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Bicyclist Killed In Possible Hit-and-Run Near Longwood Gardens
This past Saturday night around midnight a bicyclist was killed in Chester County. The crash happened on Street Road just east of the intersection with Schoolhouse Rd in East Marlborough Township. Details are very sketchy but it appears that the offending motorist...
Family Bike Rodeo at Philly Pumptrack Sept 6th
If you have not yet checked out the Philly Pumptrack, a family-oriented bike event on September 6th is a great excuse to see Philadelphia's newest hub of bicycling. Bring the kids for a morning of bicycling, games, food and fun activities! Not sure what a pumptrack...
Cadence Cycling Summer Season Finale
This past weekend, Cadence Cycling Foundation finished its 2014 season. By 10am on Saturday, approximately 40 youth athletes joined six coaches, staff from the Bicycle Coalition and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and one volunteer at Washington Square Park in Center...
Inside CCF: High School Athletes Pull Each Other Through TriYouthalon
The morning of August 2nd was bitter and overcast, but it wasn’t enough to stop three CCF athletes from converging upon Hunting Park to compete in TriYouthalon, a triathlon event that caters to runners, swimmers and cyclists of almost all ages (7 and up)....
Report: What Our Bike Counts Reveal About Philly Bicycling
Every fall Bicycle Coalition staff and volunteers stand on corners and bridges in Philadelphia and count bicycles.[1. Our 2014 bike counts are coming up! If you want to help with this effort, visit our volunteer page.] We do this to spot trends and better...
Infographic: Philly Leads Big US Cities in Bicycle Commuting
Here is the second infographic we've made in conjunction with our new report Bike PHL Facts. Our report, which combines our bike count data and U.S. Census Bureau data to identify Philadelphia bicycling trends, shows Philadelphia has kept is lead among big U.S. cities...
Bicycles are Business: RJMetrics’ Data-Driven Decisions by a Bike-Driven Team
Ed. note: Whether they deliver products by bicycle or locate on a bike lane to attract employees who value bicycle commuting, Philadelphia businesses are finding that bicycles help their bottom line. Our Bicycles Are Business profile series continues; read the full...
Bike PHL Facts: Our Report on the State of Bicycling in Philadelphia
This week we are proud to release our newest report on the state of bicycling in Philadelphia. Bike PHL Facts is the first of two tandem (ha!) reports we will issue this fall based on the bicycle counts we conduct annually in September and October. The first half of...
Guest Post: A Young Woman Undaunted by Cycling’s Gender Gap
By Tamia Santiago Tamia is going into 10th grade at Mastery Charter School: Pickett Campus At practices I was always told “I could” or “I would” but never “I couldn’t.” I would struggle, I would even finish last, but that was never the expectation. My coaches gave me...
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