Philly Free Streets: 32 photos from the car-free party on North Broad

There were board games, beach chairs and a *lot* of different wheels.

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Billy Penn board game extravaganza at Philly Free Streets

We're partnering with Thirsty Dice for the car-free party on North Broad.

Slow Zone planning is underway in Fairhill

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Bike rodeo and sweet scavenger hunt on bikes? It’s for safer streets

The ProfiteROLL is held in honor of pastry chef Emily Fredricks, killed on her bicycle in 2017.

Mayor Kenney: “I hear many complaints about the conditions of our streets, because they suck. I’m sorry.”

South Street west got some new safety stripes

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Protected bike lane coming to 22nd Street in Center City

There's a meeting to gather feedback next week.

Philly could get a fleet of traffic cops to cut gridlock and boost safety

They wouldn't carry guns or be able to make arrests.

Philly’s first two Slow Zone pilots will be in sections of Fairhill and Kensington

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1 of every 5 fatal crashes in Philly last year happened on Roosevelt Boulevard

Philly’s big plan to make streets safer in residential neighborhoods

From more than 20 Slow Zone applications, just two will be chosen for the pilot.

West Philly residents formed a transit task force because Vision Zero isn’t cutting it

Philadelphia continues to see more traffic deaths than any county in the state.

City Council went to NYC to figure out why it has five times more residents than Philly, but only twice as many traffic deaths

The family of Emily Fredricks, the cyclist killed in February by a trash truck driver, will receive a $6 million settlement from the waste removal company

The DA will not file charges against the driver who fatally hit an 11-year-old boy in South Philly

There’s a new mid-block crosswalk outside Whole Foods on South Street

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Philly Free Streets: 42 photos from the car-free party on North Broad

Biking, walking, rollerblading, skateboarding, dancing, painting, playing and singing filled the thoroughfare.

North Broad is beautiful: 17 landmarks to look for during Philly Free Streets

The car-free event takes over eight miles of roadway on Aug. 11.

An 11-year-old boy riding his bike was killed in a South Philly hit-and-run, but the driver hasn’t been charged

There’s a GoFundMe for Pablo Avendano, the cyclist killed at 10th and Spring Garden last weekend