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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When/if the repairs and the surface level lane reconfig finally happen, I believe the viaduct will become one of the Philly's most dramatic examples of transformation from liability to asset.

Image from the 2022 25th Street Transportation study by the Philadelphia Planning commission showing a street layout with central raised walkway, bi-directional bike lanes, and outside vehicule travel lanes under a freight railroad viaduct.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Really hope so. I don't know where things stand with CSX and the viaduct repair. I started working on that building in 2019, when we still thought the viaduct would see major improvements in the short term. It's such a drag on the quality of life.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is awesome news! I headed up the mixed use conversion of this very building, 2501 Oakford, when I was at Stanev Potts Architects. The developers, including Ed, Chris, and Matt (mentioned in the article) had a great vision, and the filling of the commercial space is the final piece.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

After a 2014 collapse that killed Albert Suh and injured 2 others, Philly instituted new inspection requirements for fire escapes. I assisted structural engineers on some field inspections. The deterioration I saw was eye-opening. I know there's romanticism about them, but geez they are scary.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fire escapes need to be rigorously maintained and inspected or else they become life safety hazards themselves. There's a reason the building code no longer allows them. Completely exposed to the elements, they are way too prone to corrosion and facade attachment failure.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It was warm for fall in Philly today. Maybe the glue holding the car together softened up.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More evidence that Hitchbot was not an isolated incident. Tesla's robots also getting mercilessly abused in Philly.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Saw the aftermath of this Cybercab crash at Broad and Wharton today. No idea what happened, but the door panel was torn clean off.

Driver's side photo of Cybercab involved in crash on Philadelphia streets. Exterior door panel is torn away showing the internals of the door mechanism.

Photo showing other car involved in the cybercab crash near Broad and Wharton in Philadelphia.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just witnessed a guy jump down onto the Broad street line tracks at City Hall to grab a cigarette butt seconds before a train rolled in. He hopped out, so no tragedy, but I was shocked. Platform doors, we need them yesterday.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Seems like a small detail but it's actually a huge improvement to have this stadium directly adjacent to the subway entrances. Currently the Phillies have crossing guards hold up hundreds of pedestrians from the subway to let a handful of drivers into the parking lots between the station and CBP.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He's wrangling with salty commenters in that thread too. I think he's more effective than I would ever be, since the camera complainers aren't used to getting scolded from the right. He's outflanked them with a "rule of law" argument.

A comment by Stu Bykofsky from his facebook page saying the following:

"PPA has made it a lot easier to contest tickets. One of the commenters here did so and won.
Is it “fair” that you get ticketed for momentarily stopping in a no stopping zone?
Yes. Do you know what NO STOPPING means?
I live on a stupid bike lane. I ALWAYS have my ride pick me up across the street because I don’t them to risk a ticket that I think is $140.
My mantra: Obey the law.
Don’t whine when you don’t and get caught."

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yes. Somehow it feels like it's improved from the worst we saw during the COVID years, but still way too common to see people out there with obviously illegal license plate situations.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

But the city must pair this with zero tolerance for fake or obscured license plates. Lots of work to do there still.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I live a block from south broad and whether I'm driving or walking I can feel the improvement. It's gotten safer, calmer, and generally more quiet. It's been awesome for the neighborhood.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Forgot how handsome that mandeville proposal was.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Boy, you really can tell when legislators aren't regular public transit users.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The new MetFresh market in the old Walgreens building could be a genuine game changer for Broad and Snyder and the neighborhoods around it.

Produce section at MetFresh market in Philadelphia pa

Checkout kiosks at MetFresh in Philadelphia pa

Deli counter at MetFresh in Philadelphia pa

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've never seen this before. This would be fantastic.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Vehicle design has gone well into negligent territory. If Americans really want to buy machines like this, strict liability insurance should be required for the life of the vehicle. So even if the car is stolen, the buyers and automakers can't escape liability. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

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Police recover stolen Dodge Charger Hellcat used in fatal hit-and-run of 29-year-old woman

The unidentified driver who struck and killed Talyia Nesmith in a fatal hit-and-run Monday used a car stolen one hour before the crash.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

One of the core, beautiful ideas in the concept of America: You are free to tell anyone, no matter how powerful, no matter how sacred, to fuck off. What's more patriotic than a stadium full of my fellow Philadelphians carrying on that grand tradition by booing just about anyone and their grandmom?

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Looking at this map, NJT should study adding a stop at North Philadelphia to the Atlantic City Line. The connection with the Broad Street Line would shorten trips for quite a few Philadelphians.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Yep. It’s right now. Ends at 9pm. Every Tuesday in June.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Open streets is Philly at its peak.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Had to look up Zicla. Awesome product!

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

One of the few good examples of boiling frog theory: The massive bloat in vehicle size over the last 40 years. This 1986 Pontiac Grand Am (which were common cars growing up and I never thought of as a compact or small in any way) looked ridiculously tiny in the Acme parking lot today.

Black 1986 Pontiac Trans Am parked in a sunny Acme supermarket parking lot in Philadelphia, PA.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

100%. Lots of restaurants did a great job using the street space effectively for dining. Also, having it on a Tuesday evening somehow made it more relaxed. Felt like mostly locals just decompressing after work. The weekend West Walnut events are more of a festival flavor.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Incredible scoreless inning streak by Sanchez.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Got there late and didn’t take the best photo, but Open Streets last night on 13th was a great vibe. Happening every Tuesday evening in June!

Open streets evening event in Philadelphia PA on 13th street in Midtown Village.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I recently started using my old Strida as part of a Regional Rail commute. Folding bikes and transit are like a super cheat code, shaving minutes off a commute time and expanding the reachable radius around transit locations. Would make a great youtube video.

Picture of a Strida 3.2 folding bicycle propped against a brick rowhouse facade.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The new small-format grocery at Snyder and Broad getting tantalizingly close to opening. Hiring signs are now posted.

Now hiring sign posted on construction fence

Interior of new MetFresh grocery set to open at Broad and Snyder in Philadelphia, PA

Exterior of the new grocery store set to open at the northwest corner of Broad and Snyder in Philadelphia, PA.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Camden, NJ looking beautiful today.

Image of Camden, NJ’s Cooper Street on a spring day in April looking towards the Ben Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Said by a guy who needs enterprise database software to track his custody battles.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Savannah is probably most famous for its 19th century #architecture, but this steeple on St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church really caught my eye. Harold E. Wagoner architect, 1955.

Steeple of St. Paul’s evangelical Luther’s Church in Savannah, GA.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I owe my bones to all the milk I drank from Halo Farm growing up in the 80s.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

On the tarmac at PHL Terminal F. Valentine’s trip to Savannah, GA.

American Eagle jet on the tarmac at Terminal F, Philadelphia International Airport.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Catherine O’Hara was a comedy giant. Lots of 70s and 80s comedy has aged terribly. But S.C.T.V. and especially her performances are still so good and so hilarious.

Catherine O’Hara’s S.C.T.V. character “Violet McKay”

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I know Philly Streets Department has been going viral for the wrong reasons since the snow. But they plowed my narrow South Philly street at 1:30am while temps were in single digits. I really appreciate the workers out there in these brutal conditions.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Some winter storm pics from South Philly this morning.

Looking west on Tree street from 11th Street in Philadelphia during the January 25, 2026 snowstorm. Man shoveling snow.

Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church at 11th and Jackson street in Philadelphia, PA during January 25, 2026 snowstorm. Woman crosses street with blue umbrella.

Buildings at Broad and Snyder streets in Philadelphia, PA during snowstorm. Cars have been moved for emergency snow route.

South Philly high school gymnasium from the parking lot, covered in snow.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Christmas week flurries in East Falls, Philadelphia, PA.

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Ryan Lohbauer @ryanlohbauer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

18 degrees on my way into work today. But the heated seats of the broad street line are keeping me toasty.

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