by John Boyle | Jun 9, 2016 | Action Center, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has just posted its Draft 2017-2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Southeastern Pennsylvania. Similar to a Capital Program Budget the TIP is the regionally agreed-upon list of priority... by John Boyle | Apr 27, 2016 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, research, The Circuit
In 2014 the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) initiated a cyclical bicycle count program. Bicycle counters were placed at selected locations for one week throughout the nine county region on different types of bicycle facilities. Now, the DVRPC has... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 30, 2015 | Action Center, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
The Bicycle Coalition’s Acting Executive Director Sarah Clark Stuart was recently named to Mayor-Elect Jim Kenney’s Transition Team, and we’re very excited for her to bring the Coalition’s vision to the field. And speaking of that field,... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 18, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
The corner of 13th and Spruce in Philadelphia has not been kind to cyclists lately. For starters, construction recently began on a new Marriott on the corner, replacing a formerly empty Parker Hotel. And for bicyclists riding north on 13th Street, the buffered bike... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 1, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, The Circuit
Dozens—maybe hundreds? I’m not great at estimating crowds—of people came out to stand over the Schuylkill River on Friday, celebrating the opening of the long-awaited Manayunk Bridge. Connecting Manayunk to Bala Cynwyd, the city to the suburbs, it is now the longest,... by Bicycle Coalition | Oct 28, 2015 | Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network
Thanks to the most recent round of federal TIGER grants, our city will now have slightly over $10 million along with matching funding from other sources to spread across three projects, connecting our trails and improving a few trouble spots. These funds are going to...