 3rd. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 246 🗳️ ENDORSEMENTS STRAW POLL Our membership is deciding our endorsements for the General Election THIS WEEK via straw poll.  JOIN TODAY to be part of this process by becoming a member for only $5 / month! Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 245 🤝 SEPTEMBER MEETUP: MANAYUNK 🚨THIS THURSDAY🚨September 14, 2023 at 6:00pm – 8pm Join 5th Square organizers and volunteers for an informal, in-person meet-up over at the PHS Pop Up Garden at Manayunk! We will be welcoming folks from SEPTA who will update us on the new Wissahickon Transportation Center. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 244 🚌 SEPTA BUS OVERHAUL - FINISHED PLANS After six years of planning, SEPTA is ready to unveil it's completed bus route system redesign. SEPTA will hold 10 public hearings over the last two weeks of September to collect final testimony, before the board can vote on whether or not to approve it. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 243 ⛰️OVAL MEETUP JOIN US! For a conversation with the Ben Franklin Parkway redesign team at the Oval Pop-Up Festival, this Sunday at noon! Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 242 🏖️ Beach Trip this Saturday It looks like this Saturday is going to have perfect beach weather! Join us in a daytrip to Atlantic City by beach train! We have a fun day planned of hoagie-eating, jitney-riding, beach-laying, and of course, margarita-drinking.   Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 241 🏖️ 5th Square Beach Trip What are you doing next Saturday? Join us in a daytrip to Atlantic City by beach train! We have a fun day planned of hoagie-eating, jitney-riding, beach-laying, and of course, margarita-drinking.   Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 240 5TH SQUARE IN THE NEWS🚸 Ways to Make Philly Kid-Friendly Philadelphia Magazine published a recently listed 17 ideas to make Philly a kid-friendly city. All of which are priorities which we embrace here at 5th Square. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 239 🐕 PETITION: Give Greyhound Riders Shelter We demand the Mayor and the Streets Department to require Greyhound to shelter their waiting riders and begin work on a new bus terminal. Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 238 🤝 Meetup Next Week Join 5th Square organizers and volunteers for an informal, in-person meet-up Resurrection Philadelphia’s Annex401 S 42nd St - West PhillyNEXT Thursday, July 6th at 6 PM Continue reading

Weekly Newsletter, Issue 237 🛣️ A Bold Proposal for I-95: Transportation Reparations The interstate has splintered neighborhoods and magnified inequities since its construction in 1957. Continue reading