by Leonard Bonarek | Sep 20, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Crash, Featured
A person on a bicycle was struck and killed yesterday at the intersection of Street Road and Central Avenue in Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County. He was hit by a rental van that turned left onto Central across his path, apparently during a signal change.... by Leonard Bonarek | Sep 19, 2017 | Crash, Featured, Safe Routes Philly, Vision Zero
Last month, we reported on a disturbing event in Abington Township, Montgomery County. Kelly Williams, a rising freshman at Abington High, was struck and critically injured while crossing the street at an intersection with a very clearly marked crosswalk and no... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 11, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Crash, Featured, research, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Editor’s Note: There are several bills in the State Legislature the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia will be advocating for when legislative sessions begin again in the fall. We will be updating this blog routinely with information on the bills. We will let... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 1, 2017 | Crash, Vision Zero
A 19-year-old bicyclist was killed in Philadelphia’s Olney section by a hit-and-run driver in a 2006 2-door Honda Civic, according to police reports. The cyclist, Lorenzo Velazquez, was headed north on the C Street recently-striped buffered bike lane before midnight... by Leonard Bonarek | Aug 25, 2017 | Biking the Suburbs, Crash, Featured, Safe Routes Philly
At approximately 2:45pm Wednesday, a teen was struck and critically injured while crossing the intersection of Highland and Canterbury in Abington Township, near the Abington High School. Despite the crash occurring in a school zone, during daylight, and in a very... by Leonard Bonarek | Jul 31, 2017 | Action Center, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Suburbs, Crash, Featured
Members and community supporters of the Huntington Bike Club (HBC) will converge tonight at 7pm at the site of a recent hit-and-run crash in Central PA. An investigation is under way, but it appears that the motorist intentionally swerved into a group of cyclists on...