Urban Planning

As ridership numbers drop, the SEPTA riders left on emptier trains take up new safety practices.

The Giving Project brings together people to collectively raise money and then give it away. This week, the group decided how to disseminate $150,000.

While coronavirus has city agencies on high alert and panicked people emptying shelves of hand sanitizer, Philadelphia’s bike-share program is riding high.

The authority’s new fare structure would provide one free transfer per trip. The $1 fee would be applied to the second transfer within a 90-minute window.

A housing development planned for a gentrifying area was hit with a firestorm of resistance from neighbors who will lose land that they use as gardens.

One good thing may come from the coronavirus: cleaner trains and buses for SEPTA riders. 

Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation is using cameras with radar to catch speeders in construction zones. First offense is a warning.

In his latest budget address, Mayor Jim Kenney is asking for $10.5 million for the city’s street sweeping programs. That’s roughly five times last year’s budget.

SEPTA set to announce a new fare structure, as transit advocates pressure the agency to make transfers free.

More beach replenishment is on the way to the Jersey Shore, a congressman representing the northern portion of New Jersey announced. 

The new field will be 45,000 square feet and, according to a presentation made to the Philadelphia Art Commission, will require no city or state funding.

Here's the story behind the "Boner 4ever" tag on Philly's historic Beury Building, now slated for renovation. Why some are calling for preservation and others? Not so much.

The new member of City Council gave the transit authority board a hard time about what is regarded as a burden on Philadelphia’s low-income riders.

General manager Leslie Richards plans to improve the transit system’s signage and wayfinding in hopes of making it easier to navigate.

The South Philly green space will get a new sprayground, two separate play areas, safety surfacing, and seating. Work should be done by early 2022.