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Traffic jams the Garden State Parkway across the Great Egg Harbor Bay Inlet Bridge near Ocean City, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Down the Shore
Community

Thanks to increased traffic prediction, Garden State Parkway drivers won’t see a toll increase

Authority officials say toll increases won't be needed due to increased traffic and revenue predicted for 2020.

6 years ago

Eastern State Penitentiary from above (Google Earth)
Community
Billy Penn

One tenth of a mile: What Philly looks like from above

Fairmount Park = broccoli.

6 years ago

A large number of cyclists, runners, and pedestrians took the opportunity to ride, glide and walk over a car-free South Street during Philly Free Streets day on Saturday.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

It’s time to test a car-free Chestnut Street

Across the world, cities are taking their streets back from cars. Philadelphia has an opportunity to test the pedestrian-first model on Chestnut Street.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Say goodbye to dashboard receipts — PPA to install pay-by-plate parking kiosks

The Philadelphia Parking Authority plans to install new solar-powered parking kiosks in Center City next week.

6 years ago

Crashed cars with airbags deployed are shown to visitors as part of the display of Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety performance standards, called
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly cops are getting inside the ‘black box’ of city’s rising traffic fatality problem

Philadelphia police are getting access to the black boxes behind car crashes in the city. The data will help investigators understand why collisions happen.

6 years ago

A cyclist rides down a bike lane in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community

Philadelphia traffic deaths on the rise, despite Vision Zero promise

Two years ago, Philadelphia started a program that promised to eliminate traffic deaths by 2030. But is it working? Officials say it’s too soon to tell.

6 years ago

(Bastiaan Slabbers for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Pa. doesn’t mandate driver’s ed, despite studies showing it reduces injuries

School districts are already overburdened — but there could be a workaround.

6 years ago

The city of Wilmington is changing the way it handles parking ticket appeals after numerous complaints. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Wilmington promises parking improvements after lots of complaints

After numerous complaints about improper tickets and a lengthy appeals process, Wilmington is planning to improve its parking ticket process.

6 years ago

A sentimental goodbye note written from the point of view of an old utility pole in South Philly went viral on Twitter and was read around the world. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Viral South Philly utility pole to be reborn as green fuel

Becoming “furniture” or “toothpicks” isn’t in the cards. But the long-serving pole will liely get an afterlife of sorts, a PECO spokesperson said.

6 years ago

Litter blows on Germantown Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council wants to create a new $10 million street cleaning program

Parker introduced a bill to allocate $10 million to establish a cleaning program that would bring 300 part-time cleaners to commercial corridors across the city.

6 years ago

This e-carriage made by ETours replaced horse-driven carriages in German cities. (ETours/ Peter Czwiertnia)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Hold your horses: Can old-timey ‘e-carriages’ replace Old City buggies?

Philly activists have met with city officials about replacing horse-drawn carriages with electric buggies. They point to electric vehicles adopted by other cities as a model.

6 years ago

SEPTA and the city have just finished a $7.3 million rebuild of the Woodland Avenue Bridge, first constructed in 1920. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

This West Philly bridge got a makeover for its 99th birthday

The bridge was first constructed in 1920. A structural evaluation in 2017 called it “basically intolerable.” Here’s what changed.

6 years ago

Cars double parked on the 1200 block of Chestnut St. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly creates new loading zones to ease traffic in Center City

The city wants Center City delivery drivers to take a load off — without blocking traffic.

6 years ago

(Public domain image)
Down the Shore
Community

Parkway service area at the Shore to close for a complete rebuild

A Garden State Parkway service area in Ocean County will close shortly after Labor Day to make way for demolition and the construction of a new facility.

6 years ago

Cars park on the sidewalk on Coral Street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s dangerous sidewalks violate federal law protecting people with disabilities, lawsuit alleges

Philadelphia’s sidewalks are so bad that a group of people with disabilities are suing the city to get a plan for repair.

6 years ago

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