by Patrick Monahan | Oct 17, 2024 | Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, News
This Fall, we launched an annual series of Town Halls in various locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region served by the Bicycle Coalition. The idea started in January, when we hosted an open house at the BCGP offices for members to meet our new Executive...
by Elly Porter-Webb | Oct 14, 2024 | News
Last Saturday marked the third annual Kids Bike Safety & Community Resource Fair at the Lil’ Philly Safety Village in Hunting Park. We kicked off the day with a Learn to Ride Class with 11 kids, ranging from 4-11 learning how to ride a bike. Some returned for the...
by Lana Harshaw | Oct 10, 2024 | News
On September 28th and October 5th, BCYC athletes took on two thrilling mountain biking races at Fair Hill in Maryland and Blue Mountain Resort in the Poconos. While most of their competitors had been racing since August, this was the first race of the season for many...
by Nicole Brunet | Oct 9, 2024 | News
UPDATED OFFICES TO CALL as of 10/21: On Wednesday October 9th, two major things happened to move forward the parking protected bike lane legislation. 1. The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously passed HB 1283 without adding any amendments. This has been the...
by Bicycle Coalition | Oct 8, 2024 | News
Guest blog by Transit Forward Philadelphia Coalition Manager, Connor Descheemaker Public transit funding in southeastern PA and across the state remains in crisis, but now’s the time to double down in pushing state government to #FundPATransit. Back in July,...
by Nicole Brunet | Oct 8, 2024 | News
Parking Protected Bike Lanes are proven to increase bicycle ridership and reduce serious and fatal crashes HARRISBURG – Families of traffic crash victims, road safety advocates, Elected Officials and community members gathered on Monday, October 7th to call for action...
