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...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 31, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Why does the Market St. protected bike lane end unceremoniously at the intersection of 16th and Market Street and not merge as originally planned? Mostly because of much needed construction of an elevator on the north side of Market Street. But that construction has...
by Bicycle Coalition | Jan 30, 2020 | News, Bike Share, Biking in Philly
By Tessa Hannigan Philly has a wealth of sites, attractions, and cultural institutions to enjoy (undoubtedly, we missed some on our map, as there are so many). The map below gives you a general view of some safe routes to get around and see cultural landmarks in the...
by Randy LoBasso | Jan 22, 2020 | Vision Zero, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region
For the past two years, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Bike Pittsburgh, bicycle and pedestrian safety groups from all over Pennsylvania, in conjunction with municipalities from Philadelphia to Lancaster, have been advocating — both locally and in the...
