by Randy LoBasso | Oct 1, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Vision Zero
Last week, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and other groups around the city and state, mobilized our supporters and members to oppose an amendment to legislation we’ve been working to get passed for the past two years. Senate Bill 565 would allow for...
by Amanda Ruffner | Sep 30, 2020 | Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured
by Alan Spooner If you’re bummed because the Philly Bike Expo is cancelled this year, I have just the cure – a little eye candy from our notorious bike builder, Stephen Bilenky of Bilenky Cycle Works. If you could design the bike of your dreams, what...
by Randy LoBasso | Sep 23, 2020 | Biking in Philly
We’re in the midst of election season, and with COVID-19 still looming, folks across the country are working to plan out their vote this fall, and, for many people, that includes early voting. We want your vote to be as simple as possible this year, and, for...
by Randy LoBasso | Sep 22, 2020 | Biking in Philly
The government is a slow moving machine, and that’s never more obvious than when you advocate for, and wait for, particular legislation. On Tuesday, Senate Bill 565 was scheduled to come up for a final vote in the Pennsylvania State Senate. The Bicycle Coalition...
by Randy LoBasso | Sep 21, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Action Center, Biking Outside The Region, Featured
We’ve just learned that tomorrow morning, the Pennsylvania Senate is — again — going to consider an amendment that will make it much harder for bike lanes to be installed in Philadelphia. This amendment threatens not only Philadelphia, but the entire...
by John Boyle | Sep 17, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, research
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released the first 2019 update to the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is an annual survey that only samples about 3 percent of the population and supplements the better known Decennial Census. The One-Year ACS data for...