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Streets & Roads

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

Listen 4:00
FILE - Riders were invited to test drive the Lime scooter at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Scooter share legalized for Pittsburgh only, still banned in Philadelphia

A pilot program for the Western Pa. city was tucked into the budget bill.

4 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Trolley blitz: SEPTA to close busted Philly tunnels for 17-day glow up

The trolley tunnels below downtown Philly and University City need some TLC. SEPTA crews will work around-the-clock for the next 17 days to make it happen.

4 years ago

A view of the Chestnut Street bridge in 2019.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Popular section of the Schuylkill River Trail reopened for July 4

The Schuylkill River trail between Walnut and Market reopened just in time for the Fourth of July weekend festivities.

4 years ago

Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole paints as Mayor Jim Kenney speaks with artist, Felix St. Fort, and Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden. (Kenny Cooper / WHYY)
Community

Painting a Parkway mural, to welcome Philly back and encourage vaccination

Artist Felix St. Fort designed the ‘Welcome Back, Philly’ ground mural as part of a ‘Vax Up Philly’ collaboration with the Health Department.

4 years ago

A parking lot at Juniper and Race streets in Center City.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s proposed parking tax cut dies in council budget talks

A Council bill that would have cut Philly’s parking tax rate by nearly a third died during budget negotiations. The plan would have cost some $130 million in lost city revenue

4 years ago

A group of dirt bike riders on North Broad Street in May 2020 (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly Council passes bill cracking down on people riding dirt bikes on city streets

The legislation passed Thursday and slated for approval by the mayor will increase the penalties for people caught by police riding dirt bikes on Philadelphia streets.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia parking garage at 8th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly progressives, urbanists blast $130 million cut to city parking tax

Statements and a petition opposed a bill that would slash the tax rate to 17%, noting there was no guarantee lot workers would benefit, as promised.

4 years ago

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