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Urban Planning

Cooper's Poynt Park in Camden, N.J.
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Spaces

COVID-19 showed the importance of green spaces. Camden wants all residents to have easy park access by 2050

Around 97% of Camden residents have access to a park, but only 70% report using the city’s parks at least once a month. Camden leaders hope to change that in 30 years’ time.

4 years ago

The goal of the project was to connect Lafayette Street to a soon-to-come Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange. (Courtesy of Montgomery County)
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads

Montco is betting on new highway extension to put Norristown on the map

The 20-year, $90 million project to connect Norristown to the broader highway system is complete. Officials hope this will spur local development.

4 years ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Real Estate

COVID didn’t stop Philly’s construction boom, but signs point to slowdown in 2021

Experts who monitor development trends say the future for dense cities like Philadelphia remains something of a question mark heading into 2021.

4 years ago

A cyclist rides down a bike lane in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Hit-and-runs doubled in 2020. Mayor Kenney can address this crisis by reinvesting in Vision Zero

Mayor Kenney cut funding for Philadelphia’s Vision Zero project earlier this year. But after an astronomical number of hit-and-runs, it’s time he reinvests.

4 years ago

Bryheim Murray and Kyle Easley, partners and owners of BKP Development Group. (Photo by Ritchie King)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Race & Ethnicity
Real Estate

These Black developers want to show by example how to make it in a difficult, expensive industry

Bryheim Murray, of BKP group, recognizes that it’s a white industry and, because of that, it’s inherently harder for Black people to get involved.

4 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health
Transportation
Broke in Philly

Transit union calls out SEPTA for ‘Scrooge-like’ quarantine policy

If a SEPTA employee needs to quarantine a third time, they must use their own sick leave and benefits that provide 50% of their pay.

4 years ago

A PATCO fare gate at the 8th and Market stop.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation

PATCO still on track to reopen Franklin Square Station despite pandemic hit

Construction on the Philadelphia transit stop is set to begin next summer and be completed around 2024.

4 years ago

A SEPTA worker walks through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation

Rust, cracked steel and corrosion: SEPTA MFL cars plagued with problems

The 1990s’-era M-4 cars have required a steady stream of repairs at a time when SEPTA faces an unprecedented fiscal challenge.

4 years ago

Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia's project proposal for the Mill Creek Aspen Street Tiny Village. (Courtesy of SREHUP)
PlanPhilly
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly advocates push Pa. lawmakers to adopt tiny homes building codes

In Philadelphia, tiny houses are burdensome to build. A change to state building code would eliminate hurdles, advocates say.

4 years ago

NJ Transit
New Jersey
Transportation

NJ Transit completes installation of automatic braking system on rail lines

Riders faced intermittent delays over the past three years as the Murphy administration, contractors, and federal officials raced to meet the 2020 deadline.

4 years ago

Snow falls at City Hall on Dec. 16, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA selects San Francisco firm to redesign bus network

The redesign is expected to kick off in early 2021 and last for three years with the goal of adapting the city’s bus network to meet changing demands.

4 years ago

When a car crashed into Donna Price’s fence, it lit her lawn on fire. (Courtesy of Donna Price)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

After a fiery crash, a Sharswood block captain is changing the traffic rules for her community

“This is not a Nascar racing zone,” Donna Price, a North Philadelphia block captain, said. “We’re going to slow it down and have safety for our children.”

4 years ago

Signage telling people to
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Eyes on the Street

Seriously, where are Philly’s public restrooms?

Public space writer Conrad Benner makes the case for public potties and talks to city officials about plans for a network of restrooms.

4 years ago

Listen 7:52
SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot was a hotspot for COVID-19.
PlanPhilly
Technology
Transportation

SEPTA malware attack busted automated rider counters used to stop transit crowding

The automatic passenger counting system that checks SEPTA buses and trolleys for overcrowding remains inactive about four months after the malware attack.

4 years ago

Kendra Bowden-Ponder, her husband Quan and their three children Ja’Lissa, 6, Jordyn, 1, and Kayleb, 10 months, are facing eviction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Neighborhoods

Report: West Philadelphia renters face a growing risk of displacement

More than half of all renters in West Philadelphia’s District 3 struggle to pay rent. Without policy change, many could be priced out, a new report suggests.

4 years ago

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