by Bicycle Coalition | Jun 1, 2016 | Featured, The Circuit, Uncategorized
There are many milestones in the creation of a trail, starting with the concept and feasibility study. But a trail’s life really begins at the groundbreaking, when the construction begins. After a period of incubation (and lots of digging, paving, planting,... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Apr 19, 2016 | Action Center, Biking in Philly, Featured, The Circuit
Tonight, City Council will hold its first public hearing on Mayor Kenney’s budget and it’s likely that the most controversial part, the so-called Soda Tax, will garner the most attention. Mayor Kenney has proposed a far-reaching precedent-setting tax on... by John Boyle | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s much easier, apparently, to have a ribbon cutting on a shared use path than on a truck route. But yesterday’s event on the South Bridesburg section of the East Coast Greenway was widely celebrated by local officials as the opening of the Delaware... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Oct 27, 2015 | Featured, The Circuit
The story of how the Manayunk Bridge Trail came about is a story of willpower. It’s a story of how when communities articulate a shared vision; when elected officials step up and find the funding to make it possible; when transit, utility companies and municipal... by Sarah Clark Stuart | Oct 8, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Featured
[Editor’s note: This is the first of several blog posts about the Manayunk Bridge Trail, which will open on October 30th.] In less than a month, the Manayunk Bridge trail will open to great fanfare. This long awaited re-purposing of a SEPTA bridge (originally...