A bike commuter’s survival guide

    From WHYY’s Susan Phillips, Peter Crimmins, Kerry Grens, Shai Ben-Yaacov and Elizabeth Fiedler, here are five helpful tips on how to bike to work safely.

    The Septa transit strike has unleashed two sets of novices onto city streets – drivers who usually take SEPTA, and wobbly bicyclists who clearly just pulled an old Schwinn out of the basement. With all these newbies trying to share the road, it could get ugly.

    So our news staff, which is full of people who bike to work, has stepped up to help. From WHYY’s Susan Phillips, Peter Crimmins, Kerry Grens, Shai Ben-Yaacov and Elizabeth Fiedler, here are five helpful tips on how to bike to work safely.

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