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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
Philadelphia Hires Second Paving Crew
In a move the Bicycle Coalition has been advocating for several years, the City of Philadelphia recently announced it has hired a second paving crew to help pave our streets. The paving crew will likely begin this spring, when 2018 paving season starts. As...
Analyzing Philadelphia’s 3-Year Vision Zero Action Plan: The High Injury Network
By Kyle Hearing Since 2014, the Bicycle Coalition has been urging the City of Philadelphia to adopt Vision Zero. In early 2015, it called for Philadelphia to adopt a Vision Zero policy in its Better Mobility mayoral platform. In the fall of 2015, BCGP hosted the first...
ARLE Funds Recipients Announced
Hot off the presses: As also reported in PlanPhilly, Governor Wolf just announced today that 35 municipalities will receive funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) fund to improve traffic safety, including 22 in our PA region. The funding will support...
Vision Zero Memorial for Feltonville Crash Victim
On Friday, members of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia held a memorial for the still unidentified victim of a traffic crash on the 4700 block of Whitaker Avenue in the Feltonville section of North Philadelphia. The crash occurred on February 17 while the...
Bike DelCo Is On The Move!
Maybe you haven't noticed yet, but we've stepped up our game in the suburbs in the past year. With new funding from the William Penn Foundation, we've been able to hire our "new" Regional Planner Leonard Bonarek, our first full-time staffer dedicated exclusively to...
Tell Council: Don’t Slow Down Vision Zero
On Thursday, Feb. 22, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell introduced legislation to broaden the reach of Council's control over bike lanes. The bill proposes language that "any modification to an existing bicycle lane that would affect the flow of traffic" would require an...
Bicycle Coalition to Hold Vision Zero Memorial for Feltonville Traffic Victim
For Immediate Release: Thursday, Febraury 22 Contact: Randy LoBasso, 215-242-9253 Ext. 311, randy@bicyclecoalition.org The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia will hold a short Vision Zero memorial for the recent victim of a crash in the Feltonville section of...
Our Response to Philadelphia Magazine’s ‘Traffic Apocalypse’
In their March issue, Philadelphia magazine published a first-person piece about motor vehicle gridlock, mostly using the company’s chief content and strategy officer’s personal commute as anecdotal evidence that Philadelphia is currently experiencing a “traffic...
Dockless Bike Share Study Coming To Camden
Coopers Ferry Partnership and the City of Camden have kicked off their work to perform a bike share feasibility study for the City of Camden. The study is being conducted by the Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers in partnership with ofo dockless bike...
Ben Franklin Bridge South Walkway Stairs Closing: How We Got Here
The Delaware River Port Authority has announced the closure tomorrow, February 22nd, for construction of an ADA Accessible ramp on the Ben Franklin Bridge in Camden, NJ. The project will take approximately 14 months and bikes and pedestrians will be detoured onto the...
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