Streets & Roads

Mayor Jim Kenney couldn’t say when the Vine Street Expressway would reopen in the wake of severe flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida.

The Made in America Festival returns to the Ben Franklin Parkway Labor Day weekend. Here’s what you need to know.

There was no damage after a car drove onto underground trolley tracks in Philly early Saturday morning.

The twin bus-only lanes will run along a particularly congested stretch of Market Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City.

A kid-sized piece of Denmark has landed in North Philadelphia. The new park is a first for Philly.

Monday marked the first day of Mayor Jim Kenney’s latest street-sweeping program, a long-awaited return of cleaning crews to residential areas.

A new competition will bring streetside bike corrals to Old City and West Philly, though it’s unclear if the program will get funding to expand.

After a big announcement that cars would be allowed back on the roadway, a last-minute change will keep part of it closed.

The four-lane park drive has seen an increase in speeding drivers, illegal street racing, and fatal car crashes during the pandemic.

Philadelphia will launch an expanded street cleaning pilot over the coming weeks — and begin asking residents to move their cars to make way for mechanical sweeper trucks.

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

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.

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.

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

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