Streets & Roads
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.
7 years ago
Listen 0:50Grays 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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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%.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Report: Congestion costs Philly $152 million a year
SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
$2.73 million later, Philly realizes street sweepers are too wide for city’s narrow blocks
Philly’s street sweeping experiment has hit a sizable snag — a nine-foot-wide snag, to be exact.
7 years ago
Listen 2:36Everything you need to know about the I-76 detours in Center City
PennDOT will close off several lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) and a busy on-ramp in Center City on May 20.
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