BIKING

so i road through the site multiple times over the last week and it was very interesting apposed to driving. Being able to manuver through the site at any speed and through traffic and not following the rules of the road. The one thing i did notice though while i was biking was that the only thing i was able to focus on was what was in front of me and the sides if i was moving between somehting or turning. What i did notice was cutting through the area i want to devlope was easy noting in my head. If traffic was accumilating, then i would cut through and it was a nice short cut until i got to callowhill, then it was stop mode. so i actually wanted some sort of connection across callowhill. i kinda got pissed that i had to stop and wait so long just to cross the street. Spring garden is where i saw the most bike riding through out the site at different times. There is a bike path and the music/hipster scene is right there, and they travel by bike all the time. it would be interesting connecting the music area (electric factpry and warehouse right there) through the site. Over lapping all these connections through my site.
the next time i go out im going to bring my camera and document it that way or possibly by using a video camera but i need someone to watch my back to see if cars are coming

comments about spring garden biking
- people talking about getting from 9th and filbert to 34th and walnut

I would think that spring garden would be your ticket to bike nirvana. take 11th north to SG and SG over the bridge to west philly. from there, you're on yer own. don't venture much to them parts. wild nincompoops and Dave roaming the streets not to mention haggard Drexel students and the occasional Pennie.

Spring Garden is a great biking street...but from a practical standpoint, I think that it might add a little too much time to the journey.

If you were going to the higher #'s streets, I used to ride straight down Spring Garden, go over the SG bridge - SG is nice bc it has a bike lane almost everywhere, the lights are timed to 25mph and you can generally zip down it, hang a left around the museum, the SG bridge is usually pretty quiet in terms of traffic.

Spring Garden's a great cycling St and doesn't look so bad going West as it does going east, but I would definitely beat you up and steal your bike if I saw your snooty CC butt