🎉 UPDATE ON CITY HALL BIKE LANE
Last week, we joined with Philly Bike Action for a late-breaking action asking for a bike lane around City Hall and we have an exciting update!
This past Thursday, Councilmember Young introduced the bill authorizing the bike lane which allows PennDOT to install it when repaving over the summer.
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.
🎉 UPDATE ON CITY HALL BIKE LANE
Last week, we joined with Philly Bike Action for a late-breaking action asking for a bike lane around City Hall and we have an exciting update!
This past Thursday, Councilmember Young introduced the bill authorizing the bike lane which allows PennDOT to install it when repaving over the summer.
Thank you to the 1,400+ petition signers who helped advocate for this and thank you to CM Young for supporting a safer and more accessible City Hall!
💰 TONIGHT: LEARN MORE ABOUT SEPTA'S BUDGET
Tonight at 6pm, the People's Budget Office is hosting a webinar focused on the SEPTA funding crisis.
Tune in to learn more about the numbers behind the funding crisis and how you can use the numbers to be a more effective advocate for transit.
People's Budget Office -- Budget 201: SEPTA
Tuesday, June 17, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Virtual Zoom Webinar
📋 CANVASS SEPTA RIDERS
Want to help stop the massive impending SEPTA cuts? A great way to get involved is to sign up to canvass SEPTA riders with Transit Forward Philly.
Thanks to your support, we have been able to procure thousands of printed flyers, postcards, and hundreds of postage stamps for folks to reach their legislators. You can still support our efforts by donating to our fund for canvassing materials.
By speaking directly with impacted riders, we ensure they know how the cuts will impact them and equip them with the knowledge they need to contact their elected officials.
🌈 GAYBORHOOD OPEN STREETS
The Gayborhood is going car free on June Sundays from 11am to 5pm!
What better way to celebrate Pride Month than to fill the streets of the Gayborhood with people.
🚨 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
🛣️ 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
People's Budget Office Webinar -- Budget 201: SEPTA
Tuesday, June 17, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Virtual via Zoom
What is behind SEPTA's funding crisis, and how are SEPTA's operating and capital budgets funded? Join SEPTA's Senior Director of Budgets and Transformation, Erik Johanson, for a deep dive on SEPTA's budget.
People’s Vision for Market East
Monday, June 23 · 5 - 7:30pm | Center for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch St
The Save Chinatown Coalition and Center City for Responsible Development are hosting an event to imagine a post-arena vision for Market East.
Development … For Good -- How To Solve a Housing Crisis
June 23, Happy Hour: 5-6pm, Program: 6-7:30pm | Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 S 24th St
This series by the Philadelphia Citizen delves into the economic and cultural difference that intentional real estate development can make. In this event, they will focus on Mayor Cherelle Parker's promise to build or renovate 30,000 affordable homes with guests Bruce Katz, director of Drexel University’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab, and Angela D. Brooks, Philadelphia’s Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer
Beyond the Boot: Parking, Trust, and What Moves a City
Jun 24, 4:00 PM | Virtual via Zoom
As part of a webinar series, Drexel is hosting PPA Director Richard Lazer for a conversation about how infrastructure, labor, and public safety intersect in daily city life and how the PPA is reinventing itself to rebuild trust and improve quality of life.
WHAT WE'RE READING
🏙️ HOUSING & LAND USE
🌳 PUBLIC SPACE
🚌 TRANSIT
🚴 MOBILITY
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
10,000 Friends of PA
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation /
World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia / President
University City District /
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