Jim Saksa
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SEPTA’s construction budget doubled after Harrisburg passed Act 89, an infrastructure-spending bill fueled by increased gas taxes.
6 years ago
Parking Authority chief Petri offers up a sweeping legislative agenda for change
For most of the Parking Authority’s history, its legislative agenda was little more than maintaining the status quo.
6 years ago
Listen 3:06Facade work refreshes 30th Street Station as Amtrak shops its commercial-district plan
Engineers and architects overseeing the project detailed the great lengths they’ve had to go to in order to faithfully restore the riverside Art Deco icon.
6 years ago
Listen 2:04With Labor Day just ahead, Philly makes block-party permit seekers work harder
Philly loves a good block party.
7 years ago
In Philly, planners increasingly want to talk with you, not at you
Public planning meetings can be contentious, to say the least.
7 years ago
An appreciation: Jeremy Nowak challenged assumptions about what was impossible
Jeremy Nowak lived to challenge dusty assumptions and the soft thinking that emerges from the comforts of ideology.
7 years ago
More parking tickets should mean more school books, activists tell PPA
Funding schools is not the PPA’s primary mission, executive director Scott Petri said.
7 years ago
Philly hospitality industry doesn’t want Jay-Z’s MIA to go MIA
Mayors get criticized all the time, but it’s not every day the critic is a billionaire rap mogul.
7 years ago
As Drexel transforms University City, communities nearby prepare for gentrification
When Schuylkill Yards was first announced – Brandywine Realty Trust’s proposal to turn 14 acres of largely empty, Drexel University-o ...
7 years ago
Listen 5:23City Controller takes aim at Parking Authority’s spending
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announced her office would audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s on-street parking enforcement expenses
7 years ago
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