PlanPhilly Archive

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.

A bill that would effectively ban supervised injection sites in Philadelphia is steadily advancing with the apparent backing of all but two members of City Council.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s office is preparing a no-strings-attached cash aid program alongside a rental voucher program.

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

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.

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.

The mayor’s plan doesn’t call for any new tax increases, but it does call for almost $170 million more spending than last year. 

A lot of cleaning and monitoring for symptoms is going on since close quarters would make it hard for residents to keep a distance from an ill individual.

Philadelphia may begin testing a cash subsidy pilot in 2020, city policymakers and nonprofit leaders revealed Tuesday at a press conference. 

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

The latest lawsuits allege that new video evidence shows the driver restraining more children with tape, or threatening to do so, on at least 9 occasions.

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.