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Long-time WNR riders and faithful volunteers, Dan Powers and Jacob Elliott, will take us on a tour riding through and by new infrastructure like the Old City Market Street project, Walnut Street bus/bike lanes, the cable stay bridge on the recently opened Schuykill River Trail extension, and the soon-to-open swing bridge that will connect the SRT to Bartram's Garden!

Dan and Jacob are members of the Bicycle Employee Resource Group (BERG, for short), an employee affinity and resource group to connect and encourage employees of the City of Philadelphia to bike to work and beyond. Dan is a city planner with the planning commission who works on trail planning and Jacob is a planner/engineer with OTIS working on planning and designing bike and transit facilities in the city.  

We're expecting some special guests on this ride--Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear--co-hosts of The War on Cars podcast and author of the recently released book Life After Cars. They're in town for a book event hosted by our friends at 5th Square Advocacy and Philly Bike Action on Thurs, May 14th, 7pm at Resurrection Philadelphia. Tickets are still available for this amazing event where they'll discuss the negative affects of car-dependency and how we can make Philadelphia a more people-centered city. 

Ride Details:
Start: Southwest corner of Dilworth Park
Time: Meet at 7pm, roll at 7:10pm
End: Parks on Tap at Matthias Baldwin Park. Outdoor seating available.
Length: 9 miles, flat
Level of difficulty: Standard
Route: Ride with GPS | Komoot | .GPX download

Join Wednesday Night Rides and Grid Magazine on April 29 for a celebration of the free press in Philadelphia. Led by WNR regular and Grid Magazine contributor Jordan T, our route will pass historic sites including the Public Ledger Building and the Curtis Publishing Building as well as modern landmarks such as the WHYY office. We’ll end the night around 8pm at the Pen & Pencil, the oldest continuously operating press club in America, where you can grab a drink and a copy of the Transportation Issue of Grid.

Ride Details
Start: Seger Park (Lombard St btw 10th & 11th, by the ping pong table)
Time: Meet at 7pm, roll at 7:10pm
End: Pen & Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer St
Length: 7 miles, flat 
Level of difficulty: Easy

ROUTE LINKS:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54682399

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54682399?sub_format=track

https://www.komoot.com/tour/2903674629

Ride notes 

• Our route includes a long stretch of 7th St, which is on the route of the 47 bus. If you encounter the 47 on the ride, yield to the bus.
• We'll regroup for a midpoint photo at Washington Square, before the second half of the ride that includes the journalism landmarks
• There's currently a chance of rain forecasted for Wednesday night. Our practice is not to make a call on weather until the day-of to give Mother Nature every possible opportunity to change her mind. We'll cancel any ride by 3pm that day. If you don't hear otherwise, the ride is on!
• New and returning riders alike, please take the time to review our How We Ride guide. Please follow these ride norms so everyone's on the same page, and we keep the ride safe and fun.

https://wednightrides.org/how-we-ride/