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GoFundMe Page Supports South Philly Family Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver
A GoFundMe page has been launched for three Philadelphians who were struck by a hit-and-run driver at Broad and Dickinson Streets earlier this month. In support of Stefanie McMillan and two of her daughters, the page was created about a week after...
Bicycle Coalition and Thomas Jefferson University Partner for Vision Zero Mini-Forum
The Bicycle Coalition has been at work for a Vision Zero Policy for Philadelphia for quite some time. Vision Zero — a policy that seeks to reduce all traffic deaths in a given area to zero in a given amount of time -- was an important ask for the Coalition during the...
New Efforts Under Way to Address Safety on Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia won USA Today’s Best Urban Trail award in 2015. It's regularly featured on tourism material for Philadelphia and is a picturesque recreational site in the city. But over the last few months, there's been an outcry from the...
The Bicycle Coalition Podcast is Here!
It's official: The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has a new podcast. In our first episode, Bicycle Coalition communications manager Randy LoBasso and communications intern Travis Southard talk about winter bicycling, how to deal with snow in bike lanes, and...
Kenney Administration Document Begins Outlining Vision Zero
In a document released this morning, the Kenney Administration outlined the recommendations reported by each transition committee for the first six months of his mayoral administration. We at the Bicycle Coalition are very familiar with this transition team,...
Save The Date: Better Bike Share Conference in Philadelphia
Save the date for the Better Bike Share Conference, coming to Philadelphia on June 22-24! This event will feature panelists and presenters working at all levels to increase access to bike share and foster productive and meaningful conversations about bike share,...
Learn About Schuylkill River Trail Watch This Thursday
There will be a Schuylkill River Trail Watch meeting on Thursday at 6:00 to 7:30pm at Lloyd Hall to discuss the future of a watch group that patrols the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia. The idea for a watch meeting came about after four teens were arrested...
DVRPC To Study Level of Traffic Stress on Bicyclists in PA Suburbs
Last month the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission approved its 2017 Work Program which included Bike Level of Traffic Stress Analysis for Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. This project idea grew out of the conversation from the Bicycle...
Why a Complete Streets Commissioner is so Important for Philadelphia
Earlier today, Philadelphia Magazine reported that the Kenney Administration would be appointing a Complete Streets Commissioner—something for which we’ve been advocating, and part of a major priority we put in our Better Mobility 2015 platform. Just a month into the...
Keeping Track of Mobility Priorities for the Kenney Administration
Although the Kenney Administration is but a month old, we thought it would be a good exercise to take a look at Candidate Kenney's campaign promises to help keep track of the status of issues as they get tackled during the Administration's first year. We compared the...
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