5th Square Advocacy is an urbanist organization of grassroots advocates building a coalition for better transportation, housing, and public space in Philadelphia. Thanks to our growing network of sustaining members
for making this work possible.
📢 FRIDAY: RALLY FOR TRANSIT FUNDING
Pennsylvania needs new revenue sources to keep transit systems moving across the Commonwealth. At this critical moment, transit supporters can take action now to encourage their legislators to create new revenue sources that keep transit moving in every PA community.
Join us this Friday
, June 26th, at 10am at the 5th St./Independence Hall L stop for a rally and press conference
calling on Harrisburg to fund public transit!
Almost every transit agency across the state is making cuts
due to a lack of state funding--we need your help to stop this!
How else can you help?
Sign and share this take action link
from our friends at Transit For All PA. It's quick and easy, takes less than two minutes!
Want to bike with your baby, toddler, or young child, but unsure how to do it safely?
Join Philly Bike Action's Biking with Toddlers 101 Webinar
this Saturday! The webinar will feature a presentation by two local doctors, followed by a Q&A section.
Despite drops in pedestrian fatalities in peer countries across the world, US pedestrian deaths are up substantially over the past two decades.
Why is the US falling behind? At least part of the answer is our giant trucks and SUVs.
This piece from the New York Times
does a great job visualizing how larger vehicles pose a much greater danger to pedestrians on our streets. From larger blind spots, to higher hood heights, crashes are both more likely and more deadly.
Last weekend, the crown jewel FDR playground’s water fountains were broken and there was broken fencing all around it, a symptom of its haphazard closure due to safety concerns. 5th Square’s Will Tung
noted in City Council that after a $27 million Rebuild renovation, Kingessing Rec Center suffered a plumbing failure that destroyed its brand-new basketball court.
👋 BECOME A MEMBER
Thank you to everyone who has already joined as a member! Our members fuel our grassroots work
for a more accessible, sustainable, and equitable Philadelphia.
Sign this petition
to support expanding student transit cards to cover more students and provide transit access on evenings, weekends, and summers.
🚲 LEGALIZE PARKING-PROTECTED BIKE LANES
Parking-protected bike lanes are a great way to make our bikes lanes safer and lower stress, but they are illegal on state roads! Sign the Bicycle Coalition's petition to legalize parking-protected bike lanes!
Join Transit Forward Philadelphia, Transit For All PA, and partners to make phone calls to your State Representative, State Senator, and Governor Shapiro to fund transit.
10:00 AM · Marconi Plaza, meet at Guglielmo Marconi statue
Transit Forward Philly will be hosting a Transit Tour to get bagels in Brewerytown. Join them if you are new to riding SEPTA or just want to ride transit together.
Transit Forward Philly is launching a campaign to audit the top 100 most used bus stops in Philly. It will be kicked off with water ice, audit training, and joining a team to complete as many audits as possible in the time frame.
The Philly Running Alliance is hosting a team race where runners compete for their chosen local running club, featuring races of varying length through historic West Fairmount Park.
5th Square Advocacy is a grassroots nonprofit organization driven to advance a vision for a more accessible, sustainable, equitable Philadelphia for all residents. Donations are not tax deductible.
