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Oficers of the Philadelphia Police Department's bicycle patrol pose with their 21 -speed Schwinns.
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Upcoming Events
Monthly Meetings:
General membership
meetings are held the
second Monday of each
odd-numbered month
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
the offices of Clean Water
Action, 1518 Walnut
Street in Center City.
Take the elevator to the
13th floor, with your
bicycle, if you prefer.
The next general
membership meeting is
Nov. 9.
Coalition
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covering transportation
issues for the entire cit)
with 22 major strategies.
including one called
"Encourage Bicyclists."
This section recommends
initiatives for developing a
bikeway
network.
increasing bicycle facilities.
promoting employer-based
amenities
for
bike
commuters, promotiny
safety education, and
con~pletionof the Fairmount
Park recreational trails.
The City Council repon
notes that "social acceptance
of bicycling as a 'true fonn
of transportation' is
continually increasing. As
inlprovements to enhance
safety, security
and
convenience encourage
more bicyclists, social
acceptance will no longer be
a bamer issue."
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by Noel Weyrich
Over in England they
have a great expression
for "Get going!" They
sav. "Get on
your bike!"
I thought of
this expression
while going
over
the
Fairmount Park
and
City
C o u n c i l
bicvcle
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both released
in draft form last month.
If we play our cards
right, these two plans will
set the agenda for the
Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission
bicycle-pedestrian plan.
That plan, set to be
completed in the next 18
months o r so, will
basically guide bicycle
development in the entire
region through 2015 and
beyond.
And if we all "get on
our bikes," these plans
will become reality.
That's the difference
between regular plans and
plans that happen, you
know. A failed plan is
usually one that everyone
liked but no one broke a
sweat for. That's the
Bicycle
Coalition's
challenge: To break a
sweat on behalf of the
region's cyclists and
make the regional plan
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happen.
There is no shortage of
creative thinking in these
two documents. I had
never heard
of a bike
t r a i l
proposed for
the median
of Roosevelt
Boulevard,
but such a
trail would
provide an
extraordinary linkage
between lower Bucks
County and the Northeast
parks. Pennypack and
Tacony Creek. The City
Council plan lists a
variety of employer-based
amenities for bike
commuters that could
provide important models
for the region.
It is heartening to see
our friends in City
Council and the parks
consider these and other
proposals. But I also
know too well that ideas
are a dime a dozen, and
that, frankly, these things
don't stand a chance of
becoming real if the
Coalition does not
continue to grow bigger
and stronger.
We've
already
quadrupled
our
menlbership to 800 in the
as coordinator of summer
programs for high school
students.
Previously, McNamara
taught second grade at a
public school in Camden,
N.J. and also taught art at a
school for disabled children.
Abrahamson.
who
recently
joined
an
investment firm as a
computer analyst, directed a
membership drive that
swelled the Coalition's
ranks from 160 to more than
800 members in the two
years he served as executive
director.
Moyer,
bicycles a reality in
Philadelphia (see story on p.
1).
We're often sending out
cards to officials who have
done something, or not done
something, to impede the
cause of cycling. Let them
know we appreciate it when
something goes right.
streets. Philadelphia.
Job: Janitor. University of the
Arts, Broad and Pine.
Years bicycle commuting:
Eight.
Commuting frequency: Every
day.
thing to do.
Most enjoyable thing about
bicycle commuting: I've k e n
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Inside...
City police start bike patrol with Coalition's help ...............p. 1
PATCO agrees to trial bike-on-rail program .......................p.1
City agencies plan big improvements for cycling ...............p. 1
Letter from the President: Only sweat makes plans a reality...
p.3
PennDOT finally bends on Delaware Avenue bike lanes ...p.4
Coalition has new executive director ...................................p.4
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