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The culture war in the bike lane: In Philly, are cars winning?

Here in Philadelphia, where Mayor Kenney came into office promising 30 miles of protected lanes, the bike-vs.-car debate has lately reached unprecedented levels of vitriol. It's also become a proxy for a larger culture war, over a changing city and the newcomers who are gentrifying it.

Leigh Goldenberg, right, her husband Aaron Bauman, center and their 2 1/2 year old daughter Tilde B. Goldenberg. (MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer)
Leigh Goldenberg, right, her husband Aaron Bauman, center and their 2 1/2 year old daughter Tilde B. Goldenberg. (MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer)Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT