In Which The Philly Media Catch You Up On Tuesday's Bicycle News

Tuesday the Greater Philadelphia Pedestrian & Bicycle Summit took place, capped off by a much-anticipated evening forum on bike share. During the day vendors who run bike sharing programs in other cities showed off their wares in Rittenhouse Square.

Mayor Nutter checking out bike share equipment in Rittenhouse Square. Also pictured: several of the people
most responsible for the good progress this city is making on bicycling. Can you spot them?

The local press was all over this. A gathering of said press:

• The Daily News covered Mayor Nutter's interest in bike share and the status of the project as a mayoral priority.
• Green Philly Blog recapped the Bike Share Forum. 
• The Philly Post provides pertinent details on bike sharing's timeline for reaching Philly.
• Metro Philly covered the bike share demonstration that took place in Rittenhouse Square yesterday (their print edition included an egregious incorrect fact about bike laws; we're waiting for a correction).
• WHYY's Newsworks briefly covers how bike sharing works in other cities.
• Be Well Philly has nice coverage of the bike share demo and the evening forum, with a mention of the helmet vending system that received considerable attention.
• PlanPhilly covers how the Street Department's funding and capacity problems are preventing the city from expanding the bike lane network.

One of the Summit talks was given by our own Susan Dannenberg, who spoke about neighborhood bikeways. You can hear a version of her presentation here in this Brainshark presentation.

UPDATE: the original version of this post incorrectly identified the summit as happening on Monday. It happened Tuesday.

Press Roundup: Bicycling in the Philly News

The last two days have seen a flurry of bicycling-related coverage in the Philadelphia media. Here are some links for your Tuesday morning:

• Flying Kite and PlanPhilly cover our upcoming meetings with Fairmount area civic associations. The topic? Installing bike lanes on Fairmount Ave west of Broad Street. If you live on or near Fairmount Avenue, or own a business on the street, you should get involved!
• PlanPhilly covers the recent granting of Federal Highway Administration money to transportation projects in the Philadelphia region. This is exciting because the projects funded include parts of the Schuylkill River Trail in and near Bartram's Garden, the 58th Street Greenway, the creation of a separated two-way bike lane on the Gray's Ferry Bridge, and the can't-hardly-wait Manayunk Bridge Trail project.
• In less happy news, the Inquirer reports that the annual Philadelphia International Cycling Championship bike race has been cancelled for 2013 due to increasing costs and lack of a title corporate sponsor. However, efforts are underway to find a way to save this year's race.