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Philly Bike Photos on Instagram This Week
Visit Philly is one of those enthusiastic tourism agencies whose name is also a command (like sister agencies Choose Chicago, Why Not Birmingham, and You Vill Veep With Joy in Düsseldorf!). This week they are turning their Instagram account (@visitphilly) over to...
Ben Franklin Bridge Update: Walkway Reopens, New PATCO Bike Rules
This Tuesday the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) will switch bicycle and pedestrian traffic back from the north walkway to the south walkway. This marks the completion of the 60 day shutdown period for the eastbound PATCO tracks. Walkway users will once again...
Wednesday Has Bike Events for Nearly Everybody
Looking for something bicycle-related to do this Wednesday (beyond riding your bicycle)? Look here: 8:00 AM: Women Bike PHL coffee club Details: At Ultimo Coffee (2149 Catharine Street, aka corner of 22nd & Catharine) Every Wednesday morning women gather at a...
Seeking Contractors for Bike Corral Surgery, Stat!
We have a wounded bike corral in need of some tender loving care. Our beautiful bike corral, installed in September 2011 at Walnut & Sydenham, has been a fixture of the Center City bike parking scene ever since. Sometime during the World Cup it was hit by a car (a...
West Philly Trolley Tunnel Closing August 1-18
SEPTA will be closing the trolley tunnel in West Philly beginning August 1st for what they're calling a Trolley Tunnel Blitz.[1. We couldn't decide whether to go with a WWII joke or a this-sounds-like-a-dance joke. But it's hard to resist an excuse to use a Wikipedia...
Guest Writer: CCF athlete Tamia Santiago on discovering what it takes to be a real cyclist
By Tamia Santiago Tamia is going into 10th grade at Mastery Charter School: Pickett Campus After watching multiple cycling events, I simply couldn't believe that it was a sport— they were just riding bikes. Yet crowds flocked to the courses, waving portraits of their...
Bicycles are Business: Pamper Your Pet With Bike-Delivered Goodies
Ed. Note: Our Bicycles Are Business series profiles businesses which incorporate bicycles into their services, or cater to customers or employees arriving by bicycle. We are profiling these businesses and why, for them, bicycles make for good business. If bicycles are...
Neighborhood Bike Works is Hiring
Want to work for one of the best nonprofits in the city? Do you want to work with young people, don't mind getting your hands greasy, and want to enjoy the many benefits of a bicycle-oriented job? Neighborhood Bike Works is hiring two positions to start in the early...
Bicycles are Business: What Research Says About Bicycling’s Economic Benefits
Ed. note: Our Bicycles Are Business series examines local businesses that have decided bicycles, or people arriving on bicycles, make good business sense. Today we take a break from the profiles to provide an overview of the growing body of research examining the...
Inside a Cadence Cycling Foundation Team Practice
Ed. note: This marks the first summer we are running the Cadence Cycling Foundation (CCF) program. Through these cycling teams, more than 130 Philadelphia youth are discovering the sport of cycling while learning valuable leadership and goal-setting skills, skills...
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