by Randy LoBasso | Dec 6, 2021 | Biking in Philly
Last year, Philadelphians overwhelmingly asked the City to move forward with a plan for Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia that would have turned the street from a 5-lane street for cars into a 3-lane street with protected bike lanes and shorter crossings, for...
by Randy LoBasso | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured
It was February 4th, 2020 and I was strapping on my gloves, bike hat, jacket, and headlamp for a ride home, feeling somewhat accomplished. After years of advocacy, Senate Bill 565, which would make it easier to build protected bike lanes and pedestrian plazas on state...
by Randy LoBasso | Nov 30, 2021 | News
For reasons which we’ll explain in an upcoming blog post, the City of Philadelphia is re-surveying folks about necessary changes to Washington Avenue. Despite last year’s successful efforts to get feedback on how to remake the east-west street, the Kenney...
by Randy LoBasso | Nov 19, 2021 | Featured
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/19/21 Contact: Randy LoBasso, randy@bicyclecoalition.org, (914) 439-5204 Contact day of event: Lor Song, (667) 577-0464 Philadelphia, Pa — Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia will convene at Cobbs Creek Parkway on Sunday,...
by Randy LoBasso | Nov 16, 2021 | Crash
A 63-year-old man was killed while riding his bicycle on Lancaster Avenue on Monday night. According to police reports, which have not yet identified the victim, the man was riding his bicycle east on Lancaster Avenue, in the bike lane, when a driver struck him from...
