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»August 15, 2012
[Welcome to Uwishunu's Summer Daycation series. Can't take extended time off? Working with a shoestring budget? Want to sleep in your own bed? Not a worry. This month, we'll be highlighting destinations in the Philadelphia area that make for the perfect day trip. August is the perfect month, after all, to capitalize on the chance [...]
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 [...]
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Calling all bikers: Check out the video below to meet Alex Doty, Executive Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and learn what he wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia. The Bicycle Coalition helps support biking in Philadelphia by encouraging people to use their bikes in place of vehicular transportation and by supporting and spearheading some of our region’s bike-friendly projects, like most recently The Circuit, a giant trail network connecting 750 miles of bike paths throughout the region.
Calling all bikers: Check out the video below to meet Alex Doty, Executive Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, and learn what he wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia. The Bicycle Coalition helps support biking in Philadelphia by encouraging people to use their bikes in place of vehicular transportation and by supporting [...]
Read more»May 30, 2012
Every June, thousands of fans line the 14.4-mile course of the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship to watch scores of pro bkkers tackle the road race stretching across the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Kelly Drive and, of course, the infamous Manayunk Wall, a 17% grade hill rising off the Schuylkill River in Manayunk. And it’s [...]
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»March 7, 2012
Last month marked the two-year anniversary of the huge, $23 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant awarded to Philadelphia and Camden by the Department of Transportation to build 10 new sections of multi-use trails. There are seven projects in Philadelphia, and three in Camden. We’re excited to report, thanks to an update from [...]
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