Biking in Philadelphia

Recently it was my pleasure to accompany a number bike riders riding from Manyunk to center city. Riding past boat house row is interesting and this time of year it was quieter than normal. Once we reached the art museum I felt like we were playing Russian Roulette with traffic. There simply is no easy way to get to center city. Bike lanes would come and go with no rhyme or reason. Traffic was unforgiving. When the country is trying to rid itself of foreign oil, and resolve the obesity problem, it's my feeling that cities should get federal money to help establish and maintain useful bike lanes through the city.