Philly police were towing someone earlier tonight, or at least they were talking to someone doing some towing. But since all the action was taking place in the parking lane, why are they in the street? OK, even if I don't second guess the cops and they had some reason for this other than just not being bothered to pull over, what about the turkey with the white car? It didn't look like it was in an accident. There are parking spots in front of and behind the dump truck you can see here. Well, at least the gentle rain was there to wash away my cares.

Saw this one on while riding--like a moth to a flame--to the re-scheduled 2007 Mummer's Parade in Center City Philadelphia. (Don't know what that is? The internet will provide the truth, whether you like it or not.) Anyhow, like some posters to this wonderful site I have a soft spot for those who work for a living in their vans and trucks, and I don't think it's just because I was once one myself. Still, this situation angers me because this isn't a case where the driver is forced to make a delivery where there is nowhere legal to stop. You can see a couple of parking spots across the street. Philly riders will know that that this is a particularly nasty spot to have to move into the lane if you are on the right, because traffic is heading east on Chestnut at a high rate of speed, you know, because the drivers know they're about to spend the next half hour between 23rd and Broad street. It's the last chance to feel the wind in your hair for a while, unless you're on a bike. Another thing; I looked at this picture a number of times, and I can't see a license plate. What the heck... half the drivers in my neighborhood have those scratched up smoked plastic covers over their plates anyway, so what's the difference?

Same as every day on Chester Ave. The problem in my eyes isn't so much delivery trucks as the constitutional right all Americans have to on-street parking... I like getting packages. Why isn't there a place for the trucker to park that's out of the way of the bike lane and the trolley [tram]? Feast your eyes on what westbound bikers have to negotiate to get around this park job... trolley tracks, cobblestones and pottholes! And a Camry joined the little party, too, but my flash spoiled that one's license plate.

Ah, the most miserable block for double parking in Philly. In Philadelphia people will double park next to an empty parking spot, and this block is the one where it's always happening. Note empty spot by white car just down the hill from this situation. This isn't so much double parking as 90 degree parking. This driver is misbehaving at a common type of location for this sort of parking--a school. Picking up and dropping off children inspires the worst driving, at least in this town. This lady knew she was going to block in another driver in the driveway (actually on the sidewalk), but decided to do so across the bike lane and the sidewalk rather than paralell park. Not much of a problem until you notice that there's a wet sewer grate right behind the SUV, and the trolley tracks.