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We Win! Cutler to recommend making the Pine/Spruce bike lanes permanent, expansion of center city lane network
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We Win! Cutler to recommend making the Pine/Spruce bike lanes permanent, expansion of center city lane network
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Cutler says that during the pilot phase, bike traffic on Pine and Spruce Streets went up significantly on those streets while car traffic dropped 11 percent. And average speeds, she says, dropped only slightly: "The average vehicle speeds changed by at most two miles an hour, where the speeds changed at all." She says that change is not significant, making the pilot program in her view a success -- so much so that the bike lane concept could expand:
"We certainly are going to take a look at additional east-west streets and try to figure out where else in the city we might want to do this." So the obvious questions are: Where next? And why just east-west streets? I say Fifth and Sixth to connect Northern Liberties and the Northeast with Bella Vista and South Philly would be a good start. Then maybe Walnut and Chestnut west of the Schuylkill to connect University City with Upper Darby. Where do you want a bike lane?
Definitely 5th and 6th!! And: are the "bike" PHL shirts buyable?!
@kim: it appears that they were something you got for registering for Bike Philly. I have an e-mail out to the Bicycle Coalition asking if they're available elsewhere, but they don't appear to be on the BC cafepress page.
Northbound bike lane on 22nd seeks southbound partner on 21st.
You can buy the T-shirts at Eastern Mountain Sports 3401 Chestnut St (215) 382-0930. Bicycle Coalition members get a free shirt - Go to -http://bicyclecoalition.org and click on "Join".
i'd say 3rd and 4th (though re-paving would be key here). 5th would have to deal with the cobblestones at independence mall in addition to the underpass at BF bridge.
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