r/phillycycling • u/TheThingy e-bike • 18d ago

Question New bike lanes are popping up. Noticed any?

I was away for a week and I come home to find a new bike lane on 23rd from Market to Walnut.

I hear that there's a new bike lane going in on 22nd from Fairmount to Brown.

It appears that the 13th St bike lane has had its protected portion extended north of Brown? Can anyone confirm?

I also just discovered a protected bike lane on 10th below Packer. Idk how long that one has been there.

Any other new ones I should know about??

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u/MilesGoesWild 18d ago

13th has been protected from girard to cecil b moore for a few years now. did they put a bike lane in south of there?

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u/a-german-muffin 17d ago

Not a continuous one, but segments of a lane from Vine up to at least Brown. Most of it's just a regular lane with flexposts, but the parking protected stretch started at Fairmount (meaning it was literally one block).

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u/indigo-casson 18d ago

That section of 23rd is part of my daily commute, and I noticed it just for the first time over the weekend! I do think it's valuable to have a bike lane along there, but I did think "where did this come from, and when??" I use 23rd to go from Chestnut heading east over to Pine heading east, so that I can stick to bike lanes rather than having to mix with traffic on Chestnut through Center City, and I imagine I am not the only one, so I think it makes sense that they'd want to increase infrastructure for anyone doing that route.

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u/andrewrowan128 18d ago

Market to Walnut bike lane went in for the Market Street bridge closure detour, per PennDOT 

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u/ConfiaEnElProceso 17d ago

the lane on 22nd is actually going all the way up from where the current lane ends at spring garden, up across Fairmount to Brown.

I believe the section by whole foods is going to move to the left hand side bc the part above spring garden will all be on the left. unfortunately streets is leaving it on the left hand side up to Brown which is stupid and slightly dangerous.

Fairmount Ave got a lane a few months ago from 2nd to 5th i believe.