by Randy LoBasso | Jun 25, 2021 | Biking in Philly, The Circuit, Vision Zero
As readers and supporters know, after successfully advocating for the opening of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to people in March 2020, the Bicycle Coalition spent the last year working with organizations and citizens to understand what the best future of the road...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 17, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
When the Recovery Streets Coalition — including the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Feet First Philly, 5th Square, and the Clean Air Council — released our eponymous proposal in Spring 2020, we called on the City of Philadelphia to use one of...
by Amanda Ruffner | Jul 30, 2020 | News, Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
By Katie Burns, Development Fellow On Sunday, July 26, about 500 community members embarked on a twelve-mile bicycle ride that started at Dell Music Center in Fairmount Park, looped City Hall, and ended at Laurel Hill Cemetery in honor of the four lives taken this...
by Randy LoBasso | Jul 16, 2020 | Biking in Philly
Earlier this week, Philadelphia learned about the death of William Lindsay, 32, killed by an out-of-control hit-and-run driver while bicycling along Ridge Avenue in North Philadelphia on Sunday. Lindsay’s death is the third in 2020 — and the third in the...
by Randy LoBasso | May 21, 2020 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, News, research
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and the new reality the world finds itself in — Philadelphia needs to rethink how it uses its streetspace to keep its residents safe, and, when the time comes, responsibly re-open the economy. Created by a...