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Report: Temple Students Study and Make Bike Parking Recommendations
Students at Temple University’s Department of City and Regional Planning put together a study for the Bicycle Coalition this spring looking at bicycle parking in the city, examining bicycle parking through an assessment of best practices with respect to policy,...
Tentative Deal Reached in 13th Street Bike Lane/Valet Parking Debacle
A hearing had been scheduled at 1:30pm on Wednesday to discuss the lawsuit of Kyle Leach vs. Marriot International over the issue of the new hotel’s valet parking obstructing the bike lane. But the hearing never took place – and that could be a good thing. Because...
Schuylkill Banks Sink Hole Temporarily Covered
If you've ridden along Schuylkill Banks within the last couple weeks, you may have noticed something. The years-long sinkhole that's plagued the turn underneath the Chestnut Street Bridge has been covered up! This is good news, as the bottleneck effect of the gate...
We Analyzed Upcoming Trails For Community Impact
Looking at issues like equity, length, population, and connectivity, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia recently analyzed coming-trail segments to better understand the impact these trails will have on citizens of the 9-county Greater Philadelphia Region....
Touring the inside of the Ben Franklin Bridge Anchorage
We were fortunate enough to be invited to partake in a guided tour of the Camden Anchorages of the Ben Franklin Bridge a week ago Thursday provided by the Delaware River Port Authority. This 1920s suspension bridge was an early example of multimodalism; it was...
Petal Pedal Explores Intersection of Bike Advocacy and Urban Agriculture
by Ashley Vogel On Sunday, August 5th, the Bicycle Coalition partnered with the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) to present Petal Pedal, a bike tour of four of POP’s 62 orchards. The tour included stops at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center, Woodford Mansion,...
Green-Backed Sharrows Installed in South Philadelphia
After several years of anticipation, the City of Philadelphia has begun installing green-backed so-called “Super Sharrows” on 13th and 15th Streets through Center City and South Philadelphia. As we’ve noted over the years, these sharrows are the result of several...
Help with the Bicycle Coalition’s First ‘Car Counts’
We are seeking volunteers to help provide the data necessary to advocate for more changes to Spruce and Pine Streets in Center City, Philadelphia, which are Philadelphia's most-biked lanes. There is currently a plan to, a) Switch the lane from the right to the left,...
Marriott Sued Over Bike Lane Parking
Since it opened earlier this summer, the new Fairfield Marriott hotel at 13th and Spruce Streets in Center City, Philadelphia, has been using the well-traveled 13th Street bike lane to help its customers unload their bags instead of the designated valet parking spot...
BCGP Suburban Forum: Date and Venue Set!
We're proud to announce that we'll be hosting a better mobility forum for the Pennsylvania suburbs on Saturday November 17th 2018 at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit (MCIU) in Norristown. Tentatively titled "Suburban Active Transportation 2018: Connecting...
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