by Sarah Clark Stuart | Nov 25, 2015 | Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Thus far, the Better Mobility 2015 Agenda that the Bicycle Coalition took the lead on preparing back in January 2015 has been well received by Philadelphia’s Mayor-elect Jim Kenney. Over the past year, the Bicycle Coalition and our Better Mobility Working Group... by John Boyle | Nov 12, 2015 | Featured, Vision Zero
That headline on PhillyVoice.com caught our attention earlier today. At first, we wondered if it was simply click bait. But then we read the story, and the headline was quite fitting for the tone. (Here is a link to the article.) According to the article,... by Randy LoBasso | Oct 23, 2015 | Featured, Vision Zero
Our big news of the week was this: Bicycle Coalition Alex Doty is leaving us to head up the League of American Bicyclists, a national bicycling advocacy group that’s been pedaling since the 1880s. Deputy Director Sarah Clark Stuart is taking over as interim Executive... 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... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 23, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
The reactions were mixed yesterday when I posted two photos of new flexible delineator posts on the Walnut Street Bridge to Twitter, then Facebook. Reactions ranged from This is the best to This is the worst and everything in between. (A common in-between reaction:...
by Randy LoBasso | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized, Vision Zero
As readers of this blog and our newsletter are well aware, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has spent the last few years advocating for physically-protected bike lanes on Philadelphia’s streets. We’ve been in talks with several city agencies and city...