
Streets & Roads
PPA makes millions ticketing drivers for blocking street sweepers that rarely show
PPA tickets cars parked in street sweeping zones, despite the fact Philly’s Streets Department doesn’t show up to clean those streets most of the time.
6 years ago
Listen 2:24Why some Philadelphians are paying for dirty streets
Why is the Philadelphia Parking Authority ticketing cars for blocking street sweepers — on streets the city doesn’t actually sweep 75 percent of the time?
Air Date: January 16, 2019
Listen 14:54Safer streets within reach in 2019
Randy LoBasso, policy manager at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, looks forward to 2019 with hope for the safety of Philly streets.
6 years ago
Philly’s most dangerous roads clustered in black and brown neighborhoods
46 percent of Philly's most dangerous roads are in poor areas mostly populated by people of color, according to an analysis of city crash data done by the Bicycle Coalition.
7 years ago
Why is this deer still here? And other things on I-95
Whose job is it clean up public roads in Philadelphia?
7 years ago
From trucks to trails, Philly’s new $181 million bond will pay for improvements citywide
A new dock for dragon boats, HVAC systems for the city’s homeless shelters, and a cap for I-95 along Penn’s Landing are among the capital projects.
7 years ago
Trash talk: Bigger fines, free neighborhood cans in Philly
Residents are tired of construction companies — or their neighbors — dumping debris in vacant lots and public parks.
7 years ago
Good news and the bad in Philadelphia’s transportation plan
Philadelphia deserves a serious transportation agenda.
7 years ago
Mapping Philly’s most walkable neighborhoods
Ann Strickland, 87, has lived in the southwest corner of Eastwick for 37 years.
7 years ago
The City of Philadelphia released what may be its most ambitious and concretely detailed transportation plan yet on Wednesday.
7 years ago
Listen 1:25The $7,500 grant from Philadelphia’s Innovation Fund will help develop a prototype bike corral
7 years ago
Philadelphia officials promise crackdown on Center City traffic scofflaws
Added enforcement of traffic laws will focus on Market and Chestnut streets.
7 years ago
Philly hosts 2018 NFL Kickoff Experience at Penn’s Landing Thursday
The daylong festival leads up to the regular season opener when the Eagles take on the Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field.
7 years ago
Volunteers count vehicles in the bike lanes as upgrade work on Pine and Spruce is delayed
The bike lanes on Pine and Spruce streets are Philly’s versions of the watched pot that never boils.
7 years ago
Frustrated by Philly politicians’ failure to upgrade bike lanes, cyclists turn to the courts
For years now, bike-safety advocates have pressed Philadelphia’s elected officials to build more bike lanes and protect them with physical barrierrs
7 years ago
Listen 2:36