by Ashley Vogel | Dec 20, 2019 | We Bike PHL, Biking in Philly
Are you a strong and resourceful cyclist who likes to have fun and take on new challenges? Have you ever wanted to learn how to race bikes? WBPHL Racing, which is open to cyclists who identify as women, transgender, or nonbinary, currently has applications open for...
by Randy LoBasso | Dec 19, 2019 | Biking in Philly
The latest round of Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) grants were announced by Governor Tom Wolf, and they include money for a planned protected bike lane on Market Street in Old City. This is the second year in a row ARLE funds have gone to this project, with...
by Randy LoBasso | Dec 16, 2019 | Biking in Philly
Maybe you heard we organized a cleanup of the protected bike lane at 45th and Chestnut last week? Well, we did! And, in the Facebook discussion board for that cleanup, local bike shop Transport Cycles asked if we’d planned on cleaning up the new 2-way protected bike...
by Randy LoBasso | Dec 11, 2019 | Biking in Philly
No one likes riding their bicycle through trash, plastic bags, and leaves. But that’s exactly what everyone traveling along the 4400 block of the Chestnut Street protected bike lane was enduring. So the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia planned a cleanup of...
by Randy LoBasso | Nov 13, 2019 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia and advocates for safer streets will gather on the North Apron of City Hall on November 17th to participate in the international World Day of...
by Randy LoBasso | Nov 8, 2019 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Members of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia spent last Friday afternoon staked out at 11th and Federal Streets in South Philadelphia with three missions. First of all, we wanted to get cyclists’ and pedestrians’ impressions of the work-in-progress 2-way...