Keystone Crossroads Archive

The Commonwealth’s Act 47 program to help cash-strapped local governments doesn’t address how elected officials might get along bette ...

Tiny Colwyn, (population 2,500) which borders Southwest Philadelphia, is the newest municipality to be declared distressed under the stat ...

Too often we hear school officials, experts, advocates, and yes, even journalists throw around terms like “block grants” and ...

Happy Friday. This week was filled with new ideas in transportation, public space, affordable housing and yes, even soccer. Tech a ...

A measure just introduced in the state Senate hits nearly every point in the platform championed by local pension reform advocates. < ...

Big data, more connectivity, and new high-tech tools are the future of transportation.  Americans waste what amounts to 162 l ...

At Keystone Crossroads, we’ve been reporting on various forms of tactical urbanism: low-cost, temporary projects intended to c ...

From the outside, the Allison Hook and Ladder Firehouse doesn’t look like much. From the outside, the old Allison Hook and L ...

Economic development groups and local and state governments are offering up money to prep commercial real estate. Hormann Flexon m ...

Memorial Day has passed and for many, it has been a short work week — but we are never short on news for this week’s urban reads. ...

 Cities are harnessing the ubiquity of smart phones and social media to make it easier to communicate with residents. Harrisb ...

For years, many public education advocates have been howling about the way Pennsylvania funds cyber charter schools. ...

Open streets can reconnect citizens to their cities and neighbors, as well as provide more equitable opportunities for physical activity. ...

Click through the slide show above to see the shifts over time. Or zoom and search for a municipality to find its population in a given d ...

Happy Friday! First up, pensions (our favorite topic as of late) We’ve been diving deep into ...