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City Officially Opens West Chestnut Street Protected Bike Lane
At a press conference in the International House on Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia officially opened the West Chestnut Street parking-protected bike lane. The protected bike lane is the first of its kind, and provides safe access for cyclists between 45th and 34th...
West Chestnut Street Protected Bike Lane Opens Tuesday – Join Us for a Ride
The new West Chestnut Street parking-protected bike lane will open on Tuesday, and the Bicycle Coalition is hosting a ride to the City of Philadelphia’s official ribbon cutting for the bike lane. The City of Philadelphia is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press...
MontCo Teen Struck By Driver in Crosswalk Blamed For Crash
At approximately 2:45pm Wednesday, a teen was struck and critically injured while crossing the intersection of Highland and Canterbury in Abington Township, near the Abington High School. Despite the crash occurring in a school zone, during daylight, and in a very...
Plunger Bike Lane Glued Onto 22nd Street
In an act of guerilla tactical urbanism, plungers were glued to about three blocks of 22nd Street overnight on Wednesday, creating a (very) temporary protected bike lane along that particular well-used path from South Philadelphia into Center City and beyond. There’s...
South Street Bridge Flex-Posts Have Been Destroyed, Need to be Replaced
If you’re a regular commuter of the South Street Bridge (and we know many of you are), you’ve probably noticed the flex-posts recently installed in front of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s garage entrance are a bit scarce. In fact, they’ve all been either...
Cadence Youth Cycling Graduates Off to College
The Cadence Youth Cycling (CYC) family -- All Star athletes, their parents and siblings, friends, and supporters -- gathered on Saturday to recognize graduating seniors, share summer success stories, and present awards to outstanding CYC athletes. CYC coaches...
Better Bike Share Partnership Receives Two More Years of Funding
Editor's note: This article about the Better Bike Share Partnership is being cross-posted from BetterBikeShare.org. It was written by Stefani Cox. The Better Bike Share Partnership is excited to announce new funding from The JPB Foundation to continue our work in bike...
A Late Summer Ride Is Hard To Eclipse
By SJ Punderson On a busy August evening at the bottom of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, the Bicycle Coalition’s Ashley Vogel met up with cyclists from around the city for a ride to the Mann Center in Fairmount Park. The film Hidden Figures was shown on the big...
DRPA Approves Ben Franklin Bridge Ramp Construction
It's official. Today, the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the contract for the construction of the Ben Franklin Bridge walkway ramp. The total cost of the project is expected to be over $9 million. The project will...
Our Recommendations for South, Lombard and 27th Streets in West Center City
The proposed Lombard-South-27th Street safety project was rejected by apparent “near neighbor” concerns late last month, but the Bicycle Coalition has continued working with cyclists, neighbors, neighborhood organizations, and the city, to figure out a compromise and...
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