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$5 Fee Road Safety Bill Passes Through Committee
Earlier this week, Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass' Vision Zero bill passed out of committee. Bass’ bill would add an additional $5 fee onto vehicle registration for Philadelphia residents, as made legal by Pennsylvania Act 89, and put that money directly into...
Philly Neighborhood Town Halls Continue All Week
As we told you before Thanksgiving, Mayor-Elect Jim Kenney is holding town hall meetings all this week. Last night was the first, at Central High School on Olney Avenue. And if you didn’t make it, you’ve got the rest of the week to catch up with the future mayor of...
‘No Bike Parking’ Sign in University City Probably Illegal
This morning, a photo was posted to a closed Facebook group showing an illegal parking sign up near 38th and Market on Penn’s Campus. It was, and remains, unknown who put the sign up and why, but the person who posted the photograph also claimed they were told by a...
Here’s What Sarah Clark Stuart Hopes to Bring to the Kenney Transition Team
The Bicycle Coalition's Acting Executive Director Sarah Clark Stuart was recently named to Mayor-Elect Jim Kenney's Transition Team, and we're very excited for her to bring the Coalition's vision to the field. And speaking of that field, perhaps you've heard: It's...
Puentes de Salud’s Health Walk (En Español Abajo)
[Editor's note: This blog has been cross-posted from the Ride Indego Tumblr Page.] English: Puentes de Salud held their “Caminata por una buena salud” (Walk for Health) on October 18th, and they invited members of the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) to come out...
Support Better Mobility at Jim Kenney’s Town Halls
Thus far, the Better Mobility 2015 Agenda that the Bicycle Coalition took the lead on preparing back in January 2015 has been well received by Philadelphia's Mayor-elect Jim Kenney. Over the past year, the Bicycle Coalition and our Better Mobility Working Group...
Philly Leads U.S. Cities in Bike Lanes Per Mile
With 426 miles of on-street bike lanes, Philadelphia leads the United States' big cities with the most bike lanes per square mile, according to a recent article in Triple Pundit. At 4.3 miles of bike lane per square mile, Philadelphia comes in with more miles of lanes...
DVRPC: 3.8% of Philadelphians Use Bicycle For Work Commute
In the just-released Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s 2012-2013 Household Travel Survey, 3.8 percent of Philadelphians reported using a bicycle as their primary means of transportation to work—nearly double what a recent American Community Survey...
Cadence Youth Cycling Gala Was Our Biggest Fundraiser Yet
On Thursday, November 19, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia hosted our Seventh-Annual Cadence Youth Cycling Gala at the National Museum of American Jewish History. The goal of the fundraiser was to raise money for our Cadence Youth Cycling program. Cadence...
City Council Honors Former Bicycle Coalition Executive Director
Members of Philadelphia City Council read a resolution on Thursday morning honoring former Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Executive Director Alex Doty for his 13 years of work and advocacy for bicycling in the Greater Philadelphia region. The resolution was...
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