City Paper: Biketopia - How to Make Philadelphia a Cyclists' Paradise

interesting semi-thought provoking article from this past week’s philly Citypaper about what actions the city could take in order to promote biking to reduce the congestion caused by traffic around the city.

While many of the ideas seem feasible and possibly helpful, I personally feel that the decision to turn Spruce and Pine streets into half bike streets is a good idea, but for anyone who’s ever biked there, I’m sure you’re well aware that they are probably the most pothole-ridden streets in center city, to the point where I know that bikers avoid them (via casual conversation eg: “I was an idiot and took spruce today”. Obviously steps would have to be taken to change that.