December 14, 2012
Great news, Philadelphia. Last week, Mayor Nutter announced that the City of Philadelphia will introduce a bike share program that will launch in 2014. The plan calls for an initial 650 bikes to be put into use in the first year, with that number set to grow to 1,200 bikes by 2015. The plan also [...]
Read more»November 14, 2012
You know what would look great with that blazer with the leather elbow patches? Your bike. At least it will at the Philadelphia Tweed Ride V, where participants dress in tweed jackets or pants or driver caps. Or all three. The Philadelphia Tweed Ride, similar to London’s Tweed Run that encourages riders to wear traditional [...]
Read more»October 12, 2012
Starting next weekend, Saturday, October 20, pedestrians, bikers and stroller-pushers will be able to walk directly from the Schuylkill Banks to the Schuylkill River Park on a special Schuylkill River Parks Connector Bridge that spans the railroad. The bridge, a 95-foot-long truncated arch truss structure, has a 12-foot-wide pathway with ADA accessible ramps on both [...]
Read more»September 28, 2012
One plus of the waning of summer is that the heat and humidity have finally let up, which means it’s prime time to think about planning fit and fun adventures on the bike or on foot. Philadelphia has some of the most enormous, not to mention gorgeous, park spaces in any city in the country, [...]
Read more»June 27, 2012
Exciting summer news: Earlier this month, Mayor Nutter, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Fairmount Park Conservancy hosted a grand opening ceremony for Wheel Fun Rentals, a brand new bike rental service for Philadelphia. Residents of and visitors to Philadelphia can now rent Fuji hybrid two-wheels, surrey bikes, tandem bikes, deuce coupe bikes and Segways [...]
Read more»May 15, 2012
May is Bike Month, and this week our city celebrates alternative modes of transportation with two great events presented by The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16, riders can take part in the 8th Annual Philadelphia Ride of Silence, a worldwide initiative which raises awareness for cyclists’ rights to share the road [...]
Read more»April 27, 2012
May is National Bike Month, and the Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition is celebrating with a brand new event: the I Bike PHL Challenge. Last year Philadelphia logged nearly 150,000 miles in GPBC’s first-ever Commuter Challenge. This year they’re upping the ante by joining the National Bike Challenge. National Bike to Work Day is May 20. [...]
Read more»June 30, 2011
Mayor Nutter launched the Greenworks program in 2009, a seven-year roadmap to move Philadelphia towards becoming one of the greenest cities in America. The ambitious plan sets 15 sustainability targets in the areas of energy, environment, equity, economy and engagement to make Philadelphia the greenest city in America by 2015. The 2011 Progress Report, released [...]
Read more»June 1, 2011
The 27th Annual TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship takes Philadelphia by storm this Sunday, June 5, with a weekend full of fun and competition. The Bike Race heralds the beginning of summer, and marks one of the major cycling events in the entire country. Join the thousands who will come out to watch this [...]
Read more»May 25, 2011
Philadelphia, named one of the best big cities for biking, also boasts the country’s premier single-day cycling road race. On June 5, the 2011 TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship arrives, drawing world-class cyclists and thousands of fans for an epic 156-mile race across the city. In its 27th year, the championship has blossomed into [...]
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