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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Delaware
Infrastructure
Technology

$110 million plan to extend high speed internet to rural Delaware

Federal funds will help connect more than 11,000 homes and businesses in Delaware to high-speed broadband internet. The biggest gap is in southwestern part of the state.

4 years ago

Protesters outside City Hall calling for vacant land to be given for community development
Economic Development
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Protests
Public Spaces
Real Estate

Community groups call on City Council to make more land available for development

A coalition of community organizations contend some of the city’s vacant land should go to them rather than to private developers.

4 years ago

Ken Steif (Courtesy of Steif family)
PlanPhilly
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Remembering Ken Steif, an urban planner who used data to make cities more just

The University of Pennsylvania professor, R&B-lover, neighborhood advocate, and beloved husband and father passed away after a battle with cancer.

4 years ago

Two young men walk past a rehab project in Strawberry Mansion, in 2018.
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Economic Development
Real Estate

Council President Darrell Clarke to introduce overhaul of Philly Zoning Board

Clarke wants to give City Council more power over neighborhood development after a series of zoning decisions that he believed favored developers.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen from the Market Frankford platform at 63rd Street
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA spent $7 million on McKinsey consulting contract amid COVID fiscal crisis

Nearly one year and thousands of work hours after the regional transit agency started work with McKinsey, the $7 million initiative is under review.

4 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia
Preservation

Philadelphia’s $400 million Neighborhood Preservation Initiative moves ahead

An effort to save and preserve housing stock in Philadelphia is moving ahead with $400 million in funding over the next four years.

4 years ago

Traffic going eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike proceeds through the electronic toll booths
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances

Turnpike records show the millions of drivers who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera system.

4 years ago

Artist JJ Tizou leads a walking tour around Philadelphia. (Aaron Moselle / WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

After a year of crises, a 100-mile walk offers a chance to see Philly anew

Artist JJ Tiziou is leading guided walks along the city’s perimeter as part of the Fringe Festival that kicked off Thursday and will run through the month.

4 years ago

The Paoli Local railroad station as seen in an archival photograph.
PlanPhilly
Real Estate
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Trains made the Main Line. Why are we designing its future around cars?

The Main Line exists because of the railroad. It’s time we change the zoning code to allow people to take advantage of transit.

4 years ago

The Riverwalk development opened on the Schuylkill River in Logan Square this year. It flooded in Ida’s aftermath. (Ryan Briggs / WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Environment
Sustainability

Why did new buildings flood in Philly? Outdated FEMA maps and building code

Developers are building new homes according to outdated regulations, according to Philadelphia flood czar Joshua Lippert.

4 years ago

(Max Marin/ Billy Penn)
Outdoors
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Roller disco derby takes over Fishtown’s new roundabout before it opens to cars

Officials say the freshly paved traffic circle will open to vehicular traffic “soon.”

4 years ago

Penndot Driver License Center at 8th and Arch streets.
Crime
Pennsylvania
Transportation

PennDOT moves to bar company in theft case from state work

Pennsylvania’s highway agency wants to prevent a major heavy equipment contractor from doing state work for up to three years because it pleaded no contest to theft.

4 years ago

Standing vs Sitting bench at SEPTA's 69th Street Terminal (Courtesy of SEPTA)
Transportation

SEPTA riders choose sitting over leaning at 69th Street

After hearing numerous complaints from riders, SEPTA replaced standing benches with traditional seating at 69th Street Station.

4 years ago

A mockup of an Erie Station redesign
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

SEPTA is testing out a new name for its rail network: the Metro

The potential rebrand is part of a $40 million effort to make the public transit system easier for new riders.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Preservation

After nearly $80,000 in repairs, PhilaMOCA threatened with demolition

The Callowhill arts venue owned by the musician Diplo faces a threat from the city over problems with the historic building’s structural integrity.

4 years ago

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