by Patrick Monahan | Jul 29, 2022 | News, Action Center
On July 25th, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) released a draft policy on the use of e-bikes on bike trails found in state parks and forests that are managed by DCNR. The purpose of their policy is to provide guidelines that will allow the...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 28, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
A review of publicly available data from the Philadelphia Police Department shows that there were 63 traffic fatalities in the first six months of 2022. This number is higher than the number of deaths in the first six months of 2019 (46 deaths), 2020 (56 deaths) and...
by Nicole Brunet | Jul 18, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region
The rise and progression of micro-mobility is inevitable and has reshaped the culture of bicycling and transportation. Electric assisted bicycles have become extremely prevalent for both transportation and recreation. In 2021, 880,000 e-bikes were sold in the US which...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 16, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network
Editor’s Note: This is the second blog post in a series about the history of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. This is an updated/edited version of a similar post written by Randy LoBasso in 2017. All mistakes are welcome to be corrected! After...
by Nicole Brunet | Jul 15, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
PennDOT rolled out two safety improvements to West Philadelphia earlier this year. One project is to extend the Chestnut Street parking protected bike lane from 34th to 63rd Street. The other project will be on Market Street from 30th to 34th Street and it will begin...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jul 14, 2022 | Biking in Philly, Biking Outside The Region, Biking the Region, News, Vision Zero
With enormous disappointment, we have to report that HB140, the parking separated bike lane legislation that we have been working on since 2018, was dealt a big blow in the waning days of the spring 2022 session of the Pennsylvania legislature. As last reported, we...
