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Urban Velo:  Philadelphia Cyclists Begin Response to Proposed Licensing and Fines

Philadelphia Bicycle News:  Messenger Rally, Philly.com chat and more

Bike Pittsburgh:  Can Philly’s bicycle woes affect us in Pittsburgh?

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Bicyclists as "second -class citizens"? From SF to Philly, the story seems to be the same. http://bit.ly/4N9vEB http://bit.ly/50gMUV 12/5/2009

RT @PhilthyBlog: a less than appropriate response from the Philadelphia police, who took 12 hours to file a report... http://bit.ly/4N9vEB 11/30/2009

... And a less than appropriate response from the Philadelphia police, who took 12 hours to file a report... http://bit.ly/4N9vEB 11/30/2009

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Philadelphia Cyclists Begin Response to Proposed Licensing and Fines
Urban Velo — ... The Sunday media coverage has shone light on the cyclist’s side of the debate, with the Metro reporting on the Philadelphia Bicycle Messenger Association (PBMA) rallying behind a hit and run victim of their own, while the ...

Messenger Rally, Philly.com chat and more
Philadelphia Bicycle News — ... at 16th and JFK. Metro gets the scoop by writing up Rachel Fletcher's hit and run with a silver hatchback early Thanksgiving (11/26) morning at 23rd and Locust Streets that left her face and jaw literally broken. ...

Can Philly’s bicycle woes affect us in Pittsburgh?
Bike Pittsburgh — ... who say there is a rising “anti-cycling sentiment” in the town, say that the police aren’t treating this case as seriously as they should.  They are treating it as a normal accident instead of the more serious “hit and run”  that it should be.  According to an article in Philly’s Metro news, “despite the severity of the crash, police did not take a report until 12 hours later Thursday, which some in the bicycling community said yesterday is part of a culture in Philadelphia that treats cyclists as less important on streets than ...