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The latest news from Philadelphia’s bicycling advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
The Chestnut Street Protected Bike Lane Was a Mess. So We Cleaned It
No one likes riding their bicycle through trash, plastic bags, and leaves. But that’s exactly what everyone traveling along the 4400 block of the Chestnut Street protected bike lane was enduring. So the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia planned a cleanup of...
Read Our Recent Letter About Unprotected Intersections in Society Hill
Editor's note: We sent the following letter to Councilperson Mark Squilla and the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability on Thursday, December 5th. It is an update in the ongoing saga that found two people in the Society Hill Civic Association...
Spreading the Word About Businesses, Loading Zones and Bike Lanes
By Alex McDonough In Spring 2019, Philadelphia City Council passed Bill No. 180950, an ordinance that exempts businesses from the initial loading zone fee provided they are located on a street with a bike lane. As is the case with numerous blandly-titled city...
2019 Active Transportation Forum Brings Planners, Community, Advocates Together
Last weekend at Rutgers University - Camden, the Bicycle Coalition hosted its annual Active Transportation Forum highlighting efforts to promote safe streets and Circuit Trails in Mercer, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. Discussions provided insight into...
Join Us for a Local Screening of an Award-Winning Bicycle Activism Documentary
The Bicycle Coalition and the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia will co-host a screening of the new, award-winning bicycle activism documentary The Bicycle Revolution at Cadence Cycling Center in Manayunk on December 5th, 2019. The Bicycle Revolution follows a class...
Protecting Bike Lanes and Vulnerable Road Users: Where State Legislation Stands
Throughout 2019, the Bicycle Coalition, Bike Pittsburgh, and more than 30 organizations around Pennsylvania have been fighting to pass several pieces of legislation, including legislation that would make it easier for Pennsylvania to install parking-protected bike...
Can you make a couple calls for protected bike lanes today?
Editor's note: This email was sent out to our Protected Bike Lane Action Team this morning. The year is winding down and, despite our efforts, the Pennsylvania state legislation to make it easier to install protected bike lanes in the Commonwealth has not yet been...
Families for Safe Streets Holds Philadelphia’s First World Day of Remembrance
Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia gathered on the north side of City Hall to remember the 64 people who’ve been killed in Philadelphia traffic violence in 2019, so far, and to call upon the City and State governments to enable legislation that will make...
Press Release: Families For Safe Streets to Remember All Traffic Victims, Rally for State Legislation on Sunday
Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia and advocates for safer streets will gather on the North Apron of City Hall on November 17th to participate in the international World Day of...
Report From Our 11th Street Outreach
Members of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia spent last Friday afternoon staked out at 11th and Federal Streets in South Philadelphia with three missions. First of all, we wanted to get cyclists’ and pedestrians’ impressions of the work-in-progress 2-way...
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