Bike Philly

On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 23, Cheltenham EAC will host the second FREE Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup event beforehand (9 am), bird walks, self-guided hikes, birding activities, a Trail Feasibility Study update, environmental art, free...

Join us on Saturday, October 6 to ride through Philly visiting some of our city’s wonderful urban farms and gardens. This year’s theme has riders stopping by farms that are led by and feed communities of color, highlighting the abundance,...

Next edition of the hot new column: The Biking Chronicles: Ranking Our City   I have been a bicyclist in exactly three cities in my adult life: Philadelphia, Portland, OR, and Oxford, UK. Since Oxford is outside of the country...

Philadelphia does it again! USA Today named the Schuylkill Bike Path #12 in the nation, along with favorites Minneapolis (#1), Boulder (#2) and Portland (#4). 19 bike paths were ranked total for "direct access to business districts while avoiding city traffic and making few street crossings, exceptionally beautiful (props!) and separate from traffic". The Schuylkill Trail was given props for bringing commuters into the city from the suburbs, where they'd otherwise be out of reach. Find out more about how Philly dominates another list, after the jump:

Happy Friday! Here's what green news you missed this week:

GreenFest Philly 2010 GreenFest Philly returns to 2nd & South Street/Headhouse Square District for a fashion-themed event this Sunday, Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. The annual green festival will feature: Bike Philly 2010 This Sunday, September 12 at 8:00 am, join cyclists for Bike Philly, a morning of relaxed biking on certified car-free Philadelphia streets. This annual event is (Find out more about GreenFest Philly & Bike Philly, after the jump)