by Sarah Clark Stuart | Sep 27, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, The Circuit
The City of Philadelphia held an Open House on Wednesday night at the Finnegan Playground in the Gray’s Ferry neighborhood to receive public comment on the Circuit trail segment called the Christian to Crescent Connector it has designed to close the last gap... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Sep 27, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, The Circuit
Despite a biblical rainstorm that shut down I-76 and most of the River Drives, approximately 80 people came the NW Circuit Trails Open House at the Manayunk Brew Pub on Tuesday, September 25. There are numerous trail and canal projects underway in several Northwest... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 26, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, Vision Zero
The family of Emily Fredricks recently settled with Gold Medal trucking company over Emily’s death in November 2017. Fredricks was riding her bicycle on a faded buffered bike lane on Spruce Street in Center City when the driver of a Gold Medal trash truck... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 20, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
If you ride a bus or a bike on Chestnut or Market Streets in Center City, you probably know, all too well, that the painted “Bus/Bike Only” designations on the street may as well be translucent. And in some cases, they are! Either way, no one respects the lanes as... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 19, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
After more than a month of negotiations and re-scheduled court hearings, flex-posts were installed at 13th and Spruce Street Streets today, to better the bike lane in front of the new Fairfield Marriott Hotel. The issue began this past spring after the hotel... by John Boyle | Sep 18, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Featured
Last week the Census Bureau released the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS),showing a bump to 2.6 percent mode share in Philadelphia. The latest ACS release showed that the number of Philadelphia bicycle commuters increased 19.3 percent from 14,397 in 2016 to 17,180...