by Randy LoBasso | Aug 6, 2021 | News
We don’t usually share news stories and videos about us on this blog, but a new article and video from local news outlet Billy Penn has covered the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive situation in a way that few other outlets have. As some background, after being open...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 4, 2021 | Biking in Philly, Featured
After 17 months as an open street, bringing thousands of Philadelphia residents to Fairmount Park and becoming the most-used bike/ped trail in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City leaders have decided to re-open MLK Drive to cars effective August 4,...
by Randy LoBasso | Aug 3, 2021 | Biking in Philly
In an ironic twist of the universe, MLK Drive will remain open to people and closed to cars between the Museum and Sweetbriar Drive due to poor conditions, according to a City press release. This section of MLK Drive will not reopen to cars on Wednesday, August 4th,...
by Randy LoBasso | Jul 13, 2021 | Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
Late last week, we were informed of some line striping going down on MLK Jr. Drive. This is likely the beginning of the Drive being reopened to motor vehicles in August, as Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. and the City of Philadelphia agreed to. More appears to be...
by Randy LoBasso | Jun 29, 2021 | News
Good news, everyone. The Schuylkill Banks Trail at Chestnut Street, which had been closed since February 2021, is reopening on Friday, July 2nd. The trail under the Chestnut Street Bridge received its first layer of asphalt this morning! The next layer goes down...
