by Randy LoBasso | Aug 12, 2021 | Biking in Philly
Several Philadelphia organizations – WTS Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Parking Authority, oTIS, the Philadelphia Fire Department, and OEM – are sponsoring a bike rack design competition, called RACK ‘EM UP. The idea has been tossed around for a few years and is based...
by Amanda Ruffner | Aug 4, 2021 | Biking in Philly, Featured, News
Lil’ Philly Safety Village, the first traffic park in the Greater Philadelphia region, is officially open as of this morning. Hunting Park neighbors and summer campers joined the project design team, donors, Philly Parks and Rec, and Bicycle Coalition staff to...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 4, 2021 | Biking in Philly, Featured
After 17 months as an open street, bringing thousands of Philadelphia residents to Fairmount Park and becoming the most-used bike/ped trail in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City leaders have decided to re-open MLK Drive to cars effective August 4,...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 3, 2021 | Biking in Philly
In an ironic twist of the universe, MLK Drive will remain open to people and closed to cars between the Museum and Sweetbriar Drive due to poor conditions, according to a City press release. This section of MLK Drive will not reopen to cars on Wednesday, August 4th,...
by John Boyle | Jul 28, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Scooters, The Circuit
The Ben Franklin Bridge Trail had a problem you probably didn’t even know about: E-bikes were banned from the trail. ‘ This wasn’t necessarily a big issue (the DRPA police were aware of e-bikes on the trail, and were not actively enforcing the rule),...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 20, 2021 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
After months of advocacy to make the case for the best possible scenario for the future of Dr. MLK Jr. Drive, the road has been repaved and, as of this week, re-striped. And on July 20, 2021, the Kenney Administration announced what the plans are for when the Drive...