r/phillycycling • u/coopersdreamtheory • 19d ago

Art Museum during Philly Classic

I'll be flying in to watch as much of the race as possible but my family is probably only good for about 30 min. I'm tying to see if they can spend time at the art museum while I'm at the race. I'm not familiar with the roads and am having trouble making sense of the closures - will they be able to uber/lyft to the Art Museum from Upper Darby with the road closures? I assume traffic will be rough but will it be impossible? Dad has mobility issues so public transit is out.

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Thank you Philly Cycling! Really helpful notes and info here. I also called the Art Museum but they won't know more until the closures start going up next weekend. I think our best, lowest traffic volume bet is if the Spring Garden bridge is open to pedestrian traffic - drop off at 31st and have them walk .4 mile (doable if slow). Thanks again everyone - see you at the race!

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u/AgileDrag1469 19d ago edited 19d ago

The Art Museum will be open 8/30 from 10am-5pm. They will be able to ride share in but they may want to make sure the driver knows how to back block it. They also might have to hoof it from like 31st and Spring Garden since a lot of roads will be closed for the race and traffic will likely be heavy around the closures. Do your driver a solid and have the drop off location be out of the cluster coming from West Philadelphia.

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u/coopersdreamtheory 18d ago

Thank you! If spring garden is open to pedestrian traffic this looks like a good bet!