by Randy LoBasso | Mar 12, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Amid growing societal anxiety and recommendations to practice “social distancing,” a friend of ours made the decision to drive their car to work today, from South Philadelphia to West Philadelphia. Part of the so-called ‘interested but concerned’ sect of bicyclists...
by Ashley Vogel | Mar 12, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured, Meet Our Members
In honor of our current Member Drive, we’re highlighting some of the amazing community members that we’re proud to count as Bicycle Coalition members. We hope you’ll see yourself in their stories, and learn some great local biking tips from them!...
by Ashley Vogel | Mar 10, 2020 | Meet Our Members, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured
In honor of our current Member Drive, we’re highlighting some of the amazing community members that we’re proud to count as Bicycle Coalition members. We hope you’ll see yourself in their stories, and learn some great local biking tips from them!...
by John Boyle | Feb 20, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Last year, the City of Philadelphia added 2.8 miles of bike lanes, upgraded facilities on 7.5 miles of streets (e.g. sharrows to bike lanes, or standard bike lanes to buffered) and restriped more than 15 miles of existing bike facilities. This includes nearly...
by Amanda Ruffner | Feb 13, 2020 | The Circuit, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region
The Bicycle Coalition’s Explore the Circuit series is a slate of walks and rides that showcase our region’s amazing Circuit Trails system. We’ll bring you to parts of the Circuit that you’ve maybe never seen before, and give you a first look at...
by Ashley Vogel | Feb 6, 2020 | News, Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured, Vision Zero
On Wednesday, February 5th, we celebrated the victory of Senate Bill 565 passing Committee and heading to the full Senate. This means that we are closer than ever before to getting protected bike lanes and pedestrian plazas written into the state vehicle code. The...