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... by Randy LoBasso | Oct 13, 2015 | Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, The Circuit
Beginning next week and going through the end of the month, the Circuit Coalition, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will host Circuit workshops all over the five-count Greater... by Randy LoBasso | Oct 7, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
Earlier this year, some of our friends on social media brought a concern to our attention: The 5th Street Tunnel is dark, scary, and the standard bike lane is potentially dangerous. And was there anything the Bicycle Coalition could do about it? The tunnel, a... by Bicycle Coalition | Oct 2, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured
Open Streets Was a Hit! The Pope was here last weekend. The streets were largely closed to cars. It was awesome. After the Bicycle Coalition’s Katie Monroe wrote a story for Philly.com pointing out the beauty of Philly’s closed (to cars) streets last Friday, the rest...