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Check Out This Healthcare Triage Bicycle Safety Video
Studies show bicycle helmets and lights are legitimate ways of staying safe on the road. This morning, a friend sent along this video from Healthcare Triage in which Dr. Aaron Carroll breaks down a couple health-related studies on bicycle crashes and injuries—and...
Why We’re Thankful: Bike Share
This blog is part of our year-end “Why We’re Thankful” series, highlighting the Bicycle Coalition’s—and your—accomplishments of 2014. Lots of cities around the world have bike share systems nowadays. Philadelphia does not. But in June, City Council approved a Bike...
Over 200 People Join 2014 Holiday Lights Ride
Over 200 people came out for last night's Holiday Lights Ride. It was the largest crowd we’ve ever had for the event and a total success! Like all our events, we couldn’t have made it possible without the help from our members and supporters. Scroll down for photos...
Why We’re Thankful: The Schuylkill Boardwalk and The Circuit
This blog is part of our year-end “Why We’re Thankful” series, highlighting the Bicycle Coalition’s—and your—accomplishments of 2014. Opened to the public on October 2, the Schuylkill Boardwalk is a 2,000-foot-long concrete pathway along the Schuylkill River shoreline...
Why We’re Thankful: Artist-Designed Bike Racks
This is the first part of our year-end “Why We’re Thankful” series, highlighting the Bicycle Coalition’s—and your—accomplishments of 2014. In 2013, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and...
TONIGHT: Velodrome Meeting in South Philly
The Parks and Recreation Commission will hear a presentation tonight regarding Project 250, a privately-funded project which would bring an Olympic-class velodrome on four acres of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park along Broad Street in South Philadelphia. As noted in a...
Circuit Trails Get Major Boost from New William Penn Grant
The William Penn Foundation continued its amazing support of the Circuit in an announcement made yesterday for two grants; one for $7 million to the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to "support final design and engineering work for trail projects, ensuring...
Councilwoman Bass Introduces ‘Vision Zero’ Resolution
We were pretty excited to hear that, after the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia released our Safer Streets report last week, someone in City Council responded swiftly. First reported by PlanPhilly, Councilwoman Cindy Bass introduced a resolution on Thursday,...
Job Alert: Policy Coordinator
Take alert policy wonks: The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is looking for a new Policy Coordinator. The person in this position will coordinate the Biking in Philly campaign and Better Mobility 2015, with a particular emphasis on communicating the Bicycle...
PennDOT advertises new Bike/Ped Coordinator position
After Pennsylvania's transportation bill passed in late 2013, we spent the better part of 2014 urging PennDOT to take some modest steps to enhance and elevate bicycle pedestrian programs. The first thing we asked PennDOT to do was to hire a full time...
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