Traffic wise, the worst part of my commute is going around the Philadelphia Art Museum circle. Eastbound, the bike lane just ends suddenly, and you have to shoot out into 6 lanes of traffic. Half the cars are on their way to the highway on-ramp, meaning they're going about a million miles an hour. You pretty much have to wait until the light turns red, then run it to get out ahead of traffic and fly left across all the lanes to make it to the next portion of the bike lane.



Neighborhood-wise, I go through the "badlands" of North Philly, which looks pretty much like a war zone in parts. I make it a point not to stop at all on the last 2 miles of my commute. This particular block has precisely one occupied home...the rest are either boarded up or demolished.