by Sonja Bontrager | Feb 1, 2023 | News, Vision Zero
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is excited to announce that Veronica Vanterpool, Deputy Administrator at the Federal Transit Administration, will give the Keynote Address at the 2023 Vision Zero PHL Conference catered luncheon. Leslie Richards, CEO and...
by Patrick Monahan | Feb 1, 2023 | Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, E-bikes, News, The Circuit
In the summer of 2022, Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) released their draft policy on the use of e-bikes on bike trails found in state parks and forests. The policy regulations include all trails on DCNR lands from paved...
by Nicole Brunet | Jan 31, 2023 | Biking in Philly, News, Vision Zero
In Philadelphia, the physical environment has the opportunity to bring us together, but too often it divides us. The next mayor of Philadelphia has the opportunity to make this process equitable. Every neighborhood regardless of income, race, or age deserves basic...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 30, 2023 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
This is a grim development for Philadelphia. Almost as many bicyclists have been killed in the last 30 days as in all of 2022. In all of 2022, four bicyclists were killed. By the 27th day in January 2023, three bicyclists were killed on Philadelphia’s streets...
by Sonja Bontrager | Jan 27, 2023 | News
The 2023 Vision Zero PHL Conference returns to an in-person format on Friday, March 31st, at Temple University’s Student Center South. This year’s focus, “Creating an Equitable Future with Zero Traffic Fatalities”, seeks to address the...
by Phil Mittereder | Jan 27, 2023 | News
2022 was a major year of transition and development, marking 50 years of advocacy and education work by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. Like any journey of two wheels, the results are hard-won, both of persistence and of careful navigation through...
