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Update: Improvements coming to Market Street between 20th-23rd
The City of Philadelphia and PennDOT announced an update in their Market Street "improvement project" on Tuesday. Earlier this year, PennDOT and oTIS announced the Market Street Improvement project would include a two way bike lane that connects to the existing...
Families and Community Members Gather to Honor Victims of Traffic Violence
Philadelphia High Traffic Fatality Rate Persists in 2022 Sunday, November 20, 2022 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims PHILADELPHIA -- Community members, City staff and elected officials came together on Sunday to honor the 109 people who lost their...
Breaking News! Governor Wolf Vetoes Compromised HB140
Our voices were heard! Today at 1:05pm, Governor Wolf issued a letter to the House of Representatives vetoing the amended version of HB140. He cited the General Assembly's record of politicizing crime and usurping the will of voters...and urged the legislature to...
Take Action Today: Governor Wolf Must Veto Compromised Parking Protected Bike Lane Bill
Governor Wolf needs to hear from you today! A few hours ago, the General Assembly sent to Governor Wolf the amended Parking Protected Bike Lane bill for his signature (HB140). This bill, which was originally championed by the Bicycle Coalition, Bike Pittsburgh and...
Recap: The 2022 Circuit Trails Semi-Annual Meeting
On November 10th, the Circuit Trails Coalition held its semi-annual meeting—which celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the coalition. Members of the coalition provided updates on trail milage, strategic plans, expanding the Circuit Community and guest spotlights from...
Remembering Trenton’s Jun King
The City of Trenton's bike community has lost one of its giants. Jun King, 56 passed away after a brief illness on November 4th. Jun was a Board member of Trenton Cycling Revolution, a bike repair instructor/mentor at the Community Outreach Garage, and a member of the...
Bicycle Coalition Growing Neighborhood Bike Hubs
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is growing our community-based bicycle safety education programming through Neighborhood Bike Hubs. We currently operate 2 Neighborhood Bike Hubs, one in partnership with Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philadelphia and the...
Stubbornly High Philadelphia Traffic Fatalities Show No Sign of Improvement in 2022
Image is from World Day of Remembrance 2021. This year's World Day of Remembrance will be on Sunday, November 20th at the intersection of Broad St., Germantown Ave., and Butler St. at 12:30pm. The Bicycle Coalition analyzed the 2022 fatality data as reported by the...
The Bike-Friendly Resurfacing Program: What’s in the Pipeline?
Each year we partner with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), PennDOT District 6, and the four suburban counties in the Philadelphia region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties) to identify roads that are good candidates for bicycle...
New Bike Safety Education Materials Available in 6 Languages
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia launched a new program called VeloLingo. VeloLingo is engaging and mobilizing immigrant, refugee, and underrepresented communities throughout Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey around safe biking through education in...
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