tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.comments2024-01-17T11:49:16.907-05:00Greater Philadelphia Bicycle NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-78568108784883341352014-08-27T17:13:26.506-04:002014-08-27T17:13:26.506-04:00The videos are no longer available on Google Video...The videos are no longer available on Google Video. You can now find them on YouTube: <br /><br />Seattle ProWalk/Probike Wednesday Opening Plenary: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqcldrho2G8 <br /><br />Seattle ProWalk/ProBike Wednesday Luncheon Plenary: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oImCRe2Q1Sg <br /><br />Seattle ProWalk/Probike Friday Closing Plenary: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZJPTiX44RY <br />John Z Wetmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647417621356097703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-35276411673362593402014-08-21T15:19:09.871-04:002014-08-21T15:19:09.871-04:00HI! I am the original creator of Jimmy Streets and...HI! I am the original creator of Jimmy Streets and was really happy to see your little blog on it! I think (somewhere) I have the original website AND the drawings of Jimmy in multiple outfits, etc. <br /><br />My name is Robert Blanda (robert@caddisart.com - not this google account) and I built the first streets dept website for philly many moons ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967028209605701216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-66787593717272255372014-08-11T07:35:52.178-04:002014-08-11T07:35:52.178-04:00I'm not surprised about the attack considering...I'm not surprised about the attack considering the area it happened. I feel for the women who was assaulted! There has to be a solution to the increased violence in that area. Perhaps the township could post a security guard during the months that people are more active.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382232635880152108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-4731325359673106232014-06-23T12:32:52.513-04:002014-06-23T12:32:52.513-04:00Hello
That is Fantastic, Thanks for offering road...Hello <br />That is Fantastic, Thanks for offering roadside assistance service for bikes as well. Generally, this kind of facility is not available in every country.... Done great thing<br /><a href="http://www.englishtowingbreakdown.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">breakdown recovery</a><br /><br /><br />Thanks for sharing and nice programAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179256128971623701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-14077716646822988852014-05-29T09:01:00.023-04:002014-05-29T09:01:00.023-04:00All our rides and classes are now listed on our ne...All our rides and classes are now listed on our new website: http://bicyclecoalition.org/get-involved/classes-rides/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-8118463141292274442014-05-29T08:30:57.889-04:002014-05-29T08:30:57.889-04:00Where is the signup for the July learn to bike cla...Where is the signup for the July learn to bike class? I see it here, but the event page only has links to the May and June class. I jumped on the wait list for June, but if nothing opens up, I'd like to sign up for July.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-33150068865163101722014-05-28T16:31:40.111-04:002014-05-28T16:31:40.111-04:00"the bid opening date is planned to be 1/16/2..."the bid opening date is planned to be 1/16/2014."<br /><br />Uh. What was found when they were opened?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307643500329823116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-91259298823535519302014-05-07T09:22:52.834-04:002014-05-07T09:22:52.834-04:00The BCGP BLOG notes: "We made a word choice e...The BCGP BLOG notes: "We made a word choice error in an earlier blog post by suggesting that CHOP had only recently shared plans for the new building with the Bicycle Coalition. In fact, CHOP’s designs have been publicly available but we only commented on them earlier this month.<br /><br />Peter Grollman, CHOP’s Vice President for Government Affairs, Community Relations & Advocacy, serves on the Bicycle Coalition board." >><br /><br />Another way to view this: although CHOP VP Peter Grollman is on the Bicycle Coalition's Board, he apparently did not alert fellow Coalition Board members in a timely fashion to CHOP's plan to punch a private driveway (whoops, TWO driveways!) right through the city's best bike bridge. My emails with key BCGP staff showed them to be well behind the curve on this issue--they have come to the table a bit late, and certainly could be a bit firmer, especially after being kept out of the loop on such a damaging project. It would have been great if they had checked out the online plan sooner. But it would indeed have been proper for those who knew about the plan to inform them much earlier. --Michael McGettigan / Trophy BikesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-90732960153190779812014-05-07T09:13:40.493-04:002014-05-07T09:13:40.493-04:00By all accounts, CHOP's insistence on a car-ce...By all accounts, CHOP's insistence on a car-centric development will break the city's best bike and ped-friendly bridge, just a few years after its rebuilding. In Phase One alone, Children's Hospital wants to put 500 cars in riverfront parking. They have rejected reusing the structurally sound JFK Building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and will demolish it for a surface parking lot. To give an idea: 500 cars will be a line about 4 times the length of the South Street Bridge--this line of cars will cross the south -sidewalk and bike lanes of the bridge every day, making the thousands of cyclists and pedestrians wait, so that a fraction of CHOP's staffers may commute to the burbs a bit faster. There is no viable way to protect cyclists from that many cars in two daily rushes. It's a case of 500 motorists' rights being more important than the rights of several thousand green bridge users. That is a sacrifice that CHOP has decided is no problem--even though they are a health care organization. --Michael McGettigan / trophy bikesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-16493115564693328662014-04-17T12:44:57.716-04:002014-04-17T12:44:57.716-04:00How about a two-way cycle track on the north side ...How about a two-way cycle track on the north side of the bridge. Join this to one of those Dutch protected intersections at 27th and South.<br /><br />By the way, has anyone given any thought as to how bicyclists traveling west on the bridge are supposed to get to Schuylkill Avenue?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201247268381541968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-55850727819057039182014-04-14T12:35:36.154-04:002014-04-14T12:35:36.154-04:00What about a stop light in the middle of the bridg...What about a stop light in the middle of the bridge, similar to the South Street Bridge?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668966810183054725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-77714850866860603592014-04-13T23:33:43.523-04:002014-04-13T23:33:43.523-04:00Don't let Childrens Hospital CHOP the South St...Don't let Childrens Hospital CHOP the South Street Bridge bike lanes!<br /><br /> CHOP wants to get approval for their tower/parking garage on the east side of the Schuylkill, this week on Tuesday, 15 April. CHOP's plan calls for 250-1000 parking spaces--even though they say most staff will use transit, bike, walk. To handle all those cars, they want to put two big dedicated driveways right across the bridge pedestrian sidewalks and bike lanes. The result will help CHOP if they later decide to push their real estate plans for hotels and other car-intensive businesses. But children, the elderly, and especially pedestrians and cyclists will suffer from the increase in carcinogenic pollutants, noise, and death/injuries from auto crashes. This does not seem compatible with mission statement of Children's Hospital.<br /><br /> The South Street Bridge is Philadelphia's best span for biking and walking. The CHOP project, which puts private auto traffic first, will ruin the bridge for green commuters. Worse, by creating a car-centric, single-use space along the east bank, CHOP will stall the lower Schuylkill's revival for decades to come. CHOPs own spokespersons admit that most of their staffers will have to commute by transit--still, they've dedicated nearly 75% of the project's footprint for parking and moving automobiles. They've rejected community requests for a real street frontage with retail and pedestrian access, and are unwilling to guarantee access to the riverfront bike path--even though they are receiving funding from local and regional government. <br /><br />Find out more here:<br /><br />http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/inga_saffron/20140328_Changing_Skyline__Parking_garages_threaten_to_wall_off_Schuylkill_s_east_bank.html<br /><br />and here: <br /><br />http://thisoldcity.com/critique<br /><br />and here:<br />http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20140227_Hospital_plan_needs_work.html?c=r<br /><br /><br />MONDAY, APRIL 14 IS IMPORTANT--it's the last day before CHOP meets to get variances.<br />IF CHOP's request for a zoning variance is approved, they can do anything they want on this industrial-zoned site, with no further oversight or cooperation with the community, the Mayor's Office of Transportation, or the Bicycle Coalition.<br /><br />CALL OR EMAIL City Councilman Kenyatta Johson : (215) 686-3412 ; kenyatta.johnson@phila.gov, and email the Mayor: michael.nutter@phila.gov --ask them to set a continuance and NOT APPROVE CHOP'S zoning variance. This will give the community a chance for a better plan, one which offers a real streetscape, not thousands of cars, riverside surface parking and a blank parking garage wall and massive driveways along the bridge.<br /><br /><br /><br />EMAIL the Bicycle Coalition john@bicyclecoalition.org and ask that the Coalition testify against approving the project this week. Thanks and please make those contacts on Monday, 14 April. <br /><br /><br />--sincerely,<br /> Michael McGettigan / trophy bikes /mcgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935286706206285747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-27611626928640123032014-04-11T18:51:42.300-04:002014-04-11T18:51:42.300-04:00Www.wherewouldjesuspark.com
Peaceful protest of r...Www.wherewouldjesuspark.com<br /><br />Peaceful protest of religious service attendees parking in the bike lane on Sunday. Arrive on your bicycle at 7am Sunday April 13 at 1700 Spruce and join us in occupying the bike lane to send the message it's not ok to unsafely and illegally park in the bike lane. Full details on Web site.<br /><br />Www.wherewouldjesuspark.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02567011457259783225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-10015387243786282412014-04-11T10:16:44.239-04:002014-04-11T10:16:44.239-04:00Be sure to take photos of PPA vehicles parked in b...Be sure to take photos of PPA vehicles parked in bike lanes. Unfortunately, it is a very common occurrence. Send your photos to us on Twitter @PPAwatch and we'll post them to our map. goo.gl/maps/zYzhhAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789836359660825808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-26102748247321003882014-04-10T16:16:28.754-04:002014-04-10T16:16:28.754-04:00Hehehehe, I just saw two PPA vehicles parked in bi...Hehehehe, I just saw two PPA vehicles parked in bike lanes during this morning's commute, both between 22nd and 39th on Walnut.FlipperPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314488845913949977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-40743825637728256742014-04-05T11:20:47.246-04:002014-04-05T11:20:47.246-04:00I, and all of my biking friends will miss Hans. I...I, and all of my biking friends will miss Hans. It was because of his penchant for planning and management that we experienced many unique biking adventures, together. It was through his commitment to improving biking and walking in our region that we took part in advocacy efforts and volunteer work. His efforts have left a lasting effect on our community. There is a new sidewalk along Upper Gulph rd. by St. Davids CC that is there only because of his determination and personal commitment. I have named it: van Naerssen Walk. <br />As a mariner might say: Fair winds and following seas, Hans, as you navigate the waters in the next chapter of your life. SteveThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774870703976624456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-11989504841412074602014-04-03T18:36:31.120-04:002014-04-03T18:36:31.120-04:00Thanks, John. Ill miss you all, but also know that...Thanks, John. Ill miss you all, but also know that you and Alex and now many many others are working to make a difference in the Keystone state and Philly region. A huge thanks for your commitment and successful efforts. <br /><br />HansBiker Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713685786190144589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-46013902081212330482014-03-31T13:24:34.715-04:002014-03-31T13:24:34.715-04:00I can't make this meeting tonight, but I would...I can't make this meeting tonight, but I would appreciate it if you would express a cycle/ped concern on my behalf around the interaction (or lack thereof) with this development and the Schuylkill River Trail.<br /><br />CHOP gives a little nod to the SRT by holding out the carrot of extending down to Christian. However, they follow it with a huge slap in the face by not only providing severely limited access to the trail, but by imposing a huge wall barring any further interface.<br /><br />CHOP wants to make the same mistakes that were made on the Delaware by ignoring it's riverfront posture and turning its back on what could be a vibrant waterfront corridor.<br /><br />Please express not only my concern, but the concerns of all SRT users who will be literally walled off from the adjacent neighborhoods.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446742703448445285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-7695618500492608262014-03-14T16:14:17.995-04:002014-03-14T16:14:17.995-04:00they need to at least consider repainting the lane...they need to at least consider repainting the lanes in the meantime because it's hazardous to ride on Wash Ave right now. <br />Our Voiceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033070464498989315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-22638563148669336782014-03-13T13:18:32.422-04:002014-03-13T13:18:32.422-04:00Philadelphia Ped/Bike Plan: "Educate bicyclis...Philadelphia Ped/Bike Plan: "Educate bicyclists on the importance of riding away from the area where motor vehicle doors can be expected<br />to open."<br /><br />Bike New York: "Bike lanes that put cyclists in the door zone are unsafe."andrewlevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913438804723560819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-14468292308376830282014-02-11T12:34:34.662-05:002014-02-11T12:34:34.662-05:00good report. thanks for alerting me to it, John.good report. thanks for alerting me to it, John.meenalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108502327531674078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-1928645177077052552014-02-07T13:36:13.703-05:002014-02-07T13:36:13.703-05:00Really? You're getting worked up over a midwin...Really? You're getting worked up over a midwinter, 2-3 month, half mile detour? Sounds like the proverbial first world problem here.Planethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961815110146807942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-42782755686110255642014-01-30T10:59:44.894-05:002014-01-30T10:59:44.894-05:00They're serious about this closure. I caught ...They're serious about this closure. I caught a glimpse of the trail from the train at Ford Street this morning, and it's completely blocked off with 6 foot high chain-link fence.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297987727180422634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-39856455601194127782014-01-27T13:17:52.641-05:002014-01-27T13:17:52.641-05:00.::applauds for Big Lebowski reference::..::applauds for Big Lebowski reference::.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766710344120276815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227147.post-62069935338798624032014-01-26T00:45:41.753-05:002014-01-26T00:45:41.753-05:00Clever stuff, but the sharp points on several of t...Clever stuff, but the sharp points on several of the designs, especially the birds and the blades of grass, would seem to be an obvious potential hazard to riders and pedestrians.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15343665955122476986noreply@blogger.com