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SEPTA & City Budgets Net Wins for Transit
Transit Forward Philly organized to win new and expanded investments in transit in City and SEPTA budgets for FY2024
Meet our Bartram’s Garden Bike Hub Team: Jack and Danielle
This post was written by Education Intern, Emily Dzieniszewsk. Emily is a Master of Public Health Student at the University of Pennsylvania Jack grew up riding scooters until the age of 13 when he started riding bikes. As his skills improved, Jack soon rode around...
Recap: Jay Alert Gathering 2023
We joined the family of Jayanna Powell on Thursday, August 17th to celebrate Jayanna's life on what should have been her 15th birthday. On November 18, 2016, eight year old Jayanna Powell was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Ayeshia Poole’s four children were walking...
Spring Garden Street Connector Update: Progress Made One Year After Funding Secured
AUTHORED BY: CIRCUIT TRAILS COALITION CIRCUIT TRAILS COALITION OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SPRING GARDEN STREET CONNECTOR PROGRESS ONE YEAR AFTER FUNDING SECURED Philadelphia—Representatives from the Circuit Trails Coalition today expressed their optimism that the City of...
The Bicycle Coalition Joined Family Fun and Fitness Day at Hunting Park!
This blog post is written by Education Intern, Emily Dzieniszewski. Last weekend, the Bicycle Coalition joined the Family Fun and Fitness Day at the Hunting Park Recreation Center. On an early Saturday morning, the community was energized and ready to promote healthy...
Gala to Celebrate 10 Years of Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling
The Annual Gala & Awards Dinner celebrates Greater Philadelphia’s agents of change in the bicycling community. This year’s awardees highlight the 10th year of the Youth Cycling program operating under the Coalition’s auspices. Ryan Oelkers, the 2023 BCYC Award...
Volunteer Sign Up For BCGP’s 2023 Bike Counts
It's bike count time! Here's how to help – sign up for a 90 minute morning or evening time slot at the intersection of your choice. Counts are qualitative and track a variety of data including behavior, gender (M,F,X), Indego Bike Share usage, and e-scooters. Since...
PennDOT is Seeking Feedback on its Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), recently released its Vulnerable Road User (VRU) Safety Assessment survey to evaluate the state of Pennsylvania's safety performance for pedestrians and cyclists, and to develop a plan to improve safety for...
Bike Chester County’s Ride Recap: Enola Low-Grade Trail from Atglen to Quarryville
Authored by: Dave Wojo, member of Bike Chester County My trail riding buddy and I ticked another ride off our 2023 to-do list this week; The Enola Trail from Atglen to Quarryville. A bit of recent history: Since the last train rumbled through in December of 1988,...
Better Bike Share Partnership July Bike Education Classes and Rides Recap
Each month the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) Education Team hosts a series of Learn-to-Ride classes and bicycle group rides with local organizations that serve underrepresented communities in Philadelphia. The goal is...
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