🍻 MEETUP ON THURSDAY

Join us this Thursday, June 5th for our first meetup in Roxborough!

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.

🍻 MEETUP ON THURSDAY

Join us this Thursday, June 5th for our first meetup in Roxborough!

We will be welcoming:

• Tarik Khan, State Representative, 194th House District
• Jax Cusack, Executive Director of Roxborough Development Corp.
• Jennifer Wallace & Will Kunkle from SEPTA will give updates on the under-construction Wissahickon Transportation Center
• Sarah Clark Stuart, Trails Manager, Philadelphia Streets Department
• Stephen Bronskill, Transit Forward Philly's Coalition Manager will update us on Statewide Transit Funding

🚨 ACTION ITEMS

🚘 End Parking Mandates

Parking mandates make housing more expensive and entrench car dependency by forcing businesses and housing developments to build parking spaces regardless of parking demand or proximity to transit.

Sign our petition to tell City Council: Abolish parking mandates in Philly!

🚫 Grays Ferry Is Not a Parking Lot

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would require a separate shuttle service. Sign our petition telling CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot

🚦 Center City Roadway Improvements

The City of Philadelphia is looking to make roadway improvements to Market St, JFK Boulevard, and 20th St. Provide feeback 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

Grassroots Lobby Day for Parking Protected Bike Lanes
Tuesday June 3rd • 8:00 am | Pennsylvania Capitol Complex in Harrisburg
The Bicycle Coalition will be meeting Families for Safe Streets and Bike Pittsburgh in Harrisburg for a day of advocacy and speaking with legislators about the safety benefits of parking protected bike lanes

We Want Transit for All PA! Rally & Lobby Day
Wednesday, June 4, 10am – 3pm | PA Capitol Building, East Wing Fountain
Join Transit for All PA! for a day of rallying and meeting with state legislators to share our stories and tell them: Pennsylvania deserves transit that moves all of us!

5th Square June Meetup
June 5, 6:00pm – 8pm | New Ridge Brewing Company, 6168 Ridge Ave
Join 5th Square organizers and volunteers for an informal, in-person meet-up where we will welcome Tarik Khan, State Representative for the 194th House District, and Jack Cusack, executive director of Roxborough Development Corp.

WHAT WE'RE READING

🏙️ HOUSING & LAND USE

🌳 PUBLIC SPACE

• Grid Magazine / A gap persists between Philadelphians and their parks

• The New York Times / This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger.

🚌 TRANSIT

• Inquirer.com / SEPTA’s planned cuts could add 70,000 hours to the region’s morning commute

• The Philadelphia Citizen / SEPTA Crisis: Not Just a Philadelphia Problem

• 6abc Philadelphia / 'A disaster for us': Philadelphia business owner fears fallout from proposed SEPTA cuts

• Inquirer.com / SEPTA appoints Scott Sauer, former trolley driver, as permanent general manager

• Inquirer.com / 10 commuting nightmares from SEPTA riders afraid of the proposed cuts

🚴 MOBILITY

• Inquirer.com / Grays Ferry Avenue is already a speedway. CHOP’s mammoth garage will make it even worse.

• 6abc Philadelphia / Girl, 11, suffers fractured nose, missing teeth in Philadelphia hit-and-run

• PhillyVoice / Section of 47th Street in West Philly to be turned into one-way road to make room for bike lane

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

10,000 Friends of PA / Policy Director

Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation / Vice President Strategic Initiatives, Navy Yard

World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia / President

University City District / Salesforce & IT Administrator

Paper Trail Bike Cafe / Hiring

City of Philadelphia

• Service Delivery Improvement Manager (OTIS)
• Operations and Engagement Specialist (Office of Immigrant Affairs)
  
• Executive Director of Training Curriculum and Professional Development
• Data Visualization Specialist

DVRPC / Transportation Safety Planning Intern

Ardmore Initiative / Director of Administration

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission / Director of Regional Planning

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