Philadelphia has 215 miles of bike lanes (and an additional 32 miles of multiuse trails without cars), but only four miles are in Center City. On September 23, Mayor Nutter cut the ribbon ceremonially opening new bike lanes on Pine and Spruce Streets in Center City.
The lanes are part of a pilot program to determine if dedicated bike routes are useful, safe and don’t increase vehicular traffic congestion in Center City.
Unfortunately, there are still people who continue to make riding in the city difficult.
MyBikelane was conceived after repeated frustration at having to dodge cars illegally parked in the bike lanes.
MyBikelane is built on the notion that:
•Cyclists are sick of having to dodge cars and trucks using the bikelane illegally.
•These illegally parked cars force cyclists into traffic, making their commute more dangerous.
•Those cyclists have cameras or cell phones w/ cameras.
•Using the power of the community, we can hopefully make the problem more obvious and get the city to do something about it.
•This makes it safer to cycle for fun or to commute.
How MyBikelane works:
•You the cyclist see a car parked illegally.
•You snap a picture, taking care to capture the license plate of the vehicle and proof that the vehicle is parked illegally.
•You upload the photo, tell us when and where the incident occurred and the license plate info.
•We make the site available to media, city officials, and the web to show the problem.
Learn more at My Bike Lane.
