by Bicycle Coalition | Jul 8, 2015 | Biking in Philly
The Constitution Center, the National Jewish Museum, the African American Museum, and even the Mummers Museum are all mainstays of history and knowledge in Philly. Soon, there will be one more venue—albeit a temporary one—to view objects of another group’s history.... by Bicycle Coalition | Jul 8, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured
You know what’s awesome? Happy hour. Even more awesome? Happy hour with food specials. Awesomer? Both those things alongside fellow Philly cyclists, Bicycle Coalition members, and staff. With awesomness in mind, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is putting... by John Boyle | Jul 1, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, The Circuit, Uncategorized
High demand for more adequate bike parking at transit stations was a key finding of the DVRPC Bike to Transit Survey that the Bicycle Coalition collaborated on, and has helped to provide information to SEPTA and PATCO to improve bike parking at their many urban and... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 25, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
If you’ve been following this blog over the last year, you’ve probably heard a lot about Vision Zero. It’s the Sweden-birthed policy that seeks to reduce all traffic deaths in a given are to zero. Last year, not long after the Bicycle Coalition released our Safer... by John Boyle | Jun 25, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research
Last fall the Bicycle Coalition conducted it’s 10th annual on-street bicycle count. With the help of 40 volunteers, we were able to count more than 1700 bicycle users at 18 intersections and bridges during the AM and PM rush hours. We found that bicycling is... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 23, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The reactions were mixed yesterday when I posted two photos of new flexible delineator posts on the Walnut Street Bridge to Twitter, then Facebook. Reactions ranged from This is the best to This is the worst and everything in between. (A common in-between reaction:...