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Absolutely deadly behavior causing another crash on Spruce Street at 5th st early this morning. This is on the busiest bike lane in Philly with over 1,500 riders who use it daily.

We deserve so much better than paint and flexposts, we deserve real protection.

Loading zones on Spruce St in Philadelphia are great, but drivers often don't use them and endanger cyclists in the bike lane instead. We need concrete protected bike lanes now! @bikeaction.org @bcgp.bsky.social

Driver speeds down Spruce St bike lane in Philadelphia today just behind a cyclist. Can we please get some concrete protection before another preventable tragedy?!?! @bikeaction.org @bcgp.bsky.social

New tool launch! Make our streets and sidewalks safer and more accessible with LASER VISION: our new tool that makes it easy to report blocked sidewalks, crosswalks, and bike lanes to the Philadelphia Parking Authority. bikeaction.org/laser 📽️⬇️

Who did this?! 💀 But also, yes, #FundSEPTA!

Johnny Brenda's in Philly has a really cool bicycle/human sculpture and a corral for bike parking. Would love to see more of this around Philly!

This one near Philly is even called "Street Road."

We urgently need your help to make City Council authorize a brand-new bike lane on Penn Square (City Hall)!

Sign our petition and leave a comment stating your support.

Email City Council using our form that pops up after signing.

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Philly Bike Action! Join the Action!

Take Action Now Build the City Hall Bike Lane! bikeaction.org/campaigns/bu...

Cyclist killed in West Philadelphia ID’d; was riding in unprotected bike lane This is Philadelphia's second known bicycle death of 2025.

Another cyclist killed by a driver in an unprotected bike lane in Philadelphia. We need to do more, now, to protect vulnerable road users. We all deserve to get where we are going safely. www.inquirer.com/transportati...

So nice to see the city pushing for bike and pedestrian safety. It feels like Philly's got momentum for real change. Hopefully we can win some hearts and minds and save some lives along the way, even before better infrastructure!

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Here’s what can happen if you hit express lane poles on I-95 in South Florida Take note of the new access points.

Looks like FL already fines cars on highways for running over flexiposts, would be awesome to see this for city streets and bike lanes!: www.miamiherald.com/news/traffic...

Companies who do this should be charged for the replacement + a hefty penalty fine.

Dear Philly Drivers: Crosswalks are for walking. They are not loading zones. They are not parking spots. Please find a proper place for your motor vehicle that does not put pedestrians in danger.

Can't wait for some automatic stop sign camera enforcement in Philly!

Child cycling and pedestrians walking though green park

Bicycle-friendly cities are safer for all road users, even drivers.

This is what new research in the US suggests. The study by N. Ferenchak and Wesley E. Marshall found that bicycling activity is significantly associated with better safety for all road users.

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A blue SUV has run over a flexpost & maybe backed up into it causing it to bend & stuck into the back hitch in two places, looking like a bendy straw

In case you ever wondered how flexible a flexpost is… 🙃

These bendy plastic straws are great for cheap, quick build projects, but it’s important for cities to replace them with infrastructure that actually forces drivers to operate our vehicles safely (AKA concrete).

An escalator in foreground of all glass new head house of transit station, celebratory balloon arch in background

vintage tiles for Franklin Square station branding, green and white colours

New modern movies connect east and westbound platforms of franklin square station, many people here celebrating the reopening

vintage green and white tiles on train platform reading Franklin Square, two trash cans and a long stainless steel bench

I did the thing! 🚇 PATCO Franklin Square station reopened today! #philly #philadelphia #photography #transit #subway #trains

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Toronto shopping street

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car.

In fact, it was 4%.

And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Separated bike-lane in downtown Vancouver filled with people on bikes.

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Bike-lanes mean business.

My Bike!Bike! Toronto bicycle that didnt make it there

@sundance.bikesky.social here’s what was probably the most bike I built…

Some unique bikes from Philly's Chinatown!

Boys aged 11 and 13 years old arrested in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist: Police Police said they are searching for a 15-year-old boy who also faces a murder charge in connection with the incident.

Very tragic news: 11, 13, and 15 year old boys accused of intentionally running down and killing a cyclist with a car.

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A driver ran a red light and nearly hit a cyclist. This was all caught on video, including the color of the stoplights and license plate. Philadelphia police officer was unwilling to even take a report. No driver accountability unless someone gets hurt or killed? @bikeaction.org @bcgp.bsky.social

A reminder for these times.

Thank you! I hope this connects well with the Market St. bike lane that is on the north side of Market St. from 23rd St. all the way to City Hall. Apparently cyclists will have to cross 2 lanes of traffic on 23rd and 4 lanes of traffic on Market St. when the bike lane switches sides at 23rd St.

For our Advocacy Cohort, we mapped out the Biking Advocacy Ecosystem and how we've gone about building momentum. Do any of you follow similar flywheels? Do you have any different insights?

Image of a flyer from the "Friends of Pine and Spruce" complaining about the city's plan to increase loading zones on Spruce and Pine streets. The flier is titled "You don't really need to park here, do you?" Overlaid is text from Philly Bike Action with a link to the Concrete Now petition, and info that Loading Zones increase parking turnover all day without removing overnight parking.

SOME of our neighbors think finding a parking spot is worth more than the lives of you or I 🤬

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