Streets & Roads

Ridership is up, but the city has struggled to stop vehicles from disappearing.

Three connected barges that drifted free of their Schuylkill River moorings Tuesday night and crashed into the Vine Street Expressway bridge have been removed.

Tamara Russell aka Revive P.O.C hits the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents feel about delays in trash pickups.

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.

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.

Current renovations will continue as planned, but capital funding is at risk.

Philadelphia is expanding its Playstreets program to help cool the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

State Rep. Martina White plans a bill that would create two pilot programs using a system in which cameras record and ticket drivers who park in bus lanes.

Budget cuts, however, will prevent a planned expansion of the city’s street cleaning program.

The Bicycle Coalition will no “longer advocate for armed police enforcement” of safer streets rules. Philly officials say city policy could shift as well.

“The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza,’” Bowser tweeted. A sign was put up to mark the change.

About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs.

The shutdown was announced amid ongoing protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

You can get tickets to D.C. now and NYC next week — and the bus will pick you up in the regular spot, officials say.

An urban planner reflects on how Philadelphia’s street design, transit and neighborhoods could change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.