by Randy LoBasso | Nov 24, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research
With 426 miles of on-street bike lanes, Philadelphia leads the United States’ big cities with the most bike lanes per square mile, according to a recent article in Triple Pundit. At 4.3 miles of bike lane per square mile, Philadelphia comes in with more miles of... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 24, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, research
In the just-released Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s 2012-2013 Household Travel Survey, 3.8 percent of Philadelphians reported using a bicycle as their primary means of transportation to work—nearly double what a recent American Community Survey... by Randy LoBasso | Nov 3, 2015 | Featured, research, The Circuit
After the dust and initial joy about the Manayunk Bridge Trail settled last Friday, there were many questions about it. Specifically, trail users wanted to know A) Why there were gates at the trail entrances and B) Why they were closed. Below, we’ve put together some... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 18, 2015 | Biking in Philly, research
The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2014 American Community Survey this morning detailing, in part, U.S. cities’ bike commuting populations—and for Philadelphia, there’s both good news and bad. First, the details: The American Community Survey is a yearly survey done... by Bicycle Coalition | Sep 2, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research, Uncategorized
Across Philly, signs with a short and effective message have gone up along roadways and spell out the law plain and simple: Cyclists “May Use Full Lane.” And a new study, released last week, shows that these signs are a good thing. In fact, “May Use Full... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 25, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured, research, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
If you’ve been following this blog over the last year, you’ve probably heard a lot about Vision Zero. It’s the Sweden-birthed policy that seeks to reduce all traffic deaths in a given are to zero. Last year, not long after the Bicycle Coalition released our Safer...