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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Streets & Roads

Photograph of South Broad Street taken by an automobile-mounted camera driving north toward City Hall. (The Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

AI-powered survey finds Philly roads rank best in the nation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation study found Philadelphia’s roadways ranked among the top among large cities.

4 years ago

Trucks and cars travel down the highway.
Urban Planning

Transportation funding report could launch years of debate in Pa.

The report comes amid a stalemate over increasing funding for highway construction in Pennsylvania, and as states increasingly experiment with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.

4 years ago

A gaping hole at 6th and Bainbridge streets is closed off by Philly Streets Department barriers
Community

‘Like an asteroid struck’: Bella Vista residents survey damage after massive water main break

City officials say they’re still sorting through the damage and setting a recovery timeline after a water main busted Sunday morning near South Street.

4 years ago

A pile of compost is pictured from above
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After a pandemic delay, Philly is finally opening 12 community composting sites

There’s currently no municipal composting program in Philadelphia. Advocates say this is a good start.

4 years ago

A rendering of the proposed Park at Penn's Landing.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Groundbreaking on Penn’s Landing park over I-95 highway trench pushed back two years

The delay is the latest chapter in a saga that began decades ago when state planners bulldozed communities to build the river-blocking highway.

4 years ago

Parking meters are pictured in front of a car parked in Wilmington
Politics & Policy

Parking tickets, towing to return to Wilmington after pandemic pause

Wilmington will resume ticketing, booting, and towing cars for parking violations and delinquent fines. The change takes effect Monday, July 26.

4 years ago

A view down MLK Drive.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Date set for cars’ return to MLK Drive, with slimmed down traffic pattern

The Fairmount Park roadway will reopen to traffic on Aug. 4.

4 years ago

File photo: Rush-hour traffic heads west, right, and east, left, along the Schuylkill Expressway. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

The science and psychology of traffic

Has the pandemic changed the way we drive? We discuss the traffic nightmare in Philadelphia and the human psychology behind it.

Air Date: July 16, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
An artist's rendering shows the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as reimagined by the Philadelphia firm DIGSAU and DLANDstudio of New York. (DIGSAU and DLANDstudio)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Hot mess of cars’ to ‘holistic’: Designers offer a kinder Ben Franklin Parkway

The winning concepts focused on permanent pedestrian improvements for the infamously auto-centric parkway. A panel will eventually select a single plan.

4 years ago

Some city residents say they are fed up with delayed trash collection. The city says sanitation workers are worked harder than ever, due to more people staying home and making more trash. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

‘We had to hire more folks’: Mayor Kenny says Philly catching up on trash pickups

Philadelphia has hired more sanitation workers to remove a backlog in the city.

4 years ago

A rendering of the proposed Park at Penn's Landing.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly is capping I-95 at Penn’s Landing. Could Nicetown or Chinatown be next?

Washington could help heal Philly neighborhoods torn apart by highways with a new $3 billion funding bil.

4 years ago

Delaware Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester talks about plans for the future of I-95 in Wilmington during a round table community meeting Monday afternoon. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Effort to cap I-95 through Wilmington gains momentum

Federal and state lawmakers met with community leaders to outline plans to reunite Wilmington neighborhoods divided by I-95 decades ago.

4 years ago

Trash sits on a Philly sidewalk.
Community
Billy Penn

Philadelphia issues more than 1,000 tickets for trash left outside, despite ongoing pickup delays

The city is “charging people for its own mismanagement of services,” said one West Philly resident.

4 years ago

Burlington County officials and representatives from partnering organizations cut the ribbon on the new Delaware River Heritage Trail Bypass 130. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Burlington County opens 5.5 miles of the Delaware River Heritage Trail

Open to walkers, hikers, and bikers, it’s the largest addition to the network in S. Jersey to date, and the latest piece of the planned Circuit Trails.

4 years ago

De'Wayne Drummond picks up a grill left behind after a crash at 34th Street and Mantua Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After decades of crashes and neglected roads, West Philly in line for repair funds

West Philadelphia neighborhoods would see safety improvements on Mantua Avenue, Chestnut Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway if the INVEST in America Act passes.

4 years ago

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