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Swing Bridge to Cross the Schuylkill River – Show Your Love
After considerable time, energy, fundraising and planning (since the early aughts), the Schuylkill Crossing (also known as the Gray's Ferry Crossing) is a bridge project poised to kick off. It will connect the Gray's Ferry Crescent to the...
2016 in Review: Council Meetings, Trips to Harrisburg for Safety Cameras
Editor's Note: Over the next week, the Bicycle Coalition will be showcasing our Year-in-Review, which is also available at BicycleCoalition2016.org The Bicycle Coalition and active citizens began meeting with City Council officials and their staffs in April to talk...
2016 in Review: Vision Zero Symposium, Suburban Bike Lanes, New Funds
Editor's Note: Over the next week, the Bicycle Coalition will be showcasing our Year-in-Review, which is also available at BicycleCoalition2016.org At the quarterly Pedalcycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting on March 17, PennDOT announced to its...
2016 in Review: Cadence Bike Build, Vision Zero
Editor's Note: Over the next week, the Bicycle Coalition will be showcasing our Year-in-Review, which is also available at BicycleCoalition2016.org Mayor Jim Kenney was elected in 2015 after making several promises to the Bicycle Coalition in meetings, at our Mayoral...
Philadelphia Adds 16.2 Miles of Bike Lanes in 2016
According to the City of Philadelphia, 16.2 miles of new bike lanes were installed in 2016 by the Philadelphia Streets Department and PennDOT. Additionally, nearly seven miles of lanes were upgraded to a higher bicycle facility, including the first parking-protected...
2016 in Review: New Leadership, Women Bike PHL Grows
Editor's Note: Over the next week, the Bicycle Coalition will be showcasing our Year-in-Review, which is also available at BicycleCoalition2016.org Early on in 2016, the Bicycle Coalition got some welcome news: Sarah Clark Stuart would be taking over as Executive...
Bicycle Coalition Delivers 50 Sets of Bike Lights to JUNTOS
On Giving Tuesday, the Bicycle Coalition promised that for every donation we received, we'd give a set of bike lights to children at Juntos, a non-profit in South Philly working to empower the Latino immigrant community. We raised enough to give away 50 sets of lights...
New Jersey Calls For Local Aid Program Applications
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is now accepting applications for State Aid grants to counties and municipalities for traditional and nontraditional transportation initiatives. SafeRoutesNJ has done a nice summary of the State Aid categories that...
Video: Why we need protected bike lanes in Philly
Protected bike lanes save lives. We created this video to better show why protected bike lanes could work on streets around Philadelphia, including Spruce and Pine Streets. The city has begun receiving funding to install 15 miles of protected bike lanes. Here's why we...
Bike Bucks County Reflects on Lessons Learned from Newtown Trail Advocacy
On Wednesday night, the Bucks County Northampton Town Supervisors voted against studying a piece of land for its potential as a Circuit trail project. It was a big letdown for our county affiliate group, Bike Bucks County, and its leader, Ken Boyle. Over 1000...
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