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Lynne Abraham’s Responses to the Bicycle Coalition’s 2015 Candidate Questionnaire
Philadelphia’s Mayor plays a critical role in ensuring that all citizens can use city streets to bike, walk, take transit or drive. The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia prepared a questionnaire for all 2015 mayoral candidates. These responses serve as...
GUEST POST: Cadence Youth Cycling Time Trials a Success
[Ed. Note: This post was written by Cadence Youth Cycling member Krystal Philson] Hello fellow cyclists and bike lovers! My name is Krystal Philson, a four-year member of the Cadence Youth Cycling and I am very excited to be posting my first blog in honor of our...
Philadelphia Celebrates Biggest Bike To Work Day Ever in 2015
On Friday, May 15, The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and its partners will celebrate Bike Month with the city’s largest Bike To Work Day celebration ever. To mark the 20th annual Bike To Work Day—as well as the launch of Indego Bike Share—the Bicycle...
Temple Student Struck by Hit and Run Motorist
On April 29th at 7:20pm, 22-year-old Rachel Hall was riding her bike through the intersection of Diamond and Park Ave at the north end of Temple's North Philadelphia Campus when she was struck and critically injured by a hit-and-run driver. According to several news...
Bicycle Coalition Launches IBikePHL.org
Bicycling is for everyone, and with the recent launch of Indego Bike Share in Philadelphia, bikes as a form of public transportation are available to more people than ever. That’s why the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is launching IBikePHL.org, a...
Jeannette Brugger is Philly’s new Bike/Ped Coordinator
The Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities “makes sure that the investments and plans that affect the city’s infrastructure and the people who use it are done with a shared vision of increased mobility and sustainability.” And as such, MOTU has a...
Roberto Clemente Promise Academy Prepares for Bike to School Day
This year marks the first time Roberto Clemente Middle School will participate in Bike to Work Day—and both the teachers and students are psyched for the event on May 6. The school, located in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia, was a noted under-performing...
State of the Greenway Summit on May 1st
On May 1st, the East Coast Greenway Association is hosting its national summit here in Philadelphia at Lloyd Hall on Boathouse Row form 9am-4:45pm, followed by a reception from 5-7pm. The East Coast Greenway Alliance will be recognizing Philadelphia’s leadership in...
Indego Bike Share Roundup
We're at Eakins Oval getting ready to @RideIndego! pic.twitter.com/mh0WORcllT — Bike Coalition Phila (@bcgp) April 23, 2015 Philadelphia entered the 21st Century at 11:30am yesterday as the city unleashed its very own bike share program. Today, and from now on, you...
Bicycle Coalition Delivers 200 Signatures to Council, Testifies for Safer Streets
By the time the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s representatives showed up at City Council on Tuesday, our petition for Safer Streets had received more than 220 signatures and stories from supporters concerned about Philadelphia’s streets -- which, after a...
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