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Polly Trottenberg stands outside on the street.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Biden Transportation nominee is a friend to Philly bicyclists, advocates say

Biden’s nominee, former NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg came to Philly last year to keynote the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision Zero conference.

5 years ago

Trump supporters participate in a rally ahead of a violent insurrection at the Capitol building
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA reassigns transit cop who attended Trump rally that led to Capitol insurrection

The reassigned SEPTA police officer was one of seven who attended the rally that preceded a deadly insurrection of the U.S. Capitol.

5 years ago

Eiji Mizukane places a glass bottle into a paper trash bag during a North Philly cleanup
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Let’s fill this block with love’: Ya Fav Trashman Terrill Haigler leads MLK Day cleanup crew

Kevin Simpson, who lives on one of the blocks visited by the crew, found the effort heartening after years of picking up trash on his own.

5 years ago

Residents are pictured in the courtyard of Richard Allen Homes
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How Black Philadelphians lived MLK’s fight for ‘open housing’

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought de-facto segregation and substandard housing. Black Philadelphians knew the struggle all too well. They still do.

5 years ago

Jamal Johnson uses a megaphone at 3rd and Race streets outside the home of Mayor Jim Kenney
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly activist to start hunger strike on MLK Day in protest of gun violence inaction

Former U.S. Marine Jamal Johnson plans to consume only liquids until Mayor Jim Kenney does more to address the city’s surging gun violence crisis.

5 years ago

The Philly skyline along the Schuylkill River.
PlanPhilly
Science

Philadelphia aims to be carbon neutral by 2050

Hopeful the incoming Biden administration will help it address climate change, the city now has a goal of achieving carbon-neutral emissions by 2050.

5 years ago

A police officer moves through tear gas deployed to disperse a crowd as Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia protests continue in Philly
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
Eyes on the Street

I got shot with a rubber bullet by police. It was a painful lesson about white supremacy

Getting hit by a rubber bullet helped Judith Max Palmer understand the wanton violence that Black communities experience too often at the hands of police.

5 years ago

Kirtrina Baxter at work at her community farm in North Philadelphia. (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly growers spoke out. The result is an ‘anti-racist lens’ for city’s first agricultural plan

During 2020’s racial reckoning, Black gardeners and white urban designers working on a city plan realized they needed to confront harmful racial dynamics.

5 years ago

A subway rider in Philadelphia dons a surgical mask. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA expects to avoid layoffs, service cuts for now as D.C. promises $252M in COVID relief

With the latest round of federal aid, the authority ought to be able to keep things together into 2022, a spokesperson said.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

SEPTA police investigating 7 officers who attended Trump rally that preceded Capitol riot

Seven Philadelphia transit cops are under investigation for attending the “Save America Rally" that came before insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol.

5 years ago

Jennifer Ferrell is a dance instructor whose business has slowed during the pandemic. Rental assistance has allowed her too keep her apartment in Northern Liberties, where she stages Zoom classes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philadelphia’s COVID rental assistance program to roll out differently in 2021

After a year of hard lessons, Philadelphia officials say a new and improved COVID-19 rental assistance program will come online in March.

5 years ago

A vote 2020 mural in Philadelphia on South Street
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Philly has 3,600 murals and few ways to protect them

If the owner of a wall wants to get rid of the mural on it, there isn’t much the artist or community can do. Jane Golden wants to change that.

5 years ago

Christmas trees put out in the trash
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle

How to recycle or reuse your Christmas tree — from feeding goats to saving dunes

Where to go and what to do if you want to get rid of your Christmas tree without stressing sanitation workers or the environment.

5 years ago

Groceries in plastic bags inside a shopping cart.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Environmentalists cry foul as Philly’s plastic bag ban delayed

The six month delay in banning single-use plastic bags comes after the pandemic made outreach to affected small businesses impossible, city officials said.

5 years ago

The empty lot at 13th and Bainbridge Streets in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

South Philly lots named in FBI case against Kenyatta Johnson targeted for land trust

City-owned lots at the center of a soured redevelopment deal that ended with federal corruption charges are back on the market — with an unexpected twist.

5 years ago

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