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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
Flex Posts Separating Bike Lane Installed in Front of Marriott Hotel
After more than a month of negotiations and re-scheduled court hearings, flex-posts were installed at 13th and Spruce Street Streets today, to better the bike lane in front of the new Fairfield Marriott Hotel. The issue began this past spring after the hotel...
Circuit Trails Projects Receive Grants from PA Act 13 Funds
At today's Commonwealth Financing Authority meeting, five number of Circuit Trail projects and four Circuit Connection projects were awarded funds from the Greenways Trails and Recreation Program. This is one of the state grant programs that benefits trails and...
US Census: Biking to Work gets a Bump in Philly
Last week the Census Bureau released the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS),showing a bump to 2.6 percent mode share in Philadelphia. The latest ACS release showed that the number of Philadelphia bicycle commuters increased 19.3 percent from 14,397 in 2016 to 17,180...
Emily Fredricks’ Family Wins Settlement: Donates $25,000 to BCGP
The family of Emily Fredricks, who was killed by a Gold Medal trash truck while bicycling on the Spruce Street bike lane on November 28, 2017, made an important announcement that they had reached a settlement of $6 Million with the owners of the Gold Medal company....
Come to our first W/T/F* Cycling Mixer
* Women/trans/femme. As always, those identifying as women, trans, and/or non-binary are welcome at Women Bike PHL events. If you are a W/T/F* cyclist interested in bike racing in any way shape or form and want to talk to some real live people about it, and/or you...
Tell Your State Rep to Vote YES on Automated Enforcement
On Tuesday, a driver was killed while driving on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. It was the 13th traffic death on that particular road in 2018. According to police, the driver was “traveling southbound on Roosevelt Blvd in the inner lanes at a high rate...
Bike & Build Applications Open in October
By Kate Norris You all know that the Bicycle Coalition works to make bicycling a safe and fun way to get around for anyone in the Greater Philadelphia area, but we want to highlight a neighbor who also loves safe cycling and works, among other things, to benefit...
UPDATED: Cyclist Hit in North Philly—and We Need Your Help Finding the Hit-and-Run Driver
A 9-year-old girl was riding her bicycle on Monday night in North Philadelphia when she was struck by the driver of a Cadillac SRX Crossover. Police are still looking for the driver. We all need your help in finding the person responsible for this crime. Here...
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...
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