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Bike Courier History Goes on Display in Fishtown
The Constitution Center, the National Jewish Museum, the African American Museum, and even the Mummers Museum are all mainstays of history and knowledge in Philly. Soon, there will be one more venue—albeit a temporary one—to view objects of another group’s history....
Announcing Our Philly Summer Happy Hour Series
You know what’s awesome? Happy hour. Even more awesome? Happy hour with food specials. Awesomer? Both those things alongside fellow Philly cyclists, Bicycle Coalition members, and staff. With awesomness in mind, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is putting...
Last Chance to Sign Up For This Weekend’s 19-Mile Circuit Ride
Weekends are the best time to get on the bike, stretch your legs and hit the streets, trails, or even gravel roads. If you don’t have any plans and are up for traversing all three of these conditions, join the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia and Bike Chester County...
Banner Day for Circuit Trails
Yes, the holiday weekend is about to start. But, we are so excited about this news that we want to share some details about the Circuit's recent banner day on June 26th. That morning, the Board members of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission voted...
SEPTA To Install Covered Bike Parking At 14 Regional Rail Stations
High demand for more adequate bike parking at transit stations was a key finding of the DVRPC Bike to Transit Survey that the Bicycle Coalition collaborated on, and has helped to provide information to SEPTA and PATCO to improve bike parking at their many urban and...
New Vision Zero Report Breaks Down Crashes by Neighborhood, District
If you’ve been following this blog over the last year, you’ve probably heard a lot about Vision Zero. It’s the Sweden-birthed policy that seeks to reduce all traffic deaths in a given are to zero. Last year, not long after the Bicycle Coalition released our Safer...
What do the 2014 Bike Counts Tell Us?
Last fall the Bicycle Coalition conducted it's 10th annual on-street bicycle count. With the help of 40 volunteers, we were able to count more than 1700 bicycle users at 18 intersections and bridges during the AM and PM rush hours. We found that bicycling is still on...
How Walnut Street Bridge Got New Posts Between Bike Lane and Traffic
The reactions were mixed yesterday when I posted two photos of new flexible delineator posts on the Walnut Street Bridge to Twitter, then Facebook. Reactions ranged from This is the best to This is the worst and everything in between. (A common in-between reaction:...
Attention Burlington County Residents
Burlington County has the opportunity to build out several miles of Circuit trails – but they need YOU for support! Next Wednesday (6/24), Burlington County Freeholders are holding a board meeting and will consider adjusting its Open Space tax rate as part of the...
Bike Lane Violation Bill Sounds Good, but Devil is in the Details
Republican Councilman David Oh introduced a bill yesterday which would sharply increase the fine for cars parked in bike lanes—a regular, daily occurrence that is both annoying and dangerous for city cyclists. Unfortunately, the bill also includes vague language which...
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