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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

Kyle Shenandoah (Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Community

Death of Grays Ferry community leader Kyle Shenandoah leaves many in mourning

The ardent advocate for more public transportation and walkability in his South Philadelphia neighborhood was fatally struck by a car last week.

6 years ago

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

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