Thursday, June 04, 2009

Philadelphia Earns Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community Award


BFC Award Press Conference (21)
Originally uploaded by Philly Bike Coalition

Before skies opened up, Andy Clarke of the League of American Bicyclists awarded the City of Philadelphia a "Bronze" Bicycle Friendly Community Award. Introduced by Deputy Mayor Rina Cutler, Mayor Michael Nutter accepted the award and pledged to make every effort to get Philadelphia a "Platinum" next time. Mayor Nutter also signed an Executive Order to develop a Complete Streets Policy. Congratulations to Philadelphia and the City's Streets Department and Office of Transportation and Utilities for this milestone.

1 comments:

Andrew J. Besold said...

Philly Rocks!

Congratulations!

Hopefully we'll get a New Jersey town into the ranks next year.