by Randy LoBasso | May 3, 2021 | Biking in Philly
Over the weekend, some folks around the Southwest Center City area were surprised to see a new outdoor dining structure being built in the bike lane on the 2200 block of South Street. The streetery, outside Ants Pants Cafe, was being constructed by a contractor on...
by Lor Song | May 3, 2021 | Safe Routes Philly, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The Philadelphia Streets Department has commenced construction on six Safe Space for Cyclists protected bike lanes this week. These are upgrades that are a long time coming and the result of planning, advocacy, funding, and community meetings — most of which...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 26, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly
As this weekend’s death of a 74-year-old person on a bicycle at the intersection of Spring Garden, Kelly Drive and Eakins Oval reinforces, the bicycle infrastructure on the Oval is inadequate to protect the lives of bicyclists. Currently, the parking lane in...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 25, 2021 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
As we learned late yesterday from reports by the Inquirer, Fox 29 and NBC10, a woman on her bicycle was killed while crossing over Kelly Drive from Spring Garden to Eakins Oval. Our sincerest sympathies to her family and friends. This is a crash that should have been...
by John Boyle | Apr 19, 2021 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, research, Vision Zero
The Federal Highway Administration is accepting public comments on the long overdue rewrite of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The manual is an important document as it standardizes signs and lane marking across the nation. However the existing... by Amanda Ruffner | Apr 19, 2021 | Biking in Philly
by Thomas Underwood at Spokester Despite the tragic events since the global pandemic hit, there has been one small silver lining to the cloud of the new normal. Biking is booming. More and more families have been getting on their bikes, buying new bikes and getting in...