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Streets & Roads

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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

The city's street sweeping pilot in June 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

$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

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The Walnut Street ramp onto I-76 will be closed for 25 days. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Everything 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.

7 years ago

Filbert Street will soon have the potential to transform into a pedestrian plaza.
Filbert Street will soon have the potential to transform into a pedestrian plaza. (Bellevue Communications)
Community
Billy Penn

A $1M pedestrian plaza is coming to Reading Terminal Market

Filbert Street outside Reading Terminal Market will become Philly’s first roadway designed to transform from vehicle pathway to pedestrian plaza, officials announced Thursday.

7 years ago

A road crew paves 5th Street in Philadelphia, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Want to know when the city is filling that pothole? There’s an app for that.

More than 95 miles of city streets are expected to be paved by the end of 2019. Find out if your commute is due to get smoother.

7 years ago

(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Striking in the gig economy

On Wednesday, Uber drivers across the country walked out in a strike, demanding better pay, more stable hours, and fairer treatment from the company.

7 years ago

Listen 17:30
A residential parking permit on the back of a car
Politics & Policy

Philly Councilman wants city to reclaim control of street parking

Unfortunately for critics of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, City Hall still doesn’t have the power to wrest control of on-street parking from the state-run agency.

7 years ago

A group of boys play a game of basketball at Vogt park in Mayfair on Saturday, April 6, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Critiquing Kenney: Mayfair residents see neighborhood changes, with City Hall in the backseat

As the Mayfair section of Philadelphia becomes more diverse, residents are united in their hopes for a way of relieving the traffic congestion.

7 years ago

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The the new span (left) of the Scudder Falls Bridge is expected to be open this summer. (Image via DRJTBC video)
Community

Scudder Falls Bridge temporarily shutting one lane to support new span

Work continues to replace the Scudder Fall Bridge in the Trenton region. The lane closures will accommodate delivery of concrete to pave the road deck of the new bridge.

7 years ago

Unveiling of Free Streets Location (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

North Broad gets another go for Philly Free Streets in August

On August 3, North Broad Street from City Hall to Butler Avenue will host the event for the second consecutive year.

7 years ago

Litter blows on Germantown Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly names 6 neighborhoods for street cleaning experiment

Philadelphia will launch a new street cleaning effort in six areas now battling extreme amounts of litter. The new brooms will officially roll out Tuesday.

7 years ago

In a Friday, April 12, 2019 photo, Interstate Highway 75 construction continues in Troy, Mich. After passing waves of tax cuts in recent years, some Republican-dominated states have decided it's time to make a big exception, calling for tax increases to fix roads crumbling from years of low funding and deferred maintenance. (Carlos Osorio/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

GOP states discover a tax hike they have to like: for roads

The moves show a growing willingness in conservative places to take on the fearsome politics of higher taxes, at least for infrastructure.

7 years ago

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