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Jefferson St. Marlbourough St. Fairmount Park 33rd St. 30th St. 22nd St. 32nd St. 31st St. 29th St. 28th St. 27th St. 26th St. 25th St. 24th St. 23rd St. 21st St. 20th St. 19th St. 18th St. 17th St. 16th St. 15th St. Broad St. 13th St. 12th St. 11th St. 10th St. 9th St. 8th St. 7th St. 6th St. 5th St. 4th St. 2nd St. Front St. Master St. Information & Resources Germantown Ave. Bike Facilities American St. Ridge Ave. Philadelphia Streets Department Frankford Ave. Thompson St. Philadelphia is always expanding its on- and off-street for information about getting a bike rack and road construction network of facilities for cyclists. Here’s what we’ve got potholes.phila.gov so far, and how to use it: Girard College Girard Ave. Girard Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation Lansdowne Ave. Girard Ave. Girard Ave. H Station Girard Ave. Poplar Dr. for trail information and maps Girard Station www.fairmountpark.org Buffered Bike Lanes (11.3 mi.) Sedgely Dr. Poplar St. Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Buffered lanes feature a 3 foot painted strip www.bicyclecoalition.org Poplar St. 6th St. 5th St. between a separated bicycle lane and a car Ridge Ave. 29th St. lane. All users are expected to stay out of Parish St. 2nd St. PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources I-95 the buffer strip and remain in their own lane. for statewide trail information www.explorepatrails.com Corinthian Ave. Brown St. 22nd St. Poplar St. Philadelphia Brown St. Zoo 34th St. SEPTA Bike & Ride Eastern State Bike Lanes (223.6 miles) www.septa.org/policy/bike.html Penitentiary ½ National Fairmount Ave. Fairmount The conventional bike lane is distinguished Kelly Dr. Pennsylvania Ave. Aspen St. Fairmount Ave. PATCO Bike Policy Historic Site Station from motor vehicular traffic by a single Brown St. www.ridepatco.org/travel/bicycles.html Boathouse Row North St. white line. Direction of travel is indicated by Lloyd Hall Fairmount Ave. arrows marking the lane. Pedestrians and Connect the Circuit Regional Trail Network Wallace St. Fairmount Ave. ½ motor vehicles are not permitted to travel in for a regional trail map and trip planner Mt. Vernon St. the bike lane. Front St. Pennsylvania Ave. 12th St. Broad St. 11th St. 15th St. www.connectthecircuit.org 10th St. Delaware River Port Authority Green St. for Benjamin Franklin Bridge access information Spring Garden St. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Philadelphia ½ 22nd St. 21st St. ½ ½ Sharrows (20.9 miles) www.drpa.org Museum Spring Garden St. ½ Aspen St. Mantua St. Spring Garden “Sharrows”, or shared-use arrows, are of Art ½ ½ Station East Coast Greenway Alliance ½ a bicycle symbol paired with a double Eakins Spring Garden www.greenway.org Fairmount Ave. ½ Oval Station chevron. They indicate that motorists must 2nd St. Hamilton St. 6th St. 5th St. 9th St. 8th St. 7th St. 4th St. share the road. Sharrows are placed in the Ridge Ave. 3rd St. Paine’s 20th St. middle of the roadway to minimize conflicts Wallace St. Park Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. with parked car doors and other obstacles. City of S MMAAYYOORR’’SS OFFICE OF TTRRANSPOANSPORRTTAATIONTION Philadelphia c Callowhill St. Cyclists should ride directly over the sharrow AND UTILITIES LIFE LIBERTY AND YOU PCPC Haverford Ave. h Schuylkill 31st St. u and take the entire lane. 32nd St. y River Trail l k i 13th St. 10th St. 34th St. 33rd St. l 15th St. Spring Garden St. l Trail / Sidepath 35th St. ½ Christopher Columbus Blvd. 36th St. Drexel Park Bike access on bridge. Trails and sidepaths are off-road facilities 37th St. Vine St. Expressway Check DRPA website Philadelphia 38th St. Franklin for hours and closures. intended exclusively for bicyclists and R H Square Logan Chinatown i Race / Vine Benjamin Franklin Bridge pedestrians. The majority of trails and v Square Station Station e ½ sidepaths accommodate both user groups, so Bicycle Map r Race St. Race St. Race St. ½ cyclists should exercise caution and be alert Powelton Ave. Race St. Pier Cherry St. for slower moving persons. Lancaster Ave. ½ Arch St. r Arch St. Arch St. 23rd St. Suburban Connector Streets JFK e Station Plaza 30th St. Market East These are streets where none of the above Station v Station JFK Blvd. i facilities exist, but the street is an important 32nd St. City Hall Dilworth PATCO connecting route for cyclists and/or is H Market St. Plaza Station R considered bicycle-friendly. These become 34th & 30th & Market St. 13th & 11th & 8th & 5th & Market St. 2nd & necessary in places where gaps still exist Market Station e Market Station Ludlow St. Market Station Market Station Market Station Market Station Market Station ½ City Hall University City r between different parts of the bicycle 15th St. Chestnut St. network. Station for a Chestnut St. Chestnut St. (BSL / MFL) Penn’s 15th St. 6th St. 13th St. 10th St. Independence Landing Sansom St. Sansom St. National Historical w 38th St. 36th St. 34th St. 33rd St. 30th St. Park a 24th St. H Conflict Zones Walnut St. Walnut St. l Conflict zones are marked with dashed green Rittenhouse Walnut e paint. They are intended to alert cyclists and Washington Christopher Columbus Blvd. Locust St. Square 18th St. Locust Station Square D motorists that they need to share the same ½ ½ PATCO Rittenhouse St. Station PATCO PATCO space. ½ H Station Station Penn Park Spruce St. Spruce St. Spruce St. Spruce St. H 25th St. H Bike Box 24th St. 22nd St. Pine St. 26th St. Pine St. Pine St. Bike boxes are spaces where cyclists are ½ 34th St. encouraged to pull out in front of cars so that FREE H Lombard St. they are more visible when lights change University City Lombard St. Lombard St. University Ave. Station and vehicles turn. Bike boxes are sometimes South St. Lombard painted with a green background. Other South St. ½ South St. 2014 South Station times, a standard bike symbol is placed on www.phila.gov/cityplanning/Pages/default.aspx To see this map and updated versions online black pavement in front of a stop bar for ½ Bainbridge St. Bainbridge St. cars. Front St. 15th St. Broad St. 18th St. 13th St. 10th St. 6th St. 5th St. 11th St. ½ Fitzwater St. ½ 22nd St. 21st St. Schuylkill Ave. Fitzwater St. Catharine St. ½ 2 Stage Left turns Philadelphia ½ ½ Christian St. Catharine St. Museum No Bike ½ A two stage turn box offers cyclists a way Access of Art ½ ½ ½ Grays Ferry Ave. Queen St. to make a left turn at a multi-lane signalized intersection. To use the two stage turn box, ½ Carpenter St. Christian St. Caution: ½ 34th St. No Bike proceed straight through the intersection Grays Ferry Grates in Access Crescent Trail roadway with the green signal and wait in the box Schuylkill Washington Ave. River Trail on the cross street. Proceed through the Washington Ave. Passyunk Ave. intersection when the cross street gets a 16th St. 15th St. ½ Ellsworth St. green signal. 25th St. 22nd St. 21st St. 13th St. 10th St. Grays Ferry Ave. 11th St. Spring Garden St./ Federal St. Ellsworth MLK Jr. Drive Bridges: ½ ½ Federal Station Ramp connects Spring Oakford St. Federal St. Garden to MLK Jr. Dr. H 27th St. At-grade crossing to 30th St. Schuylkill River Trail. Wharton St. 32nd St. ½ Race St. Wharton St. ½ Wharton St. Race Street: At-grade Delaware entrance. Gates close Cherry St. River Trail when trains pass. Legend Designated Bike Routes ½ Reed St. Christopher Columbus Blvd. The East Coast Greenway is a 2,500 mile JFK Bridge: Staircase Existing Bike Facilities Transportation entrance on south 23rd St. route linking cities from Maine to Florida. side with built-in bike Bike Lane Market Frankford EL The goal is to develop an entirely off-road channel JFK Blvd. Buffered Bike Lane Broad St. Subway Dickinson St. alignment for the ECG. Other designated bike H Market & Chestnut routes include the Cobbs Creek Greenway Sharrow PATCO Moyamensing Ave. Street Bridges: Ramp Market St. and Bicyclists Baltimore Pike. entrance to trail. Walk Paved Trail / Sidepath SEPTA Regional Rail Tasker St. your bike on ramp. ½ Ludlow St. Tasker Un-paved Trail / Sidepath Passyunk Ave. Symbols Morris Chestnut St. Walnut Street Bridge: Connector Street Station I-95 25th St. 22nd St. 21st St. 16th St. 15th St. 13th St. 10th St. 27th St. 24th St. 23rd St. 20th St. 19th St. 18th St. 17th St. 11th St. 9th St. 8th St. 7th St. 6th St. 5th St. 4th St. 2nd St. Front St. ½ Designated Bike Route 28th St. 26th St. Morris St. Staircase entrance on Sansom St. H both sides. 2 Stage Left Turn Bicycle Signage ½ H Walnut St. ½ Philadelphia has a bicycle way-finding Locust Street: H Hospital Moore St. At-grade entrance. Proposed Bike Facilities H system of over 350 signs citywide that Gates close when Bike Shop / Repair Locust St. cyclists can use to determine direction trains pass. Bike ramp ½ ½ Bike Lane No Bike Access Broad St. 12th St. overpass. Point Breeze Ave. Mifflin St. and distance to key trails, parks, and other ½ Buffered Bike Lane Sources: destinations. Signs show between 1 and Spruce St. Entrances Inset Schuylkill River Trail Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Philadelphia Streets Sharrow Department, Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, SEPTA, Delaware 3 destinations and differ in size. A white H Trail / Sidepath Valley Regional Planning Commission. H bicycle symbol clearly designates each sign. ½ H ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Somerton Rd. County Line Rd. Rules of the Road Byberry Rd. Bikes on Transit Maple Ave. Byberry Rd. Lincoln Hwy. Bucks Co. SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) a Bicycles are legal vehicles with the same rights and duties as a motor Pine Rd.
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