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New Report Finds Evidence That Greater Bicycling Means Greater Safety
The Alliance for Biking & Walking released a major benchmarking report covering data and research on walking and bicycling across the country. The goal is to identify trends and examine how they relate to public health, safety, and social and economic well-being....
Are You Ready for the National Bike Challenge?
This year's National Bike Challenge is nearly here! Registration is open at nationalbikechallenge.org, where you can set up teams and workplaces and log practice miles. The challenge begins for real on May 1st, and runs through September 30th. (Miles recorded during...
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It's nearly summer, that magical time when a man's heart, a woman's heart, a child's heart, and all other hearts turn towards thoughts of bicycling. This yearning-heart-turning can cause mild chest discomfort if you don't rotate your torso at the appropriate time and...
The Parking Authority Follows Up on Blocked Bike Lane Complaints
The Parking Authority has given us the preliminary results of the #unblockbikelanes Twitter campaign and has promised us additional measures to improve the enforcement of parking restrictions in bike lanes. This past December, we helped the Philadelphia Parking...
Jacquie Phelan’s Free Women’s Mountain Biking Workshop Returns April 12th
Our Women Bike PHL program is bringing back one of our most popular events ever. Mountain biking legend Jacquie Phelan returns to Philadelphia for the 2nd Annual Women's MTB Clinic, presented by Fuji Bikes. Jacquie is an undaunted and tireless advocate for women,...
Where in University City Would You Like a Bike Rack?
The University Bike Collective which launched last year is undertaking its first public campaign - to identify areas in need of more bike parking. They announced the initiative February 14th on their Facebook page: In an effort to make biking more convenient in...
Help Save New Jersey’s Recreation Trails Program
New Jersey has some terrific trails, both part of The Circuit and outside our region's dominant trail system. These trails have been bolstered by $1 million a year in trail funding provided by federal transportation dollars. Right now, however, New Jersey is sitting...
Sharing Philly Love on Twitter Today with #whyilovephilly
Philly has, at times, flirted with something of an inferiority complex. Various organizations and people have attempted to address it, using popular contemporary means of mass messaging. In the 1970s, that was billboards: Today, it's Twitter. The Philly Love...
A New Hire and a Transition for the Cadence Cycling Foundation
One of the goals of merging the Cadence Cycling Foundation (CCF) into the Bicycle Coalition is to expand CCF's range and scope. We want to bring the program to more schools and student-athletes, expand the spectrum of its impact, and better synchronize it with Safe...
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