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Here’s What We Learned From 6 Months of CyclePhilly Data
Last year, a cadre of volunteer Code for Philly developers set out to create a mobile app that would find out where in Philly bicyclists were actually riding. The app went live in May and basically acted as a GPS tracker to show the most biked streets throughout the...
Center City Police District Unveils New Bike Registry
Good news everyone: A Center City Police District has finally unveiled their bike registry Pilot program. Residents of that neighborhood can now use a website to register their bike with the local police district in case it gets stolen. The announcement comes amidst...
Why Philly Needs a Citywide Bike Registry Program
Whether or not Philadelphia is actually the country’s worst city for bike theft, we can all agree it's a problem. A big one. Just last week, we posted a blog showing video of a man in the Bella Vista section of South Philly stealing four bicycles in a single night...
Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Alex Doty Interviewed in PW
Philadelphia Weekly’s Josh Kruger conducted an extensive interview with Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia executive director Alex Doty for this week’s issue. They cover a ton of really important topics, and we definitely recommend you read the whole thing. In...
National Bike Summit Goes Big in 2015
Transportation equity, Vision Zero, retrofitting the suburbs. These are some of the big ideas that will propel bicycling in 2015 and beyond -- and that all who attend will delve into at the National Bike Summit, March 10-12 in Washington, D.C. With a theme of Bikes+,...
Jobs: Bike Share Ambassadors! Street Team!
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has five paid positions available for enthusiastic folks who want to help make a difference in their community. Those positions—three Bike Share Ambassadors and a Street Team Leader and Street Team members—are part-time...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Challenges Mayors to Improve Bike/Ped Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants what we want: Improvements to bicycle and pedestrian safety. As recently as 2010, the U.S. DOT put out a policy statement on bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, which called for, among other things, "Pedestrian and...
SHARE THIS NOW: The Case for Safer Streets
This week, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia released the “Better Mobility 2015” platform. That document takes the data laid out in our “Safer Streets” report and introduces 10 important transportation and mobility recommendations for the next Philadelphia...
Avoid Getting Your Bike Stolen Like This
Police recently released video of a man in the Bella Vista section of Philadelphia stealing four -- four! -- bikes in one night. First brought to our attention by Philadelphia magazine, the video shows the white man, described as between 20 and 30 years old and about...
Our New Strategic Plan: How to Increase Bike Trips and Lower Traffic Injuries
Here at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, we take great pride in being able to predict the future. (Or, at least, come pretty close.) With that in mind, five years from now, in 2020, we’re pretty sure the following will be true: More people are biking but...
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