by Bicycle Coalition | Mar 27, 2017 | Featured, Uncategorized
Breakaway Bikes and Fitness believes that helping the local cycling community thrive will in turn help their own shop thrive. Glenn Krotick began selling branded Breakaway socks from the back of his Ford Probe over a decade ago, but he knew the cycling community... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
When the City of Philadelphia began constructing the Walnut Street Bridge, connecting Center City to West Philadelphia, members of the Bicycle Coalition had advocated for a bike lane as part of the construction. When it was completed in 1990, there was no bike lane.... by Randy LoBasso | Mar 6, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Biking the Suburbs, Featured
After forming and getting a few wins under our belt throughout the 1970s, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia spent much of the 1980s preserving bicyclists’ rights against Not In My Backyard government oversteps. These efforts were generally successful and... by Bicycle Coalition | Mar 2, 2017 | Action Center, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Editor’s note: The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision zero 2017 Conference was March 1. We will be summarizing the conference’s panels on this blog. The second panel session of the Vision Zero conference, Safety in Motion: Safety... by Randy LoBasso | Dec 26, 2016 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Uncategorized, Vision Zero
Editor’s Note: Over the next week, the Bicycle Coalition will be showcasing our Year-in-Review, which is also available at BicycleCoalition2016.org The Bicycle Coalition and active citizens began meeting with City Council officials and their staffs in April to...