PlanPhilly Archive

In 2023, the city reached a benchmark of nearly 250 electric vehicles. That’s out of a fleet of over 5,000 vehicles.

State lawmakers passed a bill last month that expands on a pilot program considered a big success. Opponents say drivers will be wrongly penalized.

“We're in an emergency place,” one incoming council member said. “We've got to take emergency, immediate actions.”

City Hall, the criminal justice center, and several homeless shelters could get HVAC upgrades, LED lighting, or solar panels.

Scientists say human-caused climate change and El Niño contributed to a record warm year globally.

The team announced its plans more than a year ago, but the official part of the process is just getting started.

The development sits on Germantown Avenue in the neighborhood’s central business district.

A bill moving through Harrisburg would expand the program to nearly a dozen more locations.

The former owner of the Oak Lane Diner has plans to bring the business back after a fire closed it in 2015.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program provides cash grants to help cover heating bills that don’t need to be repaid.

Rents took off in the wake of pandemic shutdowns and have only started to soften.

The average residential customer that uses PECO’s default service will see their monthly bill go down by around $5 starting Dec. 1.

Another developer was selected to transform the historic property nearly a decade ago, but the company’s project is still at the starting line.

The neighborhood high school closed in 2013 along with nearly two dozen others.

Volunteers are needed to help PHS Tree Tenders groups plant 1,800 trees in Philly and surrounding suburbs.