by Randy LoBasso | Jul 6, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured
Philadelphia handed out 2,116 parking tickets for motor vehicles illegally parked in bike lanes during the first five months of 2018, according to statistics provided by the Philadelphia Parking Authority. Amazingly – but not surprisingly – the majority of tickets... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 5, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
The Center City District’s (CCD) recent report, “Keep Philadelphia Moving,” issued in March 2018 outlines many of the mobility challenges facing Center City. We concur with many of the recommendations in the report, including the need to collect more data by... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 3, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
A new Wawa opened at 22nd and South Street earlier this spring and has made the already-deteriorating bike lane go from bad to worse for people commuting into Center City from South Philadelphia. Every day, consistently, people park their cars in front of the... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 2, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, The Circuit
In March 2017, we told you about Hub and Spoke, our vision of a high quality bicycle network for Philadelphia, allowing for easy access to Greater Center City via North, South, and West Philadelphia. The concept is that Philadelphia needs a high quality connected... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 2, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured
The Streets Department recently noted they are closing the pedestrian gates at Race and Locust Streets along Schuylkill Banks. If you commute via the Schuylkill River Trail, or plan on using it in the coming days (or weeks … we don’t have a good time frame... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 25, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
In what police are calling a terrible tragedy, cyclist Tomas Montanez was killed on Friday by a the driver of a right-turning dump truck at the corner of Luzerne Street and Whitaker Avenue in Philadelphia. Going west on Luzerne, the cyclist was riding next to the...