by Bicycle Coalition | May 23, 2016 | Biking the Suburbs, Featured, Uncategorized
The Newtown Rail Trail in Bucks County, an extension of the Pennypack Trail, has been approved by four out of five Bucks County municipalities. Bike Bucks County, a county affiliate of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, has been advocating for a... by Randy LoBasso | May 10, 2016 | Featured, Uncategorized
It was hard to spot a cyclist riding from City Hall to East Fairmount Park, and back, on Saturday without a smile on their face—except, possibly, for Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky, who insists he did not have fun. Either way, the Byko Safe Bike Ride, organized by... by Randy LoBasso | May 4, 2016 | Featured, Uncategorized
You’re not crazy: The buses are talking to you. On Wednesday, at a brief ceremony at 2nd and Market, SEPTA announced the start of its 4th annual Safety Awareness Day. At this event, members of the media were given a demonstration of how this new safety feature works... by Bicycle Coalition | May 3, 2016 | Action Center, Featured, Uncategorized
In the Spring of 2013, I (Katie Monroe) founded Women Bike PHL, a Bicycle Coalition program to help close the bicycling gender gap in Philadelphia. According to our annual bike counts, only about a third of bicyclists in Philadelphia are women. There are a lot of... by Bicycle Coalition | May 3, 2016 | Cadence Youth Cycling, Featured, Uncategorized
On Friday April 15th, Dr. James Wilson of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania joined Cadence Youth Cycling All-Stars at one of their weekly practices. The CYC All-Stars are composed of athletes from the seven site teams who have... by Randy LoBasso | Apr 28, 2016 | Action Center, Featured, Uncategorized
Alexandria Schneider came to me in December with a pretty crazy idea: She wanted to put Stu Bykofsky on a bike. And she wanted my help. Bykofsky is the Philadelphia Daily News columnist who has been a bit, well, negative toward bicyclists and bike lanes in the past,...