Events on: Saturday, April 27, 2024

It's Bike to Work (and Wherever) Day! Join the Bicycle Coalition and elected officials on Friday, May 19th, for one of *three* group rides to City Hall, where we will hold a press conference celebrating cycling as transport and emphasizing the need for Vision Zero & creating safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians.

This year's rides will begin from:

• Penn Museum entrance at 33rd and South hosted by Council Member Jamie Gauthier
• 6th and Washington Ave co-hosted by State Senator Nikil Saval and Council Member Mark Squilla
• Broad and Oxford Indego Station co-hosted by State Representatives Donna Bullock and Ben Waxman

Riders will gather around 8am, and plan to converge on Dilworth Plaza at around 9am. RSVP above to get all the details and select the ride start that works best for you!

Bike to Work & Wherever Day is made possible with the generous support of Independence Blue Cross, Bike Month Presenting Sponsor. Special thanks to Philly Bike Ride, Energizer Sponsor.

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This family-friendly social 7 mile ride will take you along the Cynwyd Heritage Trail and explore several sections of the planned Main Line Greenway (MLG). The MLG utilizes mostly low-stress roads to get cyclists around safely, in a town where there's not a lot of room for bike infrastructure, but there are a lot of quiet neighborhood roads. When complete, the MLG will stretch across all of Lower Merion, with plans to connect to neighboring communities.

The ride will conclude back at Barmouth Trailhead and Laurel Hill West, where we will get a guided tour of some of the more interesting "residents" of the cemetery. We will also explore Laurel Hill's Nature Sanctuary, which was converted from a dump site to an ecologically diverse habitat and green burial ground.

Although not officially part of the event, riders will be encouraged to explore the trail connection through the cemetery to the Pencoyd bridge and Manayunk. Slated for construction in 2025 is a sidepath along Righter's Ferry Road that will connect the rear entrance of the Laurel Hill West property to the recently redeveloped Lower Merion riverfront and Pencoyd bridge, nearly all off-road and away from automobile traffic.

Route details and more information will be made available upon registration.

We're kicking off our 2024 Explore the Circuit ride series on National Celebrate Trails Day! Join us for a group ride from Franklin Square in Philadelphia over the Ben Franklin Bridge to join in on the festivities hosted by Rails to Trails Conservancy for the Stockton Park Day event. Before returning back to the city, we’ll ride along the Cooper River Trail. This will be a 17-mile loop beginning and ending at Franklin Square Park (N.6th St and Race St) in Philadelphia. We will be riding at a leisurely pace with no drops. We recommend that you bring the following:

• Helmet 
• Water
• Snacks 
• Inner tubes and a pump 

Please notify us if you have any medical conditions before the ride. If you have any questions or have any issues registering, please contact Patrick Monahan at patrick@bicyclecoalition.org.