17th Police District, Bike Incidents

Open Issues: 11 • Closed Issues: 17 • Acknowledged Issues: 7

This watch area is set up by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia to report traffic accidents or instances of road rage and harassment.

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    1422 Castle Ave Philadelphia, PA - Newbold neighborhood

    Abandon Van used for storage

    There is an abandon van that has been parked here well before Halloween. All the tires are flat now and the gas cap is missing reeking the smell of fuel. Sometimes when walking to the subway in the morning there is a man sleeping in the back. The van should be towed away and fined. With a playground full of kids across the street, this is not safe.

    Although there is a NO TRUCK parking sign on the street, these super long club wagons are not considered trucks even though it take up more space. They are normally used to take workers to farms or factories and are dumped around this area when they break down. Homeless seek selter and then break in. This van should be removed ASAP.

    PA TAG: HGM-2836

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    625 S 23rd St Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    Cars heading northbound on Grays Ferry are forced to turn right onto Bainbridge. When a car gets a green light on Grays Ferry, as they turn, the red light at 23rd and Bainbridge appears to be signaling these cars to stop. However, cars are supposed to proceed from Grays Ferry, onto Bainbridge, and past 23rd without stopping. People often stop short at 23rd and Bainbridge, causing the potential for rear-end accidents and backing up traffic onto Grays Ferry. This traffic light arrangement needs to be updated to make it clear that cars from Grays Ferry should proceed without stopping.

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    757 S Chadwick St Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    Neighbors with garages park their secondary vechicles on the sidewalk in front of their garages. This form of parking is a hazard to pedestrians and creates a blockage for emergency vechicles (as stated in previous issue logs). Recently, signs have been posted showing that this is now a "no parking" street. It would be nice if the individuals who supported the designation of this street as "no parking" would follow it's instructions. Solution: Learn to park your car within a 3 block radius like everyone else.

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    1969 Washington Ave Philadelphia, PA 19146 - Schuylkill Southwest

    Bike Lane is blocked by vehicles parked perpendicular to the road. You can see this on the Satellite view on Google Maps.

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    2193 Tryon St Philadelphia, PA 19146 - Fitler Square

    Chronically blocked bike lane in front of 711, needs enforcement and potentail NO STANDING sign

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    1513 Tasker St. Philadelphia, PA - Newbold neighborhood

    The One-Way sign in front of 1513 Tasker St. was loose after a truck backed into it then a few young kids shook it until it broke. There are enough accidents and near misses at this intersection that the sign should be replaced ASAP.

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    2028 Manton Street Philadelphia, PA - Point Breeze

    2028 Manton Street

    Residents of 2028 store/dump garbage in front of house as well as the empty lot next to their residence (2030 Manton Street). This is an ongoing issue and has been reported multiple times.

    2028 also stores large equipment in the front of the house. The euipment is used for the illegal car repair business that has been run out of that house for many years.

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    500 S 22nd St Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Fitler Square

    There is ALWAYS a car stopped in front of this 7/11, and to add insult to injury - it's usually a police car, which could illegally park somewhere else, without endangering bicyclists.

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    1544 Christian St Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    Located on the south east corner of Christian St. & 16t, affecting traffic going east. I have personally witnessed this causing a NASTY BICYCLE ACCIDENT. This ditch is very recenty created, located directly in front of very recent demolition/renovation of a private property. and direcly underneath very huge, heavy duty a where crane/truck vehicles where parked.

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    1645 Kater Street Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    Graffiti at 17th and South encourages tagging on residential properties down 17th and onto Kater. Three tags in two days done in broad daylight at 17th and Kater.

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    2214 South St Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    chronically blocked bike lane - delivery vehicles from phoebes BBQ are very frequently parked in the bike lane

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    1920 Washington Ave Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA - Schuylkill Southwest

    westbound bike lane consistently blocked by parked & stopped cars between 19th and 22nd streets.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BFq31PPZY

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