Streets & Roads
Trailer truck sliced open on Kelly Drive shouldn’t have been there anyway
This kind of crash happens around twice a year on the scenic route.
4 years ago
Philly Streets Commissioner: City can’t afford hazard pay for sanitation workers
Philadelphia sanitation workers have joined their peers in cities across the U.S. in the call for hazard pay.
4 years ago
Road diet! Washington Ave. slims down from 5 lanes to 3
The South Philly road is one of the city’s most dangerous. Many neighbors see the change as positive though some challenge the virtual engagement done.
4 years ago
Philly Council calls for hearings as city’s auto fatality rate soars
UPenn professor Erick Guerra said increased alcohol consumption and less congested streets — both side effects of COVID-19 — were behind the spike.
4 years ago
Pa. coronavirus recovery: REAL ID service to resume
Pennsylvania residents can update their driver’s licenses to meet federal standards for the first time since March.
4 years ago
Philly announces road closures to prevent tailgating at Eagles home games
The street closures will be in place to enforce the city’s tailgating ban, which was implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
4 years ago
I-76 lane shuts down through end of year to reduce highway flooding
The double median along a mile of Schuylkill Expressway in University City allows water to pool, PennDOT says.
4 years ago
Pa. senators consider harsher penalties for drivers who don’t move over for emergency vehicles
Existing state law requires those driving in Pennsylvania to slow down and move over any time they encounter an emergency vehicle with its lights or sirens on.
4 years ago
Racism and deadly traffic on Cobbs Creek Parkway
Cobbs Creek residents have been complaining that the road is dangerous for decades. Neighbors there have called for greater safety measures, but little has changed.
Air Date: September 8, 2020
Listen 16:45City recycling truck gets stuck in Port Richmond sinkhole
Work has been ongoing on Livingston Street for more than a year.
4 years ago
Indego, Inde-gone: Philly begins installing GPS after record 330 bikes go missing
Ridership is up, but the city has struggled to stop vehicles from disappearing.
4 years ago
I-676 reopens after barge cleared from Schuylkill; Philly region under flash flood warning
Three connected barges that drifted free of their Schuylkill River moorings Tuesday night and crashed into the Vine Street Expressway bridge have been removed.
4 years ago
‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to delays in trash pickups
Tamara Russell aka Revive P.O.C hits the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents feel about delays in trash pickups.
4 years ago
Listen 4:29Philly’s trash problem was already bad. Now, it’s worse
Sidewalks in Philadelphia neighborhoods are covered with plastic bags full of trash that haven't been collected in a week. And nobody know when it's going to get picked up.
Air Date: July 30, 2020
Listen 13:37Pa. Turnpike: Toll hike, 45-percent non-EZ pass surcharge coming
Officials said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 6 percent increase for EZ-Pass users as well those without passes in the “Toll by Plate" program.
4 years ago