Vision Zero traffic safety hearings
Summary
Landau's World Day of Remembrance resolution was adopted; Families for Safe Streets members who lost children testified, citing 110 deaths this year and calling for speed bumps and traffic calming.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 2
Rising — discussed at 4 meetings since Sep 24, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Impact analysis
Not specified; commenters call for investment in speed bumps and traffic calming.
Pedestrians, cyclists and families harmed by reckless driving.
Drivers losing a travel or parking lane in those areas.
Mentions & discussions (5)
CITY COUNCIL — November 12, 2026
Landau's World Day of Remembrance resolution was adopted; Families for Safe Streets members who lost children testified, citing 110 deaths this year and calling for speed bumps and traffic calming.
CITY COUNCIL — October 15, 2026
Council gave final passage to bike lanes around City Hall and on Roberts Avenue, removing car lanes and parking. Advocates cited 89 crash victims outside City Hall from 2020-2024 and urged more safety infrastructure, including a 16th Street bike lane and a red light camera at 22nd and the Parkway.
CITY COUNCIL — October 8, 2026
CITY COUNCIL — September 24, 2026
Council authorized hearings on whether Philadelphia's Vision Zero plan is actually cutting traffic deaths and serious injuries — and what tools like daylighting and traffic calming could do more.
CITY COUNCIL — March 26, 2026
Controller's findings question whether traffic calming near schools was built and inspected as designed; Council will hold hearings to find out.
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