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Circuit Workshops Teach Fundamentals on Funding, Developing New Trails
Beginning next week and going through the end of the month, the Circuit Coalition, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will host Circuit workshops all over the five-count Greater...
Bicyclist Killed By Hit and Run Driver in West Kensington.
On October 1st at approximately 11 PM Gordon Vanderburg, 56 was riding his bicycle through the intersection of B and Ontario Streets in West Kensington when he was struck and killed by a driver that left the scene of the crash. A heroic witness chased down the...
High Spirits for Walk to School Day 2015
All across the world this morning, students and parents alike skipped their morning routines of hopping into a car or jumping onto a bus and made their way to school by means of their own two feet, or on a bicycle. International Walk to School Day, which has...
Future Trail Segments Leading to the Manayunk Bridge
[Editor's note: This is the first of several blog posts about the Manayunk Bridge Trail, which will open on October 30th.] In less than a month, the Manayunk Bridge trail will open to great fanfare. This long awaited re-purposing of a SEPTA bridge (originally built...
A Protected Lane in the 5th Street Tunnel?
Earlier this year, some of our friends on social media brought a concern to our attention: The 5th Street Tunnel is dark, scary, and the standard bike lane is potentially dangerous. And was there anything the Bicycle Coalition could do about it? The tunnel, a...
THIS WEEK IN BICYCLING: Our Weekly News Roundup
Open Streets Was a Hit! The Pope was here last weekend. The streets were largely closed to cars. It was awesome. After the Bicycle Coalition’s Katie Monroe wrote a story for Philly.com pointing out the beauty of Philly’s closed (to cars) streets last Friday, the rest...
Trader Joe’s Gets Their Own Awareness Cones
Back in April, we told you about how awareness cones were actually making a small difference at 20th and Market in Philadelphia. For too long, cars pulling into the tiny Trader Joe’s parking lot in Center City were blocking the bike lane along that street, making the...
How Do We Make #PopenStreets a Yearly Event?
In July, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia research director John Boyle noted that Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia marked an “amazing, once in a decade opportunity for Philadelphia to host its first open streets event.” Well, the Pope Weekend came and...
Camden and South Jersey Missed Out On The Papal Street Fair
"These bike lanes came just in time...We now have another way for people to access the visit of the Pope this weekend." That was what Camden County Freeholder Jeffrey Nash told a crowd on Thursday September 24th, as the city of Camden, New Jersey hosted a ribbon...
Save The Date: Pennypack Trail Ride is October 10
We’re getting close to your last chance to sign up for our last groupride of the season. It’ll take place next weekend, October 10, and will likely be attended by county officials who helped make the trail what it is today. On September 18, Montgomery County...
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