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Leonard’s Entirely Unscientific Ratings of Dockless Bikeshare Companies
While at the National Bike Summit, I had the opportunity to ride dockless bikeshare bikes from five different companies that are currently operating a pilot in Washington, DC: Mobike, Limebike, ofo, Spin, and Jump. I also took a few rides in DC's traditional docked...
BCGP Drinks the NPR Kool-Aid
This year I've been lucky enough to attend the National Bike Summit for the first time, which gave me the chance to get a tourists' view of my hometown of DC, and do stuff like take a bike tour to NPR. When I signed up for this, I thought it was just a tour of a cool...
Member Profile: Amarjit
This month is our Member Drive, and we’re celebrating by sharing the stories of a few of our 3,000+ members. The following story comes from our member Amarjit from Delaware County. Feel compelled to share your own story? Email our Membership Coordinator, Ashley....
Takeaways from CCD’s ‘Keep Philadelphia Moving’ Report
By Kyle Hearing Earlier this week, Center City District (CCD) released a draft of their Keep Philadelphia Moving report on congestion. The report seeks to quantify how mobility has changed since 2013 for the roughly 500,000 people traveling within Center City each...
Narberth Crew Proves You Can Bike To The Grocery Store
By BCGP Member Kimberley Bezak Earlier this week, something truly incredible happened. We went grocery shopping! Wait, why the buzz about a trip to the grocery? Well to be a bit more specific, we didn’t just go grocery shopping. We went grocery shopping on a cloudy,...
DelCo: Meet Your New Affiliate Chair!
It's been a busy February for our suburban advocacy. In addition to adding a new Chair for Gloucester County, we've revamped our DelCo Affiliate group with a new Chair and steering committee. Amarjit Singh of Broomall recently took the helm of DelCo. He's an...
Gloucester County: Meet Your New Chair
We're pleased as punch to announce that Gloucester County has its first ever BCGP Affiliate Group, Chaired by an inspiring cyclist and triathlete. Rebecca Kreck officially took the helm yesterday. Before she had even signed on the dotted line, she helped Leonard staff...
Member Profile: Kimberley
This month is our Member Drive, and we're celebrating by sharing the stories of a few of our 3,000+ members. The following story comes from our member Kimberley from Narberth, PA. Feel compelled to share your own story? Email our Membership Coordinator, Ashley. As a...
Q&A: Exit interview with Kiera Smalls of Bike Transit
By Stefani Cox Kiera Smalls may be headed in a new career direction, but she’s not forgetting about bike share. Kiera has been with Bicycle Transit Systems, bike share operator for Philadelphia’s Indego and other systems, for 3 years. Along the way, she’s spearheaded...
The Continuing Struggle to Enforce Cars Parked Illegally in Bike Lanes
The Bicycle Coalition recently met with the Philadelphia Parking Authority to talk about ways we could better work with them to enforce illegal parking in bike lanes, install better bicycle parking, and take fresh looks at where, and how, their officers could patrol...
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