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Blocked lane at Rising Sun and Adams Ave.
Rising Sun and Adams Ave., Philadelphia, PA
These are some old pictures from May 03, and the problem with eventually "solved" after about three years of this illegal parking by simply taking out a block-long portion of the bike lane on both sides of this very treacherous street. Hallelujah! Free street parking was preserved for all the people from NJ who work at Cardone! What an "economic stimulus." Below is a portion of the letter I sent to councilwoman Tasco about this problem in February 2004.
I used to work daily at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, so I rode my bicycle there via Rising Sun Ave. Around the intersection with Adams Ave., there was a great deal of illegal parking in the bike lanes, on both sides of the street, north and south of the intersection. There were several "No Parking" signs but this still went on daily. This illegal parking narrowed the lane widths of the right hand lanes on both sides, and made for a rather dangerous situation, especially since the traffic is very thick at peak hours.
I first talked to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia about this, and they suggested calling the police precinct there. I spoke with a public relations officer at the 2nd precinct about this on May 16th, 2003. He said that the company there, called Cardone, whose employees were responsible for the illegal parking, had wanted to build an additional parking lot adjacent to the Tacony Creek park (they already had one big one next to the park). The city denied them permission to put an additional parking lot there, due to concern that it would hurt the stream, but as a compromise allowed their employees to park illegally on the street. I applaud their concern for the park, but I'm sure space could be found nearby to build another lot, if it was so important. The 2nd precinct public relations officer did acknowledge that the street is more dangerous as a result, but nothing would be done since Cardone provides an "economic stimulus" to the neighborhood. He also stated that since this was an election year, nothing would be done. I talked to the city's department of risk management, but they were not interested in the problem either. I also faxed and spoke with Councilwoman Tasco's office in February 2004, and they couldn't be care less.
