Urban Planning

SEPTA's CEO and General Manager Leslie Richards joins us to talk about the transit agency and the state of public transportation - particularly after a state budget shortfall.

The city is still pushing for Graffiti Pier to join its public park network, but Conrail is considering “all viable options” after the pier’s partial collapse.

The increase follows a reassessment of 580,000 properties throughout the city.

Dedicated funding and development opportunities from a main street designation would bring new life to the six boroughs, making them a destination along a busy thoroughfare.

The mass transit agency has implemented a hiring freeze for non-essential workers and is considering fare hikes if more state money isn’t forthcoming.

The city posted a new request for proposal in October but decided not to select a developer for the infamous site.

Grants for solar panels, turning tree waste into lumber and cleaning up litter are coming to the region. Some advocates say more is needed.

Cemetery volunteers are working to make the urban forest open to families with loved ones buried there. It will be a long road ahead.

The company, Hitachi Rail STS USA, will deliver the first 200 cars starting in 2029.

A CHOP resident’s death on her bike last week, and a spate of pedestrian fatalities together set off a call for safer streets.

With more than a month left of the program, over a dozen county agencies have waitlists. “Demand is outrageous,” one official said.

Vision Zero has made a difference, but more than 100 people still die every year.

Researchers analyzed nearly 700,000 records of home sales in the city from 2000 through 2021.

A string of vehicle crashes prompted a rare, 7-month federal investigation.

The funding will pay for the construction of HESCO flood barriers — a series of metal baskets containing a fabric filled with a soil mixture that blocks the overflow of water.