August 12: Spike in hit-and-run crashes | Mapping PA’s urban waterfronts | Bringing back public drinking fountains
What’s behind the recent spike in hit-and-run crashes in Philly? It’s hard to explain.
Rachel Dovey thinks the built environment community was successful in placing infrastructure and street safety on the agenda in the Philly Mayoral race.
Patrick Kerkstra makes the case that the city’s Harrisburg delegation got marginally better with the special election results last night.
Keystone Crossroads maps PA’s urban waterfronts.
Things are moving along for the Science Center’s development of 3675 Market.
The Water Department is considering bringing back more public drinking fountains.
The environmental impacts of land development largely depend on where we put it, says Kaid Benfield.
Inside the global movement to ban urban billboards.
Donald Trump’s dad had something of a middle class housing empire in NYC.
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