by Elly Porter-Webb | Dec 12, 2025 | Biking in Philly, News
As we do each year when the days get shorter, Bicycle Coalition staff, volunteers and community partners hit the streets for our 13th Annual Bike Light Giveaway on Wednesday, November 5th, in South Philadelphia along Washington Ave. and the Schuylkill River Trail, and...
by John Boyle | Sep 4, 2025 | Crash, News, Vision Zero
We are heartbroken to learn that longtime BCGP member and Philly Bike Action activist Harry Fenton was killed while riding his bicycle in Fairmount Park. Harry’s tragic and unnecessary death is the 4th cyclist fatality in the City this year and the 2nd cyclist...
by Nicole Brunet | Aug 8, 2025 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
The first six months of 2025 saw the lowest amount of traffic fatalities since before 2019. So what does this mean for Vision Zero and for the rest of the year? Part of our effort to meet Philadelphia’s goal of zero traffic fatalities in 2050 includes us analyzing...
by Nicole Brunet | May 9, 2025 | Biking in Philly, Crash, News, Vision Zero
On Thursday, May 8th at 8:15am a Jeff Ishibashi, 50, was riding a bike on Baltimore Avenue going east into the 58th St. intersection. At that time the driver of a Mack truck was also traveling east and made a right turn hitting and killing the bicyclist. This crash...
by Nicole Brunet | Apr 16, 2025
SEPTA announced major service cuts and fare increases beginning August 2025. What does this mean for riders? Catastrophic cuts to transit service included in SEPTA’s proposed budget for the next year, impacting the whole Philadelphia metro area. In the last decade,...
