Urban Planning

The SEPTA board will vote on the agency’s next budget Thursday. Transit advocate Daniel Trubman reflects on how the system can rebound after the pandemic.

Downtown bar owner Teddy Sourias has already started work on the beer garden to open on the underused pedestrian mall between Penn Center’s office towers.

The county plans to use eminent domain to take over the 213 acres in Marple Twp., a prime development site owned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia parking garage operator wants more state money for the construction of a downtown office tower that has already broken ground.

Many who live in the Delaware County seat see development swallowing green space and inflating home prices. They fear the small town they knew is no more.

Protestors, police, and encampment residents mingled on Kensington Ave., one day after a Villanova prof sued the city over its treatment of homeless people.

A Council bill that would have cut Philly’s parking tax rate by nearly a third died during budget negotiations. The plan would have cost some $130 million in lost city revenue

Streeteries need to live on beyond the pandemic. When our government gave more space to restaurants, people discovered a more accessible city.

The parking tax reduction was pitched by Councilmember Cherelle Parker last month as a way to drive trickle-down benefits to parking lot attendants.

Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Jamie Gauthier, and Helen Gym have all publicly opposed the parking tax legislation within the last week.

The new public space in Headhouse Sq. now has parking and lighting for evening events. It is meant to be “inviting to people,” not off-putting, said SSHD director Mike Harris.

The new regulations aim to treat the short-term rental industry more like a traditional business and impose rules similar to those that govern conventional hoteliers.

SEPTA lifted capacity limits on transit last week, yet signs of social distancing mandates remain. Not everyone is unhappy that the habit could survive.

Philly Councilmember Kendra Brooks’ Renters’ Access Act passed Tuesday night out of committee and will come up for a final City Council vote on June 17.

The ZBA approved a hotly-contested construction proposal for a 76-unit apartment building.