Re: Buses with racks go a long way

02-06-2007, 11:30 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Don Klipstein <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> Few of Philadelphia's ghettos are so bad as to be outright barriers to
>most commuter cyclists. For example, Broad St goes through "North
>Philadelphia", where the murder rate might make Iraq appear not too unsafe
>in comparison. However, cyclists passing through during commuting periods
>and business hours tend to find their main hazards to be ones typical of
>Philadelphia drivers in general as opposed to crime more associated with
>"criminal element types" that "North Philadelphia" probably has at least
>dozens of busloads of.

Try Southwest if you want a real human-powered transportation
adventure. Or cross over into Camden. Or you could go one street off
of North Broad in either direction.

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