Program Updates
2025-2030 Action Plan Development
We need your support (yes, you!) to write a plan that keeps our Vision Zero actions focused on community priorities. The Vision Zero Action Plan 2025-2030 is being updated this year and is set to be completed by October 31, 2025. The Vision Zero team is updating the action items that guide our efforts and set our priorities. Each month this year, we are featuring either a program that advances the goals of the Vision Zero Action Plan or the progress being made on Action Plan development. This month, we are featuring our ongoing Vision Zero roundtables.
We are looking for your feedback on community needs and priorities through surveys and in-person roundtable sessions. Please click below to stay included on Action Plan updates or to express interest in your organization participating in a Vision Zero roundtable session. Your feedback will help us develop new programs that address traffic safety concerns across the city.
Vision Zero PHL 2025
The Vision Zero PHL 2025 conference is next week on Friday, March 28.
Hear from local and national experts in a day-long event with speakers, panels, and networking opportunities. At this year’s conference, the Vision Zero team will be participating in panels and hosting a Vision Zero Ambassador training. Join us!
Lunch is included! 🎟️ Tickets available now! https://bicyclecoalition.org/visionzero2025/
Philly Stat 360 Hub
The Philly Stat 360 Hub Vision Zero page is live! Please visit the page to view traffic crash data, to learn about Philadelphia’s approach to Vision Zero, and to see our programs and projects that are improving traffic safety. By viewing the Projects on the High Injury Network, you can see the progress that is being made towards Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s executive order to program safety improvements on every mile of the High Injury Network by 2030.
#BLACKHISTORYINTRANSPORTATION
We are excited to highlight an individual who has had a profound impact on transportation and her community in Philadelphia as part of Indego’s Black History Month series.
Mrs. Ella Best, a lifelong resident of South Philadelphia, was a strong advocate for safety and health in her community. As president and founder of the nonprofit “Don’t Shoot… I Want A Future,” Ella worked to encourage youth to stay focused on positivity and growth through education and physical activity as a way to avoid crime and violence.
As a community champion and former Indego Community Ambassador, Ella was always happy to share her joy of riding Indego with anyone who would listen. For her, it was about engagement and building connections.
Through her annual bike rides delivering food to those in need, or the memorable “Glow Ride” that went from Point Breeze to Boathouse Row with community members and Indego bikes decorated in colorful lights and glow sticks, Ella worked hard to make sure her community knew that Indego was fun and for them. When asked what her favorite part of bicycling was, Ella answered, “Connecting with the people,” and through those connections, Ella has built a legacy that will live on forever.
After Mrs. Ella’s unfortunate passing in 2019, Indego dedicated the 22nd & Federal Indego station where she led many community rides in her honor.
Visit www.rideindego.com/blog/black-history-month-2025/ to read more Black History Month conversations with Philly cyclists.
Grants Update
Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) Awards:
- $1.5 million to continue the Slow Zone program and bring the speed management toolkit to two neighborhoods experiencing high rates of crash-related injuries and deaths.
- $2 million to continue the “Signal Integration” program and to focus this program on City Avenue, between Presidential Boulevard and 77th Street.
- $1.5 million to improve safety for transit users at intersections along SEPTA’s Trolley Modernization corridors.
- $2 million to construct modern roundabouts at tow or more locations citywide, replace geometrically over-capacity or overly complex signalized intersections having adequate right-of-way.
- $3.6 million for Roosevelt Blvd Parallel Corridor Intersection Modifications. The program will fund design and construction at several locations, which are determined by project viability, crash data, and funding gaps for projects currently underway.
PA DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) Awards:
- Castor Avenue Streetscape Project – $250,000
- 52nd Street Corridor Revitalization – $500,000
- Gay Street Rehabilitation Project – $400,000
- Spruce & Pine Street Separated Bike Lanes – $650,000
- Avenue of the States Sidewalk Repair – $198,636
Infrastructure Solutions Team (IST) Update
February was Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month – an annual celebration of the accomplishments of CTE programs and students across the country. Students enrolled in CTE gain academic, technical, and workplace skills while exploring different career opportunities in industries like manufacturing and construction. Students can gain industry-recognized credentials and hands-on training while earning their high school diploma. The City of Philadelphia’s Infrastructure Solutions Team (IST) released the Construction Career Map. This graphic is a visual roadmap for users to learn more about entry points and career progression in construction.
Applications are open for the 2025-2026 Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps! Serve Philadelphia VISTAs are AmeriCorps VISTA members serving in departments across the City of Philadelphia. For the past two years, VISTA members have helped build capacity for the Safe Routes Philly program.
The current Safe Routes Philly VISTA, Caroline Robertson, supports the Program Coordinator by expanding outreach to schools and community members to grow Safe Routes Philly’s programming. Some highlights from her service year so far include mornings walking and biking with students, presenting to students about the importance of Vision Zero, and learning firsthand from co-workers about all the ways the Office of Multimodal Planning is working to make traveling around Philadelphia safer for everyone.
Learn more about the Serve Philadelphia VISTA program and how you can serve here.
Upcoming Events
You’ll see us and our partners out in the community at the events listed below.
- March 22—PMBC Block Captain Rally (Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St)
- March 27—PennDOT Aggressive Driving Enforcement Wave Press Event (2201 Belmont Ave)
- March 28—Vision Zero PHL 2025 Conference (Temple University Student Center South, 1755 N 13th St)
- April 5 – Philly Spring Clean Up (various locations)
Partner Updates
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Coming soon: Regional Vision Zero crowdsource map! Use this mapping tool to report a traffic safety concern. Comments gathered here will raise awareness of traffic safety concerns and help inform the Regional Vision Zero plan. Watch this space in the coming weeks: www.dvrpc.org/transportation/safety/visionzero/.
PennDOT
Castor Ave (State Route 1005) & Wyoming Ave Roundabout project has been awarded. The project includes construction of a single-lane roundabout including relocating drainage facilities, utilities, highway lighting, reconstruction of the existing roundabout and approaches, and other miscellaneous construction. The anticipated completion date is August of 2026.
Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)
Get Active and Connect with Your Community: Join We Walk PHL! Looking for a fun, free way to stay active, explore Philadelphia’s parks, and meet new people? We Walk PHL is the perfect opportunity! This community walking program encourages health and wellness by offering free weekly walking groups across the city during the spring and fall seasons. Learn More and Join: We Walk PHL Program Details
Program Highlights:
- Free Weekly Walks: Walks take place 1-3 times a week at various public parks across the city.
- Community-Led: Local community members are trained as group leaders to guide and motivate participants.
- Inclusive and Welcoming: Open to individuals of all ages and fitness levels.
- Health and Wellness Focus: Participants have shared success stories of improved health, weight loss, and new friendships.
Vision Zero in the News
Philadelphia 
Parker budget plan details Vision Zero, Parks, Market East spending (BillyPenn at WHYY)
More bicycle lanes could come to Philly, connecting riders to the Schuylkill River Trail and Temple (WHYY)
5 Philly school zones may get speed cameras to improve student safety (Philly Voice)
‘Open Streets’ returning to Center City. Find out when Rittenhouse goes car-free (NBC Philadelphia)
Parents rejoice, SEPTA’s making it easier to bring a stroller on the bus (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pedestrian Refuge Islands coming to Chestnut Street intersections (west Philly local)
Shapiro Administration Invests Over $20 Million in Traffic Safety Improvements (PA.gov)
What if SEPTA buses got longer green lights, shorter red lights? A yearlong pilot will find out (kyw newsradio)
Speed camera fines fund new traffic safety projects in Philadelphia (6abc)
City of Philadelphia, PennDOT and SEPTA Launch Pilot Program to Accept PHLCityID as Valid Proof of Age for Seniors (phila.gov)
Market Street river bridge to close for reconstruction next year (BillyPenn at WHYY)
Mayor Parker appoints nonprofit leader Angela D. Brooks to oversee H.O.M.E., Philly’s long-awaited housing initiative (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Shapiro Administration Allocates $17.4 Million to Traffic Safety in Philadelphia, Focusing on Roosevelt Boulevard (hoodline)
PATCO Franklin Square Station to Open on April 3 (Delaware River Port Authority)
What We’re Reading 
Students Tackle Micro Transit in Annual Public Health Case Competition (Drexel University)
Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says (The Guardian)
NACTO President Advocates for City Funding Needs in Front of Senate EPW Committee (NACTO)
Complete Streets Drive Housing, Jobs, and Retail Gains (Planning Magazine)
Vision Zero Jobs
Transit Project Coordinator, City of Philadelphia (OTIS)
Serve Philadelphia VISTA, City of Philadelphia
Senior Transportation Planner/Senior Transportation Engineer, DVRPC
Public Participation Planner, DVRPC
Join the Conversation
Vision Zero aims to eliminate all traffic deaths and severe injuries on Philadelphia streets www.visionzerophl.com. Follow OTIS on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and help us share safety messages with your networks using the hashtag #VisionZeroPHL.
Do you have events, accomplishments, or calls to action to share with the Vision Zero Task Force, subcommittees, and community? Send your next month’s updates by Friday, April 4 to Virginia Lynn at virginia.lynn@phila.gov.