by Randy LoBasso | Mar 15, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Connecting Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Network, Featured, Vision Zero
Perhaps the most breaking of news to come out of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision Zero Conference 2017 was Philadelphia’s Bike/Ped Coordinator Jeannette Brugger announcing a protected bike lane coming to West Chestnut Street. This is a project... by Randy LoBasso | Feb 27, 2017 | Biking in Philly, Featured
In 1972, John Dowlin, Bob Thomas, Ralph Hirsch and Gihon Jordan began meeting on the second Monday of each month in the back room of J. Mulligan’s Restaurant and Bar at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. All avid cyclists, these guys’ conversations mostly focused on... by John Boyle | Jun 8, 2015 | Biking in Philly, Featured
Last week, the Streets Department released a study that evaluated Chestnut Street by focusing on the segment between 45th and 34th Street, a stretch the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has been study and advocating for improvements since 2010. The study...
by Lor Song | Jun 14, 2021 | News
In 2022, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the City of Philadelphia will be repaving 6 miles of Chestnut and Walnut Sts. This is a part of the City’s Complete Streets Project and a Vision Zero effort, reducing traffic-related crashes by... by Randy LoBasso | Sep 20, 2018 | Biking in Philly, Featured, Vision Zero
If you ride a bus or a bike on Chestnut or Market Streets in Center City, you probably know, all too well, that the painted “Bus/Bike Only” designations on the street may as well be translucent. And in some cases, they are! Either way, no one respects the lanes as...