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Streets & Roads

Passengers wait to board Peter Pan bus
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Finding a home for Philly’s intracity bus station remains a frustrating waiting game

City officials say they’re still evaluating sites for both interim and long-term facilities; a bus company CEO offered to develop one and lease it to the city.

6 months ago

Aerial shot of Traffic circle at Lansdowne Drive and Avenue of the Republic in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How to drive Philly’s newest roundabout

Don't worry, it’s not a Jersey traffic circle!

7 months ago

The intersection at Washington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

2 years later, city says Washington Avenue redo is working

The city reports more people are walking and biking along the route, but says it’s too soon to know whether the project has reduced crashes.

7 months ago

Listen 1:14
a bus on the roundabout
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Penrose Roundabout is South Philly’s newest traffic-calming effort

Admired for their improved safety and efficiency compared to traffic lights, roundabouts are growing nationwide — including in Philadelphia.

7 months ago

The exterior of the new Franklin Square station
Urban Planning

Raising the dead: PATCO Franklin Square ghost station reopens after 46 years

The train station beneath Franklin Square park has been closed since 1979. A $29.3 million renovation wakes it up to a new neighborhood.

8 months ago

construction workers and a cement truck at a construction site
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Pedestrian islands are coming to Chestnut Street in West Philly

Aimed to make crossing the street safer, pedestrian "refuge islands" are being built at more than a dozen intersections along Chestnut Street in West Philly.

8 months ago

Morning traffic moves along Interstate 76 in Philadelphia
Community
6abc

Part of I-76W in Philadelphia closed this weekend for bridge deck repairs | What to know

PennDOT says it needs to repair a bridge deck on a section of the highway.

8 months ago

Will Smith holds the Will Smith Way sign
Community

‘Born and raised’: Will Smith returns home for West Philadelphia street naming in his honor

The “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” actor was given a hero’s welcome and the first key to the city issued by Mayor Cherelle Parker.

8 months ago

Listen 1:12
view of the Ben Franklin Bridge from the river
Urban Planning

NTSB report: Bridges connecting N.J., Philly need to review ship strike safety standards. DRPA says they are all very safe

New report recommends four bridges connecting N.J. and Philly should have safety standards checked. The DRPA says the root problem is how large ships operate.

8 months ago

Listen 1:19
a rendering of the Spring Garden Street bike lane project
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Spring Garden bike lanes still on track to connect Delaware to Schuylkill River trails, for now

The 2.1-mile protected bike lane project, which includes upgrading several high-injury network intersections, is expected to be completed by 2029.

9 months ago

Listen 1:03
2 cars falling into a sinkhole
Community
6abc

Car falls into sinkhole, another teeters on edge in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia

The sinkhole opened up on the 2700 block of E. Birch Street on Tuesday.

9 months ago

Protesters cycling
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

More bicycle lanes could come to Philly, connecting riders to the Schuylkill River Trail and Temple

Less than a year ago, Councilmember Jeffrey Young Jr. proposed eliminating a bicycle lane in Center City, but now he’s advocating to build more.

9 months ago

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Philadelphia's 2009 Market East Strategic Plan proposed a new residential/mixed-used tower at 10th and Market streets. (Philadelphia City Planning Commission)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

How to fix Market East: Less parking, more homes, and government aid

With the city’s planning strategy unclear, experts offer a way forward.

10 months ago

A city plow truck driving a snowy street
Weather
6abc

Philly students will learn virtually Thursday as freezing rain and snow are possible

Back-to-back winter storms to impact millions from Midwest to Northeast.

10 months ago

Investigators on the ground at the site of the plane crash
Community

‘It’s the moment to be united’: Northeast Philly residents begin to process Friday’s deadly plane crash

The death toll rose to seven Saturday with officials reporting 22 others injured as cleanup continues at the site of the crash near Roosevelt Mall.

10 months ago

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