🗳️ VOTE TODAY
It's Election Day! Stop by your polling place between 7am and 8pm and go vote!
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 nearly 450 members donating anywhere from $5 to $25 a month.
🗳️ VOTE TODAY
It's Election Day! Stop by your polling place between 7am and 8pm and go vote!
For a full election guide, sample ballot, and to make sure you're registered, see this guide from Committee of 70.
If you'd like to bike to the polls, Indego is offering two free rides today with code VOTE2024.
🚉💸 HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT SEPTA FUNDING
In case you missed it, the PA General Assembly failed to find a funding source for our state's transit agencies before their session ended, but there's still a way to avoid SEPTA's drastic service cuts.
Sign our petition to call on Governor Shapiro and the DVRPC board to flex federal highway funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law toward transit!
Learn more about how this process could work in this Op-Ed in the Inquirer:
After signing our petition, contact Governor Shapiro and ask that he flex federal highway funding to prevent cuts to public transportation.
Contact Form: https://www.pa.gov/form/governor/contact.html
Text: 717-788-8990 -- or -- Call: 717-787-2500
🌎🕯️ WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
On Sunday, November 17th, the Bicycle Coalition and Families for Safe Streets will be recognizing Philadelphia's traffic victims in Carroll Park as part of World Day of Remembrance 2024.
Join them to remember those we've lost and call on our city's leaders to make our streets safer for all.
🚋 NOVEMBER MEETUP AND TROLLEY MODERNIZATION UPDATES
Join us on 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.
We will be welcoming guests from SEPTA to discuss their work on Trolley Modernization, a program that will transform SEPTA’s trolley network into an accessible, fast, and easy to use system.
🎄 SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR HOLIDAY PARTY
Join 5th Square members and friends for our annual Holiday Party + Urbanist Awards Ceremony at Indy Hall on December 13th at 7 PM!
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!
Nominate a friend or colleague for one of our awards here! Nominations are due by Sunday, December 1st at 5pm.
We also need volunteers to help us run the party. Sign up to volunteer here and you'll get free admission.
🚨 ACTION ITEMS
🚲 Support the Spruce and Pine Streets Redesign
Opponents in Society Hill have been circulating flyers with a petition opposing life-saving measures which would add concrete protection to the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine Streets. To help us push back and show our elected officials that we support safer Spruce and Pine Streets, sign and share our petition supporting the redesign.
🏘️ More Housing in PA
🚲 22nd St Bike Lane Petition
Philly Bike Action is organizing efforts calling for a bike lane on 22nd St from Fairmount Ave to Brown St. Sign their petition here.
🛣️ Stop I-95 Expansion
PennDOT is planning to expand I-95 in Center City and South Philly by adding lanes and new ramps. This will threaten the well-being of our neighborhoods by worsening air quality, increasing noise pollution, harming our access to the waterfront, and destroying sports facilities. To make matters worse, PennDOT has been deceitful about its engagement efforts.
Join us in telling PennDOT that highway expansion has no place in the core of Philadelphia by signing our petition.
EVENTS
ELECTION DAY
November 5th, 7am to 8pm | Find your polling place
For a full election guide, sample ballot, and to make sure you're registered, see this guide from Committee of 70. For more details, see the Philadelphia City Commissioner's website.
November 8–9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The goal of the conference is to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in urban and regional economics. Previous editions have convened 40 or more economists from around the world to present, discuss, and participate in the workshop.
World Day of Remembrance 2024
Nov 17, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Carroll Park, 5800 W Girard Ave
Join the Bicycle Coalition and Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia for a day of remembrance for traffic victims.
November 18, 12pm – 1pm | Hybrid: Indy Hall and remote via Zoom
At this meeting, we will introduce our organization and recent campaigns,
onboard folks with our tech, discuss and brainstorm upcoming 5th Square priorities and volunteer opportunities.
November 5th Square Meetup
November 21, at 6:00pm – 8pm | 401 S 42nd St
Join us for an informal, in-person meet-up over at Resurrection Philadelphia’s Annex! This is an indoor/outdoor, family-friendly event. We will be hosting guests from SEPTA to talk about Trolley Modernization.
5th Square Holiday Party + Awards Ceremony
December 13, 2024 at 7:00pm – 9pm | Indy Hall, 709 N 2nd St
Join 5th Square for our annual holiday party and an awards ceremony where we will be presenting awards to members of our community for their outstanding contributions to Philadelphia’s urbanist movement.
WHAT WE'RE READING
🏙️ HOUSING & LAND USE
🌳 PUBLIC SPACE
🚌 TRANSIT
🚴 MOBILITY
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
5th Square is Philadelphia's urbanist political action committee.
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