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Take the JFK and Market Street Transportation Survey
By Kyle Hearing On Friday, the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation released a JFK Boulevard & West Market Street Transportation Survey. For years, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has been calling for the taming of JFK and Market Street. We...
Your Petitions Worked: The Philadelphia Bike Race Is Coming Back!
More than 2,200 people signed our petition last year calling for a return of the annual summer bike race through Philadelphia—and it worked. As reported by Philly Voice on Thursday, the race will return in 2018 after being cancelled in 2017 due to monetary problems....
Philadelphia Announces Vision Zero Action Plan
By Yafa Dias On Thursday, September 28th, after several months of deliberation, the City of Philadelphia released its Vision Zero Action Plan. The press conference for the three year plan was held at City Hall at 10am. In attendance were Mayor Jim Kenney, the Office...
PRESS RELEASE: Vision Zero Alliance To Attend City of Philadelphia’s Action Plan Press Conference
For Immediate Release: September 27, 2017 Contact: Randy LoBasso, Bicycle Coaltion of Greater Philadelphia randy@bicyclecoalition.org 215-242-9253 Ext 311 The Vision Zero Alliance—a diverse group of advocacy organizations and private entities dedicated to making...
Bike Share Company Plans To Internalize Diversity And Inclusion
Bicycle Transit Systems — Philadelphia office Source: Bicycle Transit Systems A major U.S. bike share operator has started planning for equity from a new angle — building an inclusive environment within its own offices. Bicycle Transit Systems manages the bike share...
Elisabeth Reinkordt’s Route: A South Philly to Penn Bike Commute
By SJ Punderson Editor's note: This is the first profile in our Routes series, written by SJ Punderson, which takes a look at Philadelphia cyclists and their routes to and from their daily destinations. For more information, click here. There isn’t much Elisabeth...
Bike Kennett Hosts Ride to Support Street Planning Grant
Last weekend, Bike Kennett, a subsidiary of Bike Chester County (which is an affiliate of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia), hosted a ride to support a grant that would bring $1 million to the borough. The grant $1 million grant would complete a project...
PENNDOT Pilot Bike Lane Projects Advance Towards Construction
Earlier this year, PENNDOT removed the Bicycle Occupancy Permit from its design manual. Instead of agreeing to the permit which local governments will need only provide a letter of request for the proposed bicycle lane that includes the necessary information for...
Learn About the Delaware River Trail
On October 4, the Bicycle Coalition will host our October Supporter Social at 1500 Walnut St., Suite 1107, with Karen Thompson, Planner/Project Manager of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation. She'll be talking about the Delaware River Trail, a portion of The...
Read moreType of Incident: Bicycle Accident
Incident Number: 17-20411
Date of Incident: 9-20-2017On September 20, 2017 at 7:45 PM the Upper Merion Township Police were dispatched to a report of a bicycle crash at the intersection of First Avenue and Moore Road in the King of Prussia section of the township. Upon arrival they found an unconscious male lying face down in the street. He was in the curbside lane on First Avenue and tangled up in his bicycle. A motorist that came upon him did not know what happened to him and called 911. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he remains in critical, but stable condition. The police are asking for anyone who may have information about what happened to please call the Upper Merion Police Traffic Safety Unit at (610) 265-3232.
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