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Bikes on the Move

Wed, 07/15/2009 - 2:23pm — alex
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Take pleasure in a morning of bicycling on car-free streets in Philadelphia on September 13!
 
Ride for an hour or two through Old City and Fairmount Park. Extend your ride to 35 or 50 miles, if you like.
 
River to River Bike Lanes for Center City
Spruce and Pine Bike Lane Rendering
News Flash!
 
Philadelphia's Office of Transportation and Utilties and Streets Department will be installing a 6 foot bike lane with 3 foot hatch 'buffer" on Spruce and Pine Streets from the Schuylkill to the Delaware.  Read more on our blog about these bike lanes and thank Mayor Nutter!
Take Back the Drive
 
A  horrible crash in the MLK crosswalk that critically injured a father and young son on a bicycle is the latest example of the dangers of a beautiful park road that has been allowed to become a throughway. It is time to make MLK Drive safe for park users. 
 
You are welcome to join us and please send Mayor Nutter a letter asking him to make MLK Drive safe for park users. Over 600 letters have been sent so far!  
 
Be sure to tell a friend about this campaign.
Volunteer Night

Want to volunteer for the Bicyle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia? The first Wednesday of every month is Volunteer Orientation.  You'll meet other bicyclists, eat pizza and learn how you can help our work to make bicycling better.

New Office Location
Wednesday, August 5th 
6:30 pm
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 1107
Enter from 15th Street between Walnut and Locust
Upcoming Rides

July 17-18--National MS Society PA Dutch
July 25--Irish Pub Bicycling Tour
August 1--Princeton Event
August 8--Green Branch Park Century
August 16--Covered Bridges Century
August 23--Livestrong Challenge
August 29--Round the Balley
August 30--Brandywine Tour
September 12 -- Scenic Schuylkill River Century
September 13--TD Bank Bike Philly
I Bike PHL
Dear Bicyclist,

Bicycling is on the front page of the Inquirer today in a story about new bike lanes planned on Spruce and Pine streets in Center City. Please take a moment to thank Mayor Nutter for the good work the Philadelphia Streets Department and the Office of Transportation and Utilities did to make this river-to-river bike connection possible!

In other news, congratulations to Sarah Clark Stuart, our Campaign Director, on being named to the new Parks and Recreation Commission! And a story that did not make it to the front page is the Bicycle Coalition's new office. When the Bicycle Coalition moved five years ago we had two staff. Today, including six seasonal Bicycle Ambassadors, we have 13 employees!

Please join me, Sarah, our six Bicycle Ambassadors and the rest of the staff in taking the I Bike PHL Pledge. It's a simple way to make your ride safer!

Alex Doty
Executive Director
I Bike PHL
TAKE ACTION
River to River Bike Lanes in Center City.  Thank Mayor Nutter for planning to install bike lanes this summer on Spruce and Pine streets.

Take Back the Drive Campaign.  Thank you to everyone who sent a letter to Mayor Nutter; he has received over 600 letters asking him to make MLK Drive safe for park users.    Read more about the progress made in this campaign here and here.  
 
Complete the Schuylkill River Trail .  This campaign's petition has 2900 signatures!  There is tremendous public support for finding public funds to complete the nine segments that will Complete the Trail in the Greater Philadelphia region and make the region's first green transportation corridor.  Read more about the Complete the Trail Coalition and its activities during June.
 
Montgomery County SRT.  An assault in early June on a female bicyclist on the trail near Norristown sparked the Montgomery County Committee of the Bicycle Coalition to take action to make the trail safer.  They organized a meeting with Norristown Police, created an online incident report and organized a successful trail cleanup in late June.  Hats off to Steve Scheetz, Jon Bringhurst, Phil Hoke and other volunteers who stepped up.

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RESOURCES
Bicycle Ambassadors at Kensington Kinetic Bike DerbyBicycle Ambassadors are EVERYWHERE
The inaugural Bicycle Ambassador program is off and running. Our six Ambassadors have met with an amazing 16,315 people at 109 events so far. We are still accepting event requests for August and September to educate adults on bicycle safety. 

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EVENTS
2009 Bike Freedom Valley Thank You Bike Freedom Valley Volunteers!
We tip our hats off to the many volunteers who made this ride's 30th year go so smoothly. Read more about the many friends of the Bicycle Coalition who gave their time to make your ride better!

Congratulations to Wayne Deppen for winning the raffle for filling out the post-Bike Freedom Valley survey! He received a Bicycling Weekend Pass which includes the Scenic Schuykill Century on Sept. 12 and TD Bank Bike Philly on September 13.

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Make Your Ride Better!
Bicycle Coalition 2009 Membership
 
Membership benefits include:
  • The monthly CycleGram e-newsletter
  • Discounts at over 30 bike shops in the region
  • Discounted registration at Commerce Bank Bike Philly and Bike Freedom Valley
  • An invitation to our annual meeting
  • A tax deduction

Not a member? Take four minutes to make your 2009 membership gift online.

 If you represent a bike shop or local business and would like to participate in our Member Discount Program, please click here for an application.
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