by Bicycle Coalition | Feb 21, 2025 | Featured, Vision Zero
What is necessary for a city to truly meet the goal of zero traffic fatalities? Cities all across the country are evaluating the efficacy of Vision Zero as deadlines get closer and closer. 2025 is Philadelphia’s 9th year of being a Vision Zero city and while the...
by Bicycle Coalition | Feb 14, 2025 | Biking in Philly
Blog written by Leonard Bonarek, former Bicycle Coalition Staff Member I moved to Philadelphia in 2008 as a person who hadn’t taken a bike ride for transportation since I was a child. Within months, I had been sucked into the local bike scene, first through...
by Bicycle Coalition | Jan 31, 2025 | Bike Month, Biking in Philly, Crash, News, research, Vision Zero
As we move further from 2020, the number of overall people killed in traffic crashes in Philadelphia continues to be stubbornly high. In 2024, 125 people were killed as a result of a crash. Throughout the year, we gave snapshots, generally tracking the number of fatal...
by Bicycle Coalition | Jan 31, 2025 | Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Bike Month, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Biking the Suburbs, Crash, E-bikes, Featured, News, NJ, Scooters, The Circuit, Vision Zero
Powered by Member support, the Bicycle Coalition ended 2024 with several legislative victories including passing the ‘Get Out the Bike Lane’ bill, Authorizing Speed Cameras on Broad St. and Route 13, a landmark investment in the Circuit Trails Network, and two short...
by Bicycle Coalition | Dec 19, 2024 | Biking in Philly, E-bikes, Featured
On the 12th year of Holiday Lights Rides, South Philly gave to me… Stopped from riding on the 11th due to hazardous weather conditions, we beat the rain last night to tour the holiday lights joyously dry for our 12th annual Holiday Lights Ride. Like a Christmas...
