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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
Q&A: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson
Best known for her work in the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer, Signe Wilkinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose political cartoons regularly sear the Philadelphia and state political establishment. The first woman to ever win the...
Q&A: “The Geator With The Heater” Jerry Blavat
“He's the Geator with the Heator; the Boss with the Hot Sauce; the King of Philly Rock & Roll," reads Jerry Blavat's official Cruisin' 92.1 bio. "He's as much a part of Philadelphia as cheese steaks, Tastykakes, soft pretzels, and the Liberty Bell. He has been...
The “Good, Bad, and Unhealthy” of New Alliance Report on Biking and Walking
The Alliance for Biking & Walking recently released its 2016 Benchmarking Report. This national organization does lot of similar work as The Coalition except on a larger scale across the whole country. Of the hundreds of people involved in this study, Jeannette...
2015 Bike Counts Show Need for Better Infrastructure
Every year since 2005, the Bicycle Coalition has sent some awesome volunteers out on the streets to count people riding bikes. We consider these annual counts like a report card, grading how many people are on the roads as well as following the rules of the road. The...
The National Bike Summit and Womens Forum, Lobby Day and Amtrak’s Checked Bike Service
The 16th annual National Bike Summit & Women's Forum, a gathering of bike advocates, industry leaders, and congressional champions will take place again this year in Washington D.C from March 7th to 9th. The premier advocacy event of the year, it will unite the...
The Bicycle Coalition Interview: Reuben Harley
Philadelphia “Streetgazing” photographer Reuben Harley has a big personality—and it goes pretty perfectly with his nickname: “Big Rube.” Since he hopped on a bike and started taking pictures, he has been documenting fashion on his photo blog and as a contributor to...
Pa. Bicycle Advocacy Groups Call for Solution to State Bike Lane Policy
Although Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have a combined nearly 300 miles of bike lanes (over 200 in Philadelphia and 60 in Pittsburgh), the rest of the state has remarkably few. The map below of Southeastern Pennsylvania clearly illustrates the disparity in the number...
$300 Million Kenney Investment to Focus on ‘Equity and Fairness’
Plan Philly broke the news today that Mayor Jim Kenney has an ambitious plan to invest $500 million on public spaces, recreation centers and new infrastructure. The plan, according to the mayor, “will give people in every community a sense of equity and fairness, that...
New — and Better — Bike Racks at Wissahickson Station
In SEPTA’s continuing effort to integrate bicycles into their transportation system, we’ve begun seeing some new, more efficient, better-placed bike racks at Philly rail stations. And recently, we came across an updated bike rack that makes biking to the Wissihackon...
Update: Process for More Lighting on Manayunk Bridge Begins
There was some confusion late last year after the opening of the Manayunk Bridge: Its gates were closing around 6pm and many trail users didn't understand why. In a page we made about the bridge, we noted that since the new Bridge was part of the Parks system, it had...
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