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Bicycle Coalition in the News

• 01/20/12--Safe Passing law would make roads safer for local bicyclists (Southern Chester County Weeklies) 
• 01/19/12--A Million Stories: Run of the Road (City Paper) 
• 01/13/12--Schuylkill River Trail gets a facelift along Kelly Drive (WHYY Newsworks) 
• 01/12/12--Ben Franklin Bridge Pedestrian Ramp May Be Built After All (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
• 01/11/12--DRPA Committee Hopes Federal Aid Will Cut Cost Of Benjamin Franklin... (NJ.com) 
• 01/11/12--GAMP High School Students Route for Bicycle Safety (Citizen Philly)
• 01/10/12--Rules of the Road: Bike Lane Clarifier (PlanPhilly) 
• 01/10/12--Should Runners Use Bike Lanes Instead Of Sidewalks? (Be Well Philly) 
• 12/22/11--Bicycling advocates push for better conditions on Philadelphia streets (Free Speech Radio News) 
• 12/22/11--Bike ramp needed for bridge (Letter to the Editor, Phila. Inquirer)
• 12/21/11--Bicyclists Seething About Bridge Cutbacks (CourierPostOnline) 
• 12/15/11--DRPA spends $20 million for economic development projects (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
• 12/15/11--Plans For Bike Ramp On Camden Side Of Ben Franklin Bridge Delayed Again (CBS Philly) 
• 12/14/11--Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Safe Streets Amendment (National Complete Streets Coalition)
• 12/14/11--Objection Raised For DRPA Spending Plan (Gloucester County Times)
• 12/12/11--Philebrity's Nonprofit Of The Year: A Look At The Nominees (Generocity) 
• 12/12/11--Bicyclists, Pedestrians Will Fight For Ramp To Ben Franklin Bridge Walkway (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
• 12/01/11--Dangerous Roads For NJ Cyclists Identified (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
• 11/30/11--Losing One Of Their Own (Northeast Times Star) 
• 11/22/11--Bicycle Coalition Aims at South Philly Improvements (PlanPhilly) 
• 11/22/11--Fast Track: 13th Street Bike Lane to Become a Permanent Resident (Grid) 
• 11/22/11--Candlelight vigil tonight for cyclist killed in Kensington (WHYY Newsworks) 
• 11/21/11--Working For Safer Streets In Gloucester County (Mobilizing the Region)
• 11/21/11--Bike Advocates See Potential For W-B (Citizensvoice) 
• 11/17/11--Walking to School is Health & Fun (Southwest Globe Times)
• 11/16/11--W-B Has Laid Groundwork for Bikers, Experts Say (Times Leader) 
• 11/15/11--Let's Say It's Rush Hour (Times Leader) 
• 11/08/11--Help the Bicycle Coalition Count Bikes (PlanPhilly) 
• 10/27/11--Safe Routes Philly Helps Out A School In Crisis (Alliance for Biking & Walking) 
• 10/21/11--Deal Is Struck For 'Park' Across Manayunk Bridge (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
• 10/20/11--Manayunk Bridge: a recreational trail connecting two communities (Montgomery News)
• 10/18/11--Bicycle Coalition Presenting Two Days Of Seminars At Philly Bike Expo (Liberty Sports Magazine)
• 10/14/11--The Checkup: Can QR Codes Curb Bike Theft? (Philadelphia Magazine) 
• 09/22/11--Bravo: Bicycle Coalition's Park(ing) Day Corrals Stay Until November, Maybe Longer (PlanPhilly)

Mode Shift: Philadelphia's Two-Wheeled Revolution in Progress:  Using Bicycle Coalition counts and US Census statistics, this report maps and dissects bicycling in the city and region. By breaking down bicycle commuting rates by neighborhood, the report sheds new light on the high levels of bicycle commuting in Philadelphia's core, where bicycle commuting rates in South Philly and Center City top 5%. This May 2011 report also shows how bike lanes significantly decrease the scourge of sidewalk bicycle riding.  Read the report here. 

Crossing the Delaware for Transportation Independence:  The Ben Franklin Bridge shouldn't be an obstacle course for bicyclists and pedestrians and a race course for cars.  This report makes recommendations to the Delaware River Port Authority on how to improve the Ben Franklin Bridge walkway so that it is a high quality transportation connector between Philadelphia and Camden for all of its users.  Read more.

Double Dutch - Bicycling Jumps in Philadelphia:  The path to urban sustainablity is paved by streets that accomodate all users, not just cars and trucks.  The 2008 bicycle counts, conducted by BicycleCoalition staff and volunteers at key intersections and the Schuylkill River bridges, found that bicycling increased 104% since 2005, or 35% per year. Click here for the full 2008 Bike Count Report.

2008 Philadelphia Bike Parking Study: The current state of bikeparking, current projects and policy recommendations are highlighted inour Bike Parking Study report. Read the Executive Summary and downloadthe full report here. For more information about bike rack companies and best practices, download this four page bike rack fact sheet.   Read more about our campaign to increase bicycle parking.

2008 Agenda for a Bicycle Friendly Philadelphia: Our outline ofthe policy actions we want the Nutter Administration to take to makePhiladelphia the most bicycle friendly city in the nation. Read the twopage report here.

Facts and Figures: Did you know that Philadelphia has 36,000bicycle commuters and that up to 600 bicyclists cross the SchuylkillRiver bridges during the evening rush? We have compiled statistics forPhiladelphia, surrounding counties and the Delaware Valley region usingthe latest national and regional survey data into the Bicycle Coalition's Bike Facts 2008. Read them without downloading here.

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