Streets & Roads

Current renovations will continue as planned, but capital funding is at risk.

Philadelphia is expanding its Playstreets program to help cool the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

State Rep. Martina White plans a bill that would create two pilot programs using a system in which cameras record and ticket drivers who park in bus lanes.

Budget cuts, however, will prevent a planned expansion of the city’s street cleaning program.

The Bicycle Coalition will no “longer advocate for armed police enforcement” of safer streets rules. Philly officials say city policy could shift as well.

“The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza,’” Bowser tweeted. A sign was put up to mark the change.

About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs.

The shutdown was announced amid ongoing protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

You can get tickets to D.C. now and NYC next week — and the bus will pick you up in the regular spot, officials say.

An urban planner reflects on how Philadelphia’s street design, transit and neighborhoods could change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two allies of former Gov. Chris Christie had been convicted, but the court said those verdicts were based on a faulty interpretation of the law.

Miles driven in the U.S. plummeted remarkably in the middle of March — dropping by 30% in a single week. But driving is now slowly resuming.

Hiring the extra help comes a day after the state attorney general announced an investigation into nursing homes.

Without drivers on the highway, toll revenue is down by at least 50%, costing SEPTA and other transit agencies that use toll income to fund improvements.

Mayor Kenney has canceled a long-awaited street sweeping program that would have reinstated regular cleaning in neighborhoods. Litter is one of city residents’ top complaints.