You don't have to "loop around". The road empties out onto the approach road for the terminals. Provided there's no traffic it takes seconds. Only problem is there often it traffic from non commercial vehicles getting caught in the line for taxis, Ubers and limos that bears to the right.

There very much is a danger. One of these days there's going to be a bad accident as someone gets hit pulling away from that shoulder, or even trying to slow down to park on it. Cars coming off the highway doing 40-50mph and someone is braking hard to pull into a spot on the shoulder. It's infuriating.

It is not almost the same time to get to the terminals from the lot as the Wawa. The points about the bathrooms and snacks is true, but the road from the cell phone lot empties onto the arrivals road almost at the start of the pickup area. It's almost as close as parking on the shoulder of the road as it approaches the pickup area. The lot even has some vending machines in it for snacks now. The main issue with the lot is vehicles leaving it can get caught in a jam caused by ride-share, taxis and other commercial drivers entering the road for them to make pickups. The road needs better signage so that non-commercial vehicles don't sit in the line, having to be directed away once they reach the gatehouse controlling the road, which slows down the the throughput and causes the traffic jam.

Back in 2021 Red Bull partnered with the Sixers where, for every steal Thybulle recorded in the season, Red Bull would donate $250 to Phila Parks and Rec to fix up city basketball courts, as part of their "Red Bull gives you Wings" slogan. Mural was painted to commemorate that partnership. From what I've seen it was just for that season, so probably no repercussions for replacing the mural.

He no longer plays for the Sixers as of Thursday, so the mural, in a way, is outdated. It was made in partnership with Red Bull, and a wrist band is visible with their logo on it. Likely replaced, until Matisse graffiti tagged it with a "Thank You Philly! Matisse" Thursday night/Friday morning. Now owners of the building are going to let it stay a little while longer, and even if they replace mural may keep his graffiti tag with the new mural in some way.

I was more of the latter sentiment initially after the trade, but he seemed/seems like a cool dude. I remember the v-log series from the NBA Bubble he went viral over, and seeing this gesture reminded me of that Matisse, vs the frustrating one. Cool guy to have had in the city.

It was a graffiti tag. He posted to Instagram a video of him tagging the wall, and not with a hashtag!

Thank you for this.

I'm reminded of the times I've helped my ex-wife's daughter with reading homework, and we've often talked about "context clues". The lesbian thing, sure, might not have been right out there to see, but being able to put oneself in someone else's shoes could have led us to have more discussion based on the whole time passed angle and likelihood she was doing this to someone she barely knew and didn't hate beforehand. While I can't remember now what the points were, there were a couple of things that gave me and a couple others pause and we initially did not vote to acquit. Maybe we could have had more discussions, and maybe thought of some other reasons a woman would get on the stand and say what she said. One thing that stuck with me was it was only three males who did not vote to acquit, whereas our jury had more females than males. However, just about all of the women jurors were minorities, and so the defense attorney, who was also female, was really effective with the "racial regret" defense.

I don't feel guilty, but have made a promise to be more diligent if and when there is a next time, and pay attention to the "context clues", especially trying to be more empathetic.

If the evidence fits....

I've always loved the film "12 Angry Men". Always loved how one man did not allow himself to be pressured just by being outnumbered, used logic and reason and ability to look at the facts and come to the probable right decision.

In my case, a woman got drunk at a bar, and ended up in bed with a man she hardly knew. She claimed it was one thing, he another. It so happens she's white, looked Italian of the "Jersey Shore" variety, and he's black. The angle the defense took was she was just being racist, especially when she said something to the effect of, "I'd never get in bed with HIM!" Rubbed many of us the wrong way, but I and a couple others towards the end began to have our doubts. Still, we all voted to acquit, and the judge afterwards spoke to us and she said we probably made right decision, given the evidence.

However, I spoke about the case's circumstances (didn't reveal names or anything specific) afterwards with my sister, and also happened to come across the accuser's FB page. Turns out she was a lesbian, but that didn't come up in court. So when she said she'd never sleep with HIM, it may have been about sexual preference rather than race. Also, a couple years had passed before she had finally gotten her day in court, and I believe the whole process with the rape kit took awhile as well. Long story short, my sister pointed out that with all the time that had passed, if the woman was lying or even she had any doubts about what happened herself she wouldn't have kept up the charade through multiple police interviews and tests over the many months it took for everything to transpire. Afterwards, it all made sense, but of course couldn't discuss anything during the trial for an "outside opinion".

It's nagged at me ever since. Been hoping for another chance, however, I've gotten maybe three summons for jury duty in the 8 years or so hence, and am always told to stay home.

Had no idea what you were talking about (missed all the posts that had been created and deleted). Now that I've read about it, hoping the investigation and search for these guys is swift, if not already completed, and hoping the survivor gets justice from the courts. Served as a foreman on a jury some years ago where looking back, I don't think we gave our survivor justice.

Instagram post of it. After this, really going to miss him.

Owner says even if they ultimately repaint the wall, they may just block out Matisse's tag, like a Banksy!

One thing I looked forward to in the winter was the relative respite from bike culture that the cold weather provided, but the last couple of winters have provided no such break.

Seeing as how the talks for the new arena are still preliminary, maybe they'll worry about that once it is more set in stone that the arena is for sure going to necessitate the need for a new bus terminal.

I wonder where they'll put it if needed. Best location, on JFK Blvd just west of 30th Street Station has a new office bldg going up. Need a centralized location.

Never looked at it that way, the numbers counting down. Thanks for the perspective!

Makes since for North Philly, but not for West. Glad I grew up in North, because I can see myself getting into countless petty, time-wasting debates with people calling it downtown if I spent a lot of time in West around people calling it that, much how I challenge people who talk about going "down to New York" while in Philly, or "up to DC".

Seriously tho... Do you even gay, bro?

Edit: before downvoting, click the link. Headline is side-splitting!

Find it interesting that Allentown refers to theirs similarly.i get a kick out of being on 309 up there and seeing signs for "Center City".

Eh, let the trolley run over the Sixers, so the Phillies and Eagles might live!