On June 6, 2024, the PA Safe Roads PAC, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and Families for Safe Streets traveled to Harrisburg to advocate for HB1283, also known as Susan and Emily’s Law for parking protected bike lanes. Parking separated bike lanes save lives but they are technically illegal in Pennsylvania. This bill is named in honor of Emily Fredricks and Susan Hicks, two cyclists who lost their lives in bike lanes without parking protection.

We also advocated for SB 730, Jay-Alert, which authorizes the creation of an alert system operated by the PA State Police & PennDOT to notify auto body shops about fatal hit and run crashes. SB730 has been championed by the mother and aunt of 8-year old Jayana Powell who was killed in 2016 in West Philadelphia by a driver who left the scene, but was caught weeks later when an autobody shop in Malvern, PA notified police.