Official:Repealing Bill No. 040560 entitled "Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Twentieth Street, from Belfield Avenue to Olney Avenue, northbound" and repealing Bill No. 040561 entitled "Authorizing the revision of lines and grades of an area of City Plan No. 178 bounded by Olney Avenue, Belfield Avenue, Ogontz Avenue and Wister Street."
Sponsor: Councilmember Cohen
Introduced: December 16, 2004
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill repeals two previous laws that changed traffic flow and zoning on Twentieth Street in North Philadelphia. The new law argues that these changes increased emergency response times, reduced property values, and caused accidents.
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