by Randy LoBasso | Oct 3, 2016 | Featured, research, Vision Zero
For those who don’t know yet, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Executive Director Sarah Clark Stuart recently won a grant to travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, with representatives of Philadelphia Government to learn about some of the simple, safe infrastructure... by John Boyle | Apr 27, 2016 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, research, The Circuit
In 2014 the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) initiated a cyclical bicycle count program. Bicycle counters were placed at selected locations for one week throughout the nine county region on different types of bicycle facilities. Now, the DVRPC has... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 13, 2016 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research
We were psyched when Mayor Kenney mentioned protected bike lanes and his Vision Zero priorities during his first budget speech in March. Since then, the City has won a $300,000 award for twelve new protected bike lanes throughout the city, which will make the streets... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, research, Vision Zero
On Thursday, March 24, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia hosted our second Vision Zero forum to discuss options for easing speed and making Philly streets safer. The forum, which was co-hosted by Thomas Jefferson University, was a morning panel that... by Bicycle Coalition | Mar 3, 2016 | Featured, research
Every year since 2005, the Bicycle Coalition has sent some awesome volunteers out on the streets to count people riding bikes. We consider these annual counts like a report card, grading how many people are on the roads as well as following the rules of the road. The... by John Boyle | Feb 8, 2016 | Biking the Suburbs, Featured, research, Uncategorized
Last month the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission approved its 2017 Work Program which included Bike Level of Traffic Stress Analysis for Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. This project idea grew out of the conversation from the Bicycle...