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The latest news from Philadelphia’s active transportation advocacy scene – and how you can get involved!
Meet Malaku Mekonnen, our new BCYC Program Manager
Malaku comes from a background of servicing the community for over 15 years through the mental health field, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies and a Minor in Psychology from Rider University. During that time Malaku worked with adults, children,...
Rally for the Circuit Trails in Camden, Gloucester and Bucks Counties
The Circuit Trails action team has scheduled the remaining county meetups for late January into early February. The Rally for the Circuit Trails campaign continues with trail updates from Camden, Gloucester and Bucks County. The first of the three meetups will begin...
Wenonah, NJ’s Socially Distanced Holiday Lights Ride
On December 21st, Bike Gloucester County, a Bicycle Coalition Affiliate Group, hosted their second annual holiday lights ride in Wenonah, NJ, with social distancing in mind. Due to the challenges of hosting a social ride event in 2020, Rebecca Kreck, who planned last...
Our New Guide for Accessing MLK Drive
A newly updated version of our Regional Bike Network map is now available on our Bicycle Maps page. The Regional Bike map is a comprehensive resource of bike infrastructure in the Greater Philadelphia Region and beyond. New updates have been applied to Bike Amenities...
Meet Lor Song, the Newest Member of our Policy Team
Lor Song (He/Him) is the newest member of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia's policy team, coming on board as our new Transportation Community Organizer. Lor comes from a first-generation Hmong family that immigrated to the United States in 1975. As a West...
Here are 20 Things We Did This Year
Despite everything -- like, really, everything -- 2020 has been a year with accomplishments for the Bicycle Coalition and our supporters. From hosting our fifth Vision Zero Conference at Temple University; to working to get Martin Luther King Jr. Drive open to people;...
Letter to Mayor Kenney: Re-Invest in Vision Zero
Empty streets don't mean open streets, or safe streets. Philadelphia's empty roadways in 2020 have resulted in a year that was, in the words of Kelley Yemen, the City's Complete Streets Director, "horrific" with respect to traffic violence. To date, over 140 people...
TMA Bucks is our new Bucks County Affiliate
Press release written by TMA Bucks' Deputy Director David Walter (TREVOSE, PA) - TMA Bucks announced in partnership with the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia that the transportation management association has become their Bucks County volunteer advocate...
Wrapping up 2020 and Rallying for the Circuit Trails into 2021
As the year comes to an end, the Circuit Coalition wrapped up 2020 with its Delaware County virtual meetup to share updates on what its members have planned for the trails in 2021. Looking ahead, the Coalition will continue its Rally for the Circuit Trails in January,...
WATCH: Spring Garden Street Greenway, Explained
This week, the Circuit Trails Action Team leaders Daniel Paschall of the East Coast Greenway Alliance, and Lizzie Hessek of Pennsylvania Environmental Council presented on the Spring Garden Street Greenway. This is one of the most critical segments that Philadelphia...
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