So … about that bikelash. Years after Mayor Bill Peduto became the public — and sometimes reviled — face of the push for more bike lanes in Pittsburgh, it turns out bike lanes haven’t been the resource drag that some expected.

In fact, the Post-Gazette reports that bike lanes have hardly made a dent in the city’s overall on-street parking availability since Peduto took office in 2014. Additionally, loss of parking revenue to bike lanes has amounted to a “drop in the bucket,” while spending on the creation of bike lanes remains relatively low.

Now, with the city set to unveil a bike master plan by year’s end while also upping investment in bike infrastructure, we’ll have to see how the two sides of this debate respond.

In other news…

The North Side is alive with the sound of music — or at least it will be very soon. The beloved, sprawling, and days-long Deutschtown Music Festival returns July 12 for a seventh straight year. It’s also been extended, with a Sunday Gospel Brunch Show set for July 14. (Northside Chronicle)

More development is being proposed for the Strip District, this time in the form of a 7-story office complex near the 31st Street Bridge. Developer Norrfoss is pitching the project as a draw for tech companies and an “iconic new gateway for the Strip District and its occupants.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Free Wi-Fi and solar charging stations are now available at Tustin Park in Uptown, and it’s the first park in the city to get them. Part of an effort to create “equity, identity and connectivity” in Pittsburgh, the project brings public internet access to a neighborhood with low rates of access at home. (90.5 WESA)

Baseball and black history reunited at a weekend youth game between a team from Pittsburgh and another from Washington DC.  The matchup was intended as a Negro League tribute and comes amid a big decline in black players in Major League Baseball. (Washington Post)

Nominations for our first-ever Who’s Next: Energy and Environment class are officially underway.

With environmental issues impacting the national political discussion and the local one, our latest Who’s Next class will elevate locals taking action. 💪

We’re looking for the under-40 standouts who are making Pittsburgh cleaner and more energy efficient, environmentally conscious, and environmentally sound. And as always, we need your help.

So, if you know someone whose ingenuity, passion, and work in these fields should be on everyone’s radar, tell us today.

Pittsburgh’s new chair-themed tourism campaign portrays ours as an American city in love with the act of sitting down.

So be sure to sit back and relax at some point today. You’ve earned it.

We’ll see you back here tomorrow.