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Streets & Roads

This section of Rt. 9 south of New Castle, Delaware frequently floods during heavy rains and high tides. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware visited the area Monday to talk about a federal funding bill to improve resiliency for low lying roads. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Urban Planning

New federal highway funding bill could help protect roads from sea level rise

A new transportation bill making its way through Congress calls for money for resiliency projects to alleviate flooding issues in states like Delaware.

6 years ago

Close-up machine for paying parking. Automatic parking system.
Politics & Policy

Murphy veto keeps ‘smart’ parking meters out of N.J.

New Jersey is taking a pass at the latest generation of smart parking meters because they’re too efficient.

6 years ago

A fatal four-car crash outside Dewey Beach on Saturday was one of three serious accidents last weekend. (Delaware Department of Transportation)
Community

Three horrific crashes at Delaware beaches last weekend renew safety calls

A driver died in a crash, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a state trooper’s vehicle and a bicyclist suffered head trauma on a six-mile stretch of Delaware beach highway.

6 years ago

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A rendering of the final layout of the Grays Ferry Avenue Bridge. (PennDOT)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Grays Ferry Bridge is scary for cyclists and PennDOT’s rebuild won’t solve the problem

The $13.3 million reconstruction of the Grays Ferry Bridge will include a protected bike lane — but only on one half of the bridge.

6 years ago

Work on a new bridge connecting the Wilmington Riverfront to Rt. 13 is nearing completion. Gov. John Carney hopes new transportation funding to help businesses complete road projects will keep companies in Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware tries new funding formula to build better roads, attract businesses

Delaware is taking steps to speed up its response times to road construction needs of businesses that want to expand or move to the First State.

6 years ago

Some of the Kensington Play Captains facilitate a game on one of the Madison Street Playstreets on July 15, 2019. (Courtesy of Fab Youth Philly)
Community
Kensington Voice

Play Captains bring Playstreets to life in Kensington

The Play Captains program began with just one adult supervisor in Kensington, but quickly expanded to a team of five in Kensington, and five in West Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A section of Delaware Route 1 near Milford was damaged by a “road heaving” incident that caused the roadway to buckle. The main route to Delaware’s beaches was repaired overnight and reopened early Friday morning. (DelDOT photo)
Urban Planning

High temps buckle Delaware’s main highway to beach

DelDOT crews worked around the clock to repair stretch of highway that buckled under high temperatures. They’re on the lookout for more damage this weekend.

6 years ago

Wilmington officials say the new LED lighting will make the streets safer, and cut energy consumption by 40% to 50%. (Zöe Read/WHYY)
Community

Wilmington’s installing thousands of new, energy-efficient LED street lights

Wilmington officials say the new LED lighting will make the streets safer, and cut energy consumption by 40% to 50%.

6 years ago

A SEPTA bus travels west on Walnut Street.
Urban Planning

SEPTA gets bold with new transit map

New transit maps coming to 100 stations

6 years ago

Vine Street Expressway  (Ashley Hahn/Plan Philly)
Urban Planning

The downside of highways: Philly Fed economists research freeway revolts, barrier effects

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that between 1950 and 2010 highways slowed growth in income, population, and land values in city centers.

6 years ago

A worker bolts on a sign changing a block of Broad Street Patti LaBelle Way. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

City misspells Patti LaBelle’s name on honorary street sign

Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn't get her name right.

6 years ago

A pedestrian threads his way through snarled traffic at Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Report: Congestion costs Philly $152 million a year

SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.

6 years ago

A police officer stands by a sheet covering the remains of a young child and a baby stroller at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday July 16, 2013. (Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

City: Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras to be live by end of year

The speed cameras are coming to a 12-mile stretch of Roosevelt between 9th Street and the Bucks County boundary line — a section of road that ranks as the city’s deadliest.

6 years ago

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle, Pa
Courts & Law

Bucks, Montco are ground zero for turnpike toll-dodgers

Drivers in Bucks and Montgomery counties account for $2 million in unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls. The most egregious scofflaws could face criminal charges.

6 years ago

A sinkhole in Baltimore Avenue at 43rd Street was caused by a faulty sewer pipe. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Massive sinkhole will disrupt Baltimore Ave. traffic another 3 weeks

City workers repairing a 400-square-foot cavern just below the asphalt on Baltimore Avenue at 43rd Street will need three more weeks to get the job done.

6 years ago

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