🕯️ WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
🚗💨 FAIRMOUNT PARK SPEEDING DATA
Philly Bike Action recently threw its inaugural Belmont Speedway Family Picnic in West Fairmount Park.
Families picnicked and Elmo danced as volunteers recorded the unsafe speeds of cars along Belmont Ave.
We're joining with Philly Bike Action to call on elected officials to do something about this dangerous speeding. Sign this petition to ensure people, not cars, are prioritized in Fairmont Park.
🗳️ RETURN YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOTS
📣 TELL PPD TO PRIORITIZE TRAFFIC SAFETY
- Ranking "Public Safety" (which presumably includes road safety) as "Very Important" in Q1
- Listing "Traffic Safety" as an "Every Day" impact in Q2
- Speaking to topics such as street safety, reckless driving, speeding, red light enforcement, illegal/obscured plates, etc. in free text Q3 and Q6.
📰 5TH SQUARE IN THE NEWS
The Inquirer:
In response to the Preservation Alliance’s study, 5th Square, a Philadelphia-based urbanist political action committee, said it supports efforts to rehabilitate older buildings and that “Philadelphia’s dense, historic neighborhoods are a beloved feature of the city.”
“However, we remain concerned about the proliferation of historical preservation districts across the city,” Brennan Maragh, cochair of the group’s housing committee, said in an emailed statement. “These districts ... impose real costs on families, small businesses, and owners attempting to maintain or improve their properties.”
🚨 ACTION ITEMS
🚲 Parking-Protected Bike Lane Petition
Parking-protected bike lanes are a great way to make our bikes lanes safer and lower stress, but they are illegal in PA! The Bicycle Coalition is fighting for their legalization. Sign their petition to show your support for safer bike lanes!
🚫 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.
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Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania / Training and Education Director
SEPTA / Assistant General Manager (AGM) - Government Affairs
Frankford CDC / DHCD Community Connector
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City of Philadelphia
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