Cherelle Parker
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
Bicycle Lanes
The other shoe has dropped, with an all-too-predictable thud, on city streets. In order to patch its idiotic law that prohibits even momentary stops in bicycle lanes, the city is proposing to create loading zones by eliminating 5-6 parking spaces on every block between Front and 22nd streets. That’s
Bicycle Lanes
Well, the temperature makes it feel like Hell has frozen over, and another sign of the apocalypse is the Philadelphia Inquirer publishing an op-ed that opposes the demands of the bike cult. This is a first in my memory. Well, at least since I stopped working there. The newspaper gives
Philadelphia 76ers
[This was published in the Inquirer on Thursday, Dec, 12. The subject is the Sixers Arena, but whose leadership does it mean? Interspersed are comments on another bill Council bullied through to passage in less than three months.] “A Failure of leadership” by The Editorial Board After all the shouting,
Bicycle Lanes
A Wednesday press release from the Mayor’s office touted two bills that would enhance public safety and quality of life. One was renaming Taney Street, which has no effect on public safety or quality of life. This is like the mayor’s dubious claim that the 76ers Arena would
Bicycle Lanes
The Inquirer, as it often does, misses the point. Deliberately, I sometimes think. Here is the lead of a story posted Thursday, after City Council pretended to listen to objections to a bill that would prohibit stopping in bike lanes: “Philadelphia lawmakers unanimously passed a measure Thursday to ban motor
Bicycle Lanes
I knew we’d be hearing from the “bicycle community” after the tragic death of pediatric oncologist Barbara Friedes in a bicycle lane, which were installed, ironically, to protect bicycle riders. Seeing a story in the Inquirer filled with advocates for more and better bike lanes was no surprise. Nor
Bicycle Lanes
Considering that, statistically, no one commutes to work by bicycle, it’s amazing how much of the government's time, effort, and finances are directed toward bike lanes. City streets are more likely to be torn up for underused bike lanes than for repair. But hark! I can hear
Bicycle Lanes
I’m only human (despite what some of you have heard). I like it when my opinions, and predictions, are found to be valid. Such as what’s jumping with the unwanted and unneeded redesign of Philadelphia’s most beautiful mile (aside from East Allegheny Avenue) — the Benjamin Franklin Racist
Bicycle Lanes
You ever start reading a newspaper story and think, “Wow! They get it!, ” but read a little further and realize, nope, it’s more of the same crapola. The old “bait and switch.” That was my experience with an Inquirer story headlined (in the print edition) “There’s got to
Coronavirus
These people are just brutal. Which people? The bike cult. In the midst of World War III, as we as a nation hunker down to fight the great threat to the welfare of our nation, as we worry about our wrecked economy, the thousands of dead neighbors, the interruption of
Bicycle Lanes
The first thing you have to understand about the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is that it does not give a damn about the Greater Good. It is a small but effective lobbying group determined to shove bicycles down our throats. And to accomplish its ends, it will color the