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SEPTA's new signage
Philadelphia
Transportation

Should you take the ‘B’ or the ‘L’? SEPTA plan to rename subway lines looks similar to NYC signage

Officials seek to make the transit system easier to navigate, with new signage forthcoming.

2 years ago

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Government
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey counties explore new strategies for roadway safety as fatalities rise

Various counties across New Jersey are exploring new strategies to make highways and roadways safer during the busy summer season.

2 years ago

Street sweeping truck
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

City says it’s cleaned 5,000 blocks, with 13,000 more to go

Some residents scoff, while others say it’s a good start.

2 years ago

Charly Bass at an in-construction property
Business
Delaware
Government
Housing

Delaware developers are rehabbing vacant homes for the middle class

The statewide program subsidizes developers rebuilding houses in neighborhoods where the rehab costs are higher than what the home is worth.

2 years ago

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The North Philadelphia property that Kingzakariyah Martin developed
PlanPhilly
Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Philly training program seeks to increase city’s supply of affordable housing

Since launching in 2015, Jumpstart Germantown has issued more than $50 million in loans to help new developers renovate vacant single-family homes.

2 years ago

An enormous warehouse looms behind modest homes on East Charleston Avenue
Environment
Housing
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Air pollution from New Jersey’s warehouse boom disproportionately impacts communities of color, report finds

Warehouses remain largely unregulated in the state and can be built with little to no environmental review or public scrutiny.

2 years ago

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home repairs happening
PlanPhilly
Environment
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly home repair program seen as climate resilience tool gets its first city funding

Built to Last, which staff say helps “future-proof” Philly homes, got $5 million in the budget City Council passed Thursday.

2 years ago

First responders work to extinguish a vehicle fire, Sunday June 11, 2023, that caused an overpass on I-95 to collapse near the Cottman Avenue exit
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly

The findings shed new light on the June 11, 2023, early morning crash that destroyed the bridge beyond repair.

2 years ago

Crumbling house
Government Accountability
Housing
Philadelphia

City Controller’s Office deems thousands of Philadelphia properties as unsafe

Their investigation found that the Department of Licenses and Inspections only has 15 inspectors, and is unable to keep up with demand and oversight of the properties.

2 years ago

The former Germantown YWCA
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Law
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

The legal battle to save Germantown YWCA represents a rare use of controversial Pa. law

The historic property has sat vacant for nearly 20 years. A real estate developer hopes a judge gives him the opportunity to change that.

2 years ago

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Rowhouses
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Housing
Philadelphia
Preservation

‘Everything we can possibly do’: Philly nonprofit to finish renovating 40 homes in Strawberry Mansion

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia will fix up a group of homes on the 3200 block of West Huntingdon Street, completing a multi-week effort in the North Philly neighborhood.

2 years ago

Demolition of the housing project
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Government
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Parker’s budget proposal includes funding to replace units lost at UC Townhomes site

The mayor’s initial spending plan did not include city funding for the new 70-unit development in West Philadelphia.

2 years ago

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Philadelphia’s Streets Department demonstrate their mechanical street and sidewalk sweepers
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

The cleanup of every Philly block has started. Here’s what to expect

The cleanup started this week in the River Wards neighborhoods. North Philly is next, followed by West, Southwest and South Philly.

2 years ago

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People boarding a bus
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Philly starts the hunt for an intercity bus station near 30th Street

A feasibility study will identify a new home for bus travelers in and out of Philadelphia.

2 years ago

Sunflowers in a garden
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philly City Council passes Land Bank acquisition bill considered key to garden land security

Advocates say the bill preserves an important tool for protecting garden land from development.

2 years ago

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