Controversial Bike Lane Upgrades Begin in Center City

Drivers will be ticketed for blocking bike lanes starting June 19 as Center City group fights new law

The Philadelphia Parking Authority will begin handing out tickets to drivers and pedestrians who are blocking bike lanes on June 19. The No Stopping Anytime legislation aims to protect cyclists from collisions, but it has been met with a legal complaint from a neighborhood group that alleges it's unnecessary and unlawful.

Neighbors of Pine and Spruce streets sue to block Philly’s new bicycle lane rules

A neighborhood group wants to stop the city’s plan of eliminating permit parking to make way for new loading zones and adding concrete barriers around bike lanes.

Controversial bike lane upgrades begin in Center City

Residents suing Philadelphia to stop bike lane upgrades in Center City neighborhood

The group also says accidents will increase, driveways will be blocked, and even first responders will be impacted, amounting to irreparable harm to property rights and neighborhood infrastructure.

Philly neighborhood group sues to stop solid bike lane barriers in Center City

NBC10 24/7 livestream playing above. A neighborhood group is suing Philadelphia in an effort to stop the building of solid bike lane barriers on Pine and Spruce streets in Center City. The solid barriers have been years in the works, but were treated with more urgency after Dr. Barbara Friedes, a physician at CHOP, was struck and killed near the intersection of 18 and Spruce streets last year after a driver went through flexible bike lane posts.…

Pine and Spruce Street residents sue over Philly’s efforts to upgrade bike lanes

The lawsuit accuses the city of overreach in its efforts to establish neighborhood loading zones opposite bike lanes.