by Bicycle Coalition | Aug 21, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured
There’s a new e-bike company in Philadelphia, and it’s called Junto Bikes. Started by Brian Powell, who we interviewed on our podcast recently, Junto Bikes is based out of Fishtown and can be bought both online and through Transport Cycles on Frankford Avenue. We... by Randy LoBasso | Aug 2, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
We are seeking volunteers to help provide the data necessary to advocate for more changes to Spruce and Pine Streets in Center City, Philadelphia, which are Philadelphia’s most-biked lanes. There is currently a plan to, a) Switch the lane from the right to the... by Randy LoBasso | Aug 2, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
Since it opened earlier this summer, the new Fairfield Marriott hotel at 13th and Spruce Streets in Center City, Philadelphia, has been using the well-traveled 13th Street bike lane to help its customers unload their bags instead of the designated valet parking spot... by Randy LoBasso | Jul 10, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
There were already multiple vehicles parked in the 22nd Street bike lane when protesters showed up just before 8am on Tuesday morning. It was a sort of fitting, if maddening, example of why a group had begun forming in front of a new Wawa on the corner. The point of... by Randy LoBasso | Jun 25, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
In what police are calling a terrible tragedy, cyclist Tomas Montanez was killed on Friday by a the driver of a right-turning dump truck at the corner of Luzerne Street and Whitaker Avenue in Philadelphia. Going west on Luzerne, the cyclist was riding next to the...