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...
by Randy LoBasso | Sep 16, 2020 | Biking in Philly
We have been getting an influx of messages as of late about folks running in the opposite direction of traffic, in bike lanes. It’s important that runners use the sidewalk, when available, for the safety of all road users. Running and bicycling have become...
by Randy LoBasso | Sep 15, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Since the introduction of the Recovery Streets platform with the Clean Air Council, Feet First Philly, and 5th Square, the the City of Philadelphia has moved swiftly to create some welcome changes on our streets. The most obvious of which are the ‘streeteries’ that... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 9, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region
It’s no surprise that SEPTA, like all forms of public transportation across the world, has been hurt by the COVID pandemic. And, being the adaptive and progressive transportation authority that it is, SEPTA has rolled with the punches. Most recently, it was...