by Leonard Bonarek | Dec 12, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
At this time last year we scheduled a clean up of the West Chestnut bike lane, only to have Philadelphia Streets Department swoop in with a preemptive sweep up. Once again, our plans to clean the West Chestnut Bike Lane were foiled. We planned to tidy up on Saturday... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 11, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured
The protected bike lane in West Philadelphia is a mess! The trash and leaves in the West Chestnut Street protected bike lane make riding a bicycle difficult and dangerous. Join us on Saturday, December 15 at 10:30am to clean this trash and make the West Philadelphia... by John Boyle | Dec 7, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Benjamin Harris On December 11th, the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure System (oTIS) will hold an open house and the final workshop for this phase of the Roosevelt Boulevard Route for Change Program, in an effort to help shape the long-term future of... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 7, 2018 | Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling, Biking in Philly, Featured
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is expanding into Fairmount Park with the opening of its first park-based cycling education and community center. Housed in the historic Sedgley Porter House on Lemon Hill, the center will act as a community hub for all of... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 6, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, Vision Zero
By Sarah Clark Stuart and Randy LoBasso Early one morning on a dry, cold November day, the driver of a garbage truck took the life of Emily Fredricks, a 24 year-old woman on her way to work while riding on the Spruce Street bike lane. In the difficult days and weeks... by Bicycle Coalition | Dec 6, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Benjamin Harris Earlier this month the Bicycle Coalition began a pilot with the City of Philadelphia to tackle illegal closures of our sidewalks, bike lanes, and streets, and asked our supporters to report problems with disruptions. See the original post here for...