Reports and Publications

Catch up on what's going on in the Greater Philadelphia Region at BCGP's Blog Philadelphia Bicycle News 

Bicycle Coalition in the News

• 02/25/10--Study finds bike sharing feasible for Phila (Inquirer)
• 02/22/10--GreenSpace: Biking is good for us, good for the Earth, and plain fun (Inquirer)
• 02/22/10--The TIGER Roads for Rail and Mass Transit (Wired)
• 02/21/10--TIGER grants for cyclists (Bicycle Transportation Examiner)
• 02/19/10-- Will the TIGER grants reinforce metropolitan areas? (T4America)
• 02/19/10--Happy Birthday Stimulus Dollars (Daily News)
• 02/19/10--Trail Champions: $23 from Feds a Good Start (Plan Philly)
• 02/18/09--Philadelphia and Camden win stimulus funds for bike trails (Phila Business Journal)
• 02/18/10--Rounding Up More TIGER Coverage (Streetsblog DC)
• 02/18/10--Bike projects fare well in federal TIGER grants (Bikes Belong)
• 02/18/10-- More on the TIGER Grants: Biking Wins Big (Sierra Club Compass)
• 02/18/10--Philly Receives Millions In Stimulus Funds For Bike Trails (Philebrity)
• 02/17/10--City Gets $17M for Bike Paths, Jobs (NBC10)
• 02/17/10--New bike paths for region, courtesy of U.S. stimulus (Inquirer)
• 02/05/10--David Byrne on bikes, whore houses and crazy smart termite houses (Citypaper)
• 02/05/10--It was a night when bikes had their day (PlanPhilly)
• 02/04/10--Bridge Falling Short (Inquirer Editorial)
• 02/03/10--New Delaware River Bridge May Not Include Walkway (Inquirer)
• 02/03/10--Bike Lanes Considered For New Scudder Falls Bridge (KYW Newsradio)
• 01/29/10--All Set For the Summit (BikePortland.org)
• 01/15/10--Vance Lehmkuhl responds to Stu in Road Warriors vs. Lane Brains
• 01/14/10--Stu Bykofsky: City Bike Report Is A Flat Tire (Daily News)
• 12/21/09--Philly's Pushback (Road Rights, in Bicycling Magazine)
• 12/14/09--U.S. cities spur bike use for climate, health (Reuters)
• 12/11/09--2 Center City bike lanes may become permanent (Inquirer)
• 12/11/09--Top City Official Calls New Bike Lane Trial a Success (KYW Newsradio)
• 12/10/09--Streets Dept: Make lanes permanent (Metro)
• 12/09/09--Bicycle group says lanes have increased traffic (Inquirer)
• 12/08/09--Countdown to 2010: Andrew's Top Ten Urban Development Projects (Phillyist)
• 12/08/09--Bike Couriers Speak Out (Philly Weekly)
• 12/08/09--New Center City Lanes Have Doubled Bicycle Traffic (Philly.com)
• 12/03/09--Injured cyclists stresses bike safety (The Temple News)
• 12/03/09--167 Seconds (CityPaper)
• 12/1/09--Troubles in Philly, Lessons for New York? (City Room Blog, NYTimes.com)
• 12/1/09--Nominated for "Non-Profit of the Year" by Philebrity.com

Archived articles

Double Dutch - Bicycling Jumps in Philadelphia:  The path tourban sustainablity is paved by streets that accomodate all users, notjust cars and trucks.  The 2008 bicycle counts, conducted by BicycleCoalition staff and volunteers at key intersections and the SchuylkillRiver 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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