It's summer, and the streets are alive with the usual suspects: dirt bikes, those loud little ghetto scooters, and the three-wheeled machines blasting Spanish music with LED lights screaming for attention. You know the ones—folks who seem to have dropped their life savings on making sure everyone notices them. People crashing into cars and leaving the scene.
Last night took it to another level. I stumbled into what felt like a Fast & Furious scene right on Lehigh Street—street racing in full swing. (Dom probably wouldn't bother showing up; he's way too cool for this crowd.) It was intense, and honestly, I'm hoping I don't wake up to headlines about a car flipping and killing people one day. If this keeps escalating, a tragedy feels inevitable.
On top of that, two pedestrians were hit by cars just yesterday. It's not even May, and people are getting struck left and right.
Hey Mayor Tuerk, whatever happened to that Safe Streets initiative and your big Vision Zero talk? You know, the one promising to eliminate fatal accidents by 2030.
I also got swarmed by about 30 dirt bikes and scooters while driving on Union Blvd. I was alone, and it was genuinely unnerving—loud, unpredictable, and overwhelming.
Ive been told by a few people they have seen 100 cars taking over the Sheetz and Wawa on Lehigh Street, with similar gatherings at Woody's on the Southside and the Wawa on Union Blvd. These spots basically shut down: you can't even get gas easily, and it scares off regular customers.
What’s being done about these flash mobs? Appears nothing as always.
How about more patrols in these hotspot areas like Lehigh and Union, and actually delivering on those safety promises instead of letting them collect dust could make a difference before someone else gets seriously hurt. Anyone else seeing this ramp up this spring? Like I need to ask.
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Its definitely worse this year, esp this early. With the parks going to get trashed soon, this could be the worst summer yet
ABE was that his tricycle that he hit and run with?
I bet that the APD will be directed to find your car on city cameras and determine who you are... You know, public safety being abused by the thin skinned.
APD will most likely blame the parked car for hitting pee wee and possibly sexually harass someone on the way.
It’s frustrating to see dirt bikes tearing through Allentown neighborhoods, but it’s also a reminder that a lot of these kids need better outlets. Enforcement matters, but so do programs that give teens something safer and more meaningful to do. Don't expect Roca and Tuerk to act on either.
Incidentally, what are they feeding the police officers? They are definitely quite rotund and healthy, or the uniform is way too big.
where are the colorful streamers that are on the ends of the handles?
I wonder if the Mayor and Chief believe that reckless driving of "dirt bikes, ghetto scooters, and 3 wheeled machines blasting Spanish music" with meetups/gatherings of riders are all nothing more than residents enjoying the cultural traditions of their homelands? The Mayor and the Chief may be uncomfortable forcing these residents to stop activities that are a normal way of life back in Puerto Rico? These residents might find it just as odd that locals who grew up in America do not ride dirt bikes recklessly in the street with loud music. Its just a theory on the lack of control and/or enforcement.
"give teens something more meaningful to do". Isn't that what Moms and Dads are for?
What with all the food stamps collectively rice and beans for all and with that I must mention the big asses craned on the back of them scooter's. DAMM baby got back, than the scooter's have weight limits that are far exceeded with them asses.
Then effing go back to PR!
Looks like Tuerk is back in California.
The mayor is in California so much that we should just forward City Hall’s keys to LA, since that’s clearly where the real office hours happen.
I wonder if we will soon see a TikTok with him and his Civic Innovations Manager at Coachella?
Maybe the guy Raymond Manuel Cruz who was just arrested for shooting at a passing car in Allentown was only celebrating his heritage?
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Hes busy getting lame ass tattoos in every city he visits on the tax payers dollar. Get this loser out of office. If he thinks the people are going to vote to get rid of term limits so he can stay longer. He is dumber than we all thought.
This asshole was not voted in it was paid for and stolen from Ed Zucal by jennings Inc. This is much like and similar to his real-estate evaluation done to the more poverty striken areas before the bearded fat lady and itZ professor moved to bedlum.
Whenever a city declines into a majority poor, government-dependent welfare class of residents, that city will ALWAYS vote Democrat, no matter how incompetent the Democrat candidate appears to be by those not living in such municipality. Allentown is beyond repair. Accept that, or move out.
This is truth. Municipal leadership is a direct reflection of the population. I get it that Allentown was once beautiful but those days are long in the past. The competence deficit you see in all elected offices in Allentown is a byproduct of the free shit army being wooed by the hucksters who otherwise lack the skillsets to be successful in anything but handing out other peoples' money.
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The mayor should be thrown out of office by his big ears. He is a disgraceful and evil human being.
Matt is a Democratic version of Donald Trump in many aspects. At least Trump dresses like a professional.
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