by Sonja Bontrager | May 26, 2023 | Bike Month, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Vision Zero
The 19th Annual Philadelphia Ride of Silence took place Wednesday, May 17th 2023 with more than 500 riders in attendance and news helicopters circling. This international ride continues each year due to the number of bicyclists killed due to in part the lack of...
by John Boyle | May 18, 2023 | Bike Month, Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, E-bikes, News, NJ, Scooters, The Circuit, Vision Zero
Every year since 2005, the Bicycle Coalition has sent our volunteers out on the streets to hand count people riding bikes. These counts along with other various data sources are consolidated into our Annual I BikePHL reports, just in time for Bike to Work or Wherever...
by Nicole Brunet | May 20, 2022 | News, Bike Month, Biking in Philly
Bicycle commuting is recovering from the pandemic—up 29% since 2020, but still not recovered to 2019 levels. (PHILADELPHIA) – 2022’s Bike to Work & Wherever Day celebration, group ride and press conference is sponsored by Independence Blue Cross, with free...
by Nicole Brunet | May 19, 2022 | News, Bike Month, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
18th Annual Philadelphia Ride of Silence was on May 18th, 2022 and ended with the ceremonial bike lift in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PHILADELPHIA) – Close to two hundred people showed up to honor the 12 cyclists killed in the Delaware Valley last...
by John Boyle | May 18, 2022 | News, Bike Month, Bike Share, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Scooters, The Circuit
In our latest report The State of Bicycling in Philadelphia, we look at how bicycling has fared as our patterns of travel and recreation continue to shift in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The overall story is that bicycle traffic on the Schuylkill River...
by Patrick Monahan | May 12, 2022 | Bike Month, Biking in Philly
The Bicycle Coalition has led the movement to make the event formally known as National Bike to Work Day a bigger and broader celebration. We (along with our friends in DC, Pittsburgh and elsewhere around the country) have renamed this day because it is for...
