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Urban Planning

The skyline in Philadelphia is pictured along the Schuylkill River
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Philly, suburbs drive Pennsylvania’s population growth

Pennsylvania as a whole added about 300,000 residents to surpass 13 million, but its anemic 2.4% growth rate cost the state another U.S. House seat.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Crime
Philadelphia
Transportation

U.S. Attorney charges 9 in SEPTA corruption investigation

The scheme allegedly involved a string of the transit agency’s facility managers who colluded with outside vendors to fabricate fraudulent supply and repair invoices.

5 years ago

File photo: Flood water from Darby Creek rose to nearly four feet inside Leo Brundage's Eastwick home after Tropical Storm Isaias struck. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Philly’s busted roads and flooded homes are reason enough to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill

President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion national infrastructure plan could help Philadelphia correct damage caused in part by environmental racism.

5 years ago

Stephanie Rivera Fenniri stands next to a stop sign at Lil’ Philly Safety Village
PlanPhilly
Kids
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

The creators of a new Philly bike park want you to go play in traffic

A kid-sized piece of Denmark has landed in North Philadelphia. The new park is a first for Philly.

5 years ago

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

As street sweepers return to Philly, some residents see a sign of progress

Monday marked the first day of Mayor Jim Kenney’s latest street-sweeping program, a long-awaited return of cleaning crews to residential areas.

5 years ago

Andre Black holds a photo of Philadelphia’s Black Bottom neighborhood
PlanPhilly
History
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

As building boom continues in West Philly, Black Bottom Tribe fights for a sign of the community they lost

West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.

5 years ago

Listen 6:04
Streets & Roads
Transportation
Billy Penn

PPA to pilot new bike racks in front of fire hydrants to prevent illegal parking

A new competition will bring streetside bike corrals to Old City and West Philly, though it’s unclear if the program will get funding to expand.

5 years ago

A fenced trail at White Clay Creek State Park
Delaware
Outdoors

Northern Delaware’s largest state park gets a new master plan

White Clay Creek State Park is already one of the most popular parks in Delaware. Now, there’s a new plan to improve its amenities for the future.

5 years ago

A new park and playground at 11th and Venango Street
PlanPhilly
Crime
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

North Philly playground remodeled, renamed to honor family killed in hit-and-run

Williams Reed Moore Memorial Park in North Philly has been remodeled in memory of the mother and three children who died in a 2014 crash.

5 years ago

Listen 1:33
A razed pollinator garden at the 40th Street trolley portal
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

West Philly’s Trolley Portal Garden is clear-cut — but officials say plants will return in Sept.

University City District, SEPTA’s partner in the project, says overgrown plants affected trolley drivers’ sightlines. Replanting is set for the fall.

5 years ago

People on recumbent bikes use MLK Drive
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

In the debate over MLK Drive, both sides agree: The city skipped necessary community input

After a big announcement that cars would be allowed back on the roadway, a last-minute change will keep part of it closed.

5 years ago

Carolyn Mosley of the Eastwick United Community Development Corp speaks at rally. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Councilmember calls for $500 million to resolve Eastwick flooding

A call for a half-billion dollars in federal funding to fix flooding in Philadelphia’s Eastwick neighborhood.

5 years ago

Elijah Brown stands next to a Market-Frankford line train inside Girard Station
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

‘Gotta walk through violence’: What it means to commute to school after a deadly summer

Young people are changing their travel routines and asking for help traveling around the city as the gun violence epidemic shatters their sense of safety.

5 years ago

Listen 2:56
A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Crime
Media
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA turns to YouTube to solve crimes

The department launched a YouTube channel where they will release surveillance video hoping that the public will identify people suspected of committing crimes on the system.

5 years ago

Kelly Drive near Hunting Park Avenue (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philly police target reckless drivers on Kelly Drive as city reopens MLK Drive to cars

The four-lane park drive has seen an increase in speeding drivers, illegal street racing, and fatal car crashes during the pandemic.

5 years ago

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