{"id":3067,"date":"2026-07-24T20:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:41:21","slug":"bike-and-pedestrian-advocates-rally-for-a-safer-market-street-in-university-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"Bike and pedestrian advocates rally for a safer Market Street in University City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Advocates gathered at 34th and Market Streets on Friday to demand the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation improve pedestrian and cyclist safety along the busy University City street.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3065\">Tracing Tyrese Maxey\u2019s maturation from undersized rookie to key cog in the LeBron James signing<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Market Street is among the 12% of Philadelphia roads that account for 80% of traffic deaths and serious injuries in the city, according to city statistics. Just in November, two pedestrians, Meaza Brown and Rosa Mar Espinosa Rodas, were killed in hit-and-run crashes near the intersection a week apart. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Philly Bike Action is asking PennDot to take five steps to improve safety on Market Street, particularly between 38th Street and the Schuylkill: install speed cushions, adjust traffic-signal timing to give pedestrians a head start before vehicles begin moving, place physical barriers along the median, and reduce the speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. These measures, they say, are proven to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Gabriel Staus, an organizer with Philly Bike Action, said each measure could be implemented within60 days and should form part of a longer-term plan to make Market Street safer for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The advocacy group\u2019s longer-term proposal calls for implementing a road diet, building concrete medians filled with greenery, and constructing a two-way concrete protected cycle-path. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPotential safety enhancements on Market Street West will be reviewed through the department\u2019s continued collaboration with the City,\u201d a PennDot spokesperson said. \u201cA substantial reconstruction or reconfiguration of Market Street West would require a comprehensive analysis, as well as coordination among PennDot, the City of Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, SEPTA, and other affected stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>David Brindley, 57, a volunteer with the urbanist advocacy group 5th Square, lives in West Philadelphia with his family. When his children started fifth grade at Science Leadership Academy and walked from their home in West-Philadelphia, he and his wife would sheepishly call the school each morning to make sure they had arrived safely.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>His fears are well-founded. Jasmine Hoffman is among those who have lost children to traffic violence. Hoffman\u2019s 8-year-old niece, Jayanna Powell, was killed in a hit-and-run crash in 2016 while walking home from the Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3063\">Cyclosporiasis cases in Pennsylvania linked to recalled Taylor Farms lettuce at Taco Bell<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Two of Jayanna\u2019s siblings were also hit, but the impact threw the girl 20 feet into the air, according to Hoffman. The driver took the car to a Chester County auto shop for repairs and told employees he had struck a deer. The shop\u2019s owner became suspicious after seeing a news report and contacted authorities.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hoffman has been a proponent for the Jay Alert bill, proposed legislation that would send notifications about hit-and-run crashes to auto repair shops and impose fines on shops that fail to report suspicious damage. She also hopes the safety measures proposed for Market Street could eventually be extended to the area around 63rd Street and Lansdowne Avenue, where her niece was killed and where three schools are located.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Organizersdescribed street safety as an issue of sustainability, particularly as Philadelphia\u2018spopulation continues to grow. Walking and biking to work, said Will Tung a volunteer for 5th Square, should be safe and viable options.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jason Das, 49, regularly commutes by bicycle from the area of 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue, sometimes with a cello strapped to his back.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy bike is my main means of transportation in the city. It\u2019s more reliable than SEPTA. I don\u2019t have a car, and I don\u2019t want a car,\u201d the musician and artist said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Das paused as horns sounded across the street.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just saw someone almost get hit by a car while I said that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Among the energetic and friendly group of roughly two dozen activists and cyclists, there were heavy moments of grief as organizers remembered Brown, Espinosa Rodas, Jayanna, among others who have died on West Philadelphia\u2019s roads. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTraffic violence is preventable violence,\u201d remarked Andrew Goodman, who works for City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3061\">SEPTA wants to extend its free fare benefit to apartment dwellers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two pedestrians were killed in hit-and-run crashes a week apart near the rally site at 34th and Market Streets last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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