I felt the same way the last time I was in this area. I biked around the station several times and was like, "WTF? Is this really the gateway to one of the best cities in North America?"

This issue is still not "fixed". The paths to and around Amtrack 30th Street Station are dominated by vehicles. There are no bike lanes. Crosswalks are designed to give drivers only a suggestion to yield to pedestrians coming from the Subway portal that is separated from main station by raised sidewalks and a walled off parking lot. For anyone with wheels of any kind, wheelchairs, strollers, bikes, or even a slight disability, reaching the entrances to the station without escort by car is dangerous and tedious.

To add to the confusion, traffic patterns favor cars coming from I-76. So, pedestrians and bikes are forced to move against aggressive drivers who are exiting off ramps at up to 50 mph. To reach the bike racks at the station a bicyclist must either bike all the way around the station to reach the racks, or bike in the opposite direction of the flow of three lanes of traffic to reach the racks quickly.

Some of the pedestrian issues would lesson if the underground link to the 30th street SEPTA would reopen. What is the status on this? You run the risk of getting run over getting across traffic otherwise.

I spent 9 years working out of the USPS building, getting the 30th street station for lunch took 1/2 of your lunch break traveling to and from the job , and its only across the street.

Please go to this link to vote on installing more bike lanes in Philadelphial.

http://www.tooledesign.com/philadelphia/

Thank you. (mb)