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Nuestro viaje para comenzar un club de bicicleta inclusiva
Translated by Brenda Hernandez Torres [Click here for English] Una camioneta vieja alquilada se detiene en un callejón oscuro y retrocede hasta un muelle de carga. Las puertas se abren, 10 cajas grandes se deslizan hacia afuera y se apilan en la parte posterior y...
Parking Protected Bike Lane Coming to North 13th Street
By Benjamin Harris As part of the Philadelphia Water Department's Green Stormwater Infrastructure Initiative, North 13th Street is being reconfigured between Girard and Cecil B Moore with, among other things, a parking protected bike lane. The current 22 foot wide...
Our Journey To Start An Inclusive Slow-Roll Bike Club
[clic aquí para español] A beat up rented van pulls up to a dark alley and backs up to a loading dock. Doors open and 10 large boxes slide out and are stacked in the back and the van lurches off into the night. This was step one in helping to start "Biciclamos!", a...
oTIS Rolls Out Proposal For Protected Bike Lanes on 10th and 13th
Earlier this week, planners from the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems attended the Callowhill Neighbors Association meet at Azavea on Spring Garden Street to unveil a proposal to redesign the bike lanes on 10th and 13th Street from Vine to Spring...
West Chestnut Clean Up Postponed, And The Reason Will Not Shock You
At this time last year we scheduled a clean up of the West Chestnut bike lane, only to have Philadelphia Streets Department swoop in with a preemptive sweep up. Once again, our plans to clean the West Chestnut Bike Lane were foiled. We planned to tidy up on Saturday...
DVRPC Board Awards $2 Million for NJ Circuit Projects
On December 5th, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) Board approved more than $2 Million in CMAQ funds for the construction of two Circuit Trails Projects in New Jersey. The projects were part of DVRPC's Competitive CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation Air...
8 Counties, 90 Towns Adopt The Circuit Resolution
On December 10, advocates for The Circuit Trails got three wins in a single night. In Pennsylvania, Bristol Borough (photo above) and The City of Coatesville passed municipal resolutions in support of building 500 miles of The Circuit by 2025. On the other side of the...
SEPTA To Install More Bike Parking
The Bicycle Coalition has been meeting with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority for several years to speak about the potential for bike parking options on SEPTA property, including the South Broad Concourse, where, we have long believed, there is...
Help us Clean up the Chestnut Street Bike Lane on Saturday
The protected bike lane in West Philadelphia is a mess! The trash and leaves in the West Chestnut Street protected bike lane make riding a bicycle difficult and dangerous. Join us on Saturday, December 15 at 10:30am to clean this trash and make the West Philadelphia...
Roosevelt Boulevard Needs Better Bike Lanes Sooner
By Benjamin Harris On December 11th, the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure System (oTIS) will hold an open house and the final workshop for this phase of the Roosevelt Boulevard Route for Change Program, in an effort to help shape the long-term future of...
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