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What the ‘Car Counts’ Have Told Us, So Far
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia held a series of ‘car counts’ last month, to start the data gathering practice pertaining to Spruce and Pine Streets through Center City. As many know, Spruce and Pine Streets are not safe enough and there is a plan to...
Philly Naked Bike Ride is Saturday
I’ve got a pretty fond memory of riding down Market Street in just my underwear and sneakers, seeing a newly-minted married couple walk off Dilworth Park and pose for photos with a background of scantily-clad and naked people on bicycles. I raised my fist to the...
Meet our 2018 Gala Honorees
On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the Bicycle Coalition will be celebrating three of the Greater Philadelphia region's champions for the cycling community at our Fifth Annual Gala and Awards Dinner. It's going to be a great party, and we'd love to have you there to help...
Academy Road: Still Dangerous After Road Work
By Kate Norris and Randy LoBasso Over Labor Day weekend, this past Sunday, the driver of a Ford F-150 hit and killed a women walking to or waiting for the bus on the 10900 block of Academy Rd. The person driving the car hit her at excessive speed, fled the scene of...
Pa. Municipalities Can Be Sued for Causing Harm While Illegally Parked
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jason Laughlin recently reported that if someone is killed or hurt due to an illegally-parked public vehicle in the right of way, the municipality is legally at fault. As noted in the article: The Aug. 21 ruling shifted a 30-year...
Time to Report Those Abandoned Bikes
Each fall, we ask our members and supporters to report abandoned bikes that have been left to die on bike racks and posts around the city. Abandoned bikes are forms of blight in the city, and the more of us who report them, the cleaner the city. Here’s how it’s...
Bicycle Coalition and AARP PA to Host Vision Zero Listening Sessions
Over the coming months, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and our partner, AARP PA, will host a series of listening sessions throughout West and North Philadelphia in order to gain a better understanding of the traffic issues local residents face in those...
NJ Trail Funding Will Be Wasted if We Don’t Take Action
Do you want New Jersey to have more miles of connected walking and bicycling trails? Sure you do. Unfortunately, due to inefficient management, the state is actually on the verge of losing funding it's already received for Circuit Trails and other bicycle and...
Throwback Thursday: Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling Sojourn on the GAP Trail
From August 13th - 17th, the Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling (BCYC) All Star Tour Team biked from Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, MD on the longest Sojourn yet. [video width="720" height="1280" mp4="/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_3102.mp4"...
Northwest Philly and Lower Merion Circuit Trails Open House in September
Have you been wondering about the status of various trail and Schuylkill River or Canal-related projects that are in progress or being planned on the Circuit in NW Philly and Lower Merion Township? Come learn about the Circuit Trail projects that are being managed by...
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