by John Boyle | Sep 12, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, NJ, The Circuit
If you have ever done an online marketing search for “e-bikes” in the past year you know the consequences. Your social media account gets barraged by a blizzard of e-bikes ads with features like a 100-mile range and a boost torque of 60 Nm. Most of them...
by Nicole Brunet | Aug 24, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region
In September 2020, SEPTA’s bike policy was amended to allow bikes on trains during peak hours because of low ridership during the pandemic. This policy allowed residents to create a multi-modal network of transportation that otherwise wasn’t available in...
by Patrick Monahan | Aug 4, 2022 | The Circuit, Biking the Region, News
Toward the end of spring, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) opened their public comment period for the Draft FY2023 TIP for Pennsylvania which is a critical funding opportunity for the Circuit Trails and bicycle/pedestrian projects. The...
by Nicole Brunet | Jul 18, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region
The rise and progression of micro-mobility is inevitable and has reshaped the culture of bicycling and transportation. Electric assisted bicycles have become extremely prevalent for both transportation and recreation. In 2021, 880,000 e-bikes were sold in the US which...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 16, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network
Editor’s Note: This is the second blog post in a series about the history of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. This is an updated/edited version of a similar post written by Randy LoBasso in 2017. All mistakes are welcome to be corrected! After...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 14, 2022 | Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region, News, Vision Zero
With enormous disappointment, we have to report that HB140, the parking separated bike lane legislation that we have been working on since 2018, was dealt a big blow in the waning days of the spring 2022 session of the Pennsylvania legislature. As last reported, we...