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The former Gallery Mall parking garage has been transformed into the Parkade at 8th. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Parking Authority chief Petri offers up a sweeping legislative agenda for change

For most of the Parking Authority’s history, its legislative agenda was little more than maintaining the status quo.

7 years ago

Listen 3:06
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Floating a solution to Philadelphia’s parking-space quandary

7 years ago

Kelli McIntyre and Andy Trackman check out walking conditions along Germantown Avenue during a FeetFirstPhilly walk audit. (Meir Rinde/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

What a walk along Germantown Avenue reveals: Tough going for pedestrians

Kelli McIntyre stood in light rain on Germantown Avenue, holding a clipboard and watching as car after car ignored a “Do Not Enter” sign

7 years ago

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announces an audit of the PPA as Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale looks on
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Controller takes aim at Parking Authority’s spending

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announced her office would audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s on-street parking enforcement expenses

7 years ago

Listen 2:01
Dena Driscoll and her children try to navigate their way to summer camp, blocked by sidewalk parking at 12th Street and Washington Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Our Morning Commute: Multimodal living with kids in Philadelphia

For the last seven years, my children and I have primarily moved around Philadelphia by bike, foot, and public transportation

7 years ago

Cars and trucks parked in the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine streets force cyclists to take risky dodges into traffic.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Vision Zero panel hears stark stories of traffic-safety horror

Tales of horror and tragedy, of loved ones lost or grievously wounded by automobiles, rolled out in waves before a handful of City Council members.

7 years ago

Rendering of DRWC's proposed bike trail in front of the Residences at Dockside
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Proposed new Delaware Avenue bike trail wins some early fans

The proposal would effectively replace the bike lane along the east side of Delaware Avenue with a two-way cycle track separated from the roadway by a series of plantings

7 years ago

Donald Shoup, author of
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Parking Guru’ advises Philly: Don’t require more, manage what you have

PlanPhilly spoke with UCLA's Donald Shoup, one of the nation’s foremost experts on parking policy, about mandatory minimums and alternative ideas.

7 years ago

Cyclists at
Philadelphia’s 14th Annual Ride of Silence on May 16th, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Making Philly safer for cyclists

Guests: Jim Saksa, Sarah Clark Stuart, Erick Guerra   34-year-old Pablo Avendano, a bike courier, was riding in ...

Air Date: May 25, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
 A shared lane for bus and bike is shown on Chestnut Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Is Philly better off with safer streets or faster moving traffic? At City Hall, it depends on who you ask

“What's the game plan for our vehicular traffic?”

“I’d like to reframe a bit,” Carroll began to respond.

8 years ago

Listen 1:59
Electric Vehicle parking
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Council advances bill to kill Philadelphia’s electric vehicle parking program

Philadelphia City Council took another step towards eliminating a program that encouraged electric vehicle ownership on Monday

8 years ago

Cars and trucks parked in the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine streets force cyclists to take risky dodges into traffic.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Broad Street divided on Spruce and Pine bike lane remake

A crowd of nearly 150 braved the blustery winds last night to attend an open house on a proposal to move the bike lanes on Pine and Spruce Streets to the left side of the road

8 years ago

FedEx workers sort boxes for delivery on a busy street.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Your online shopping habit clogs Philly’s streets. City Hall wants to fix that.

If traffic seems to be getting worse downtown, that’s because it is

8 years ago

Listen 2:21
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 20, 2018

We get an update on the standoff near ...

Air Date: March 20, 2018

Listen 21:16
A trolley in West Philadelphia crosses potholes on a bumpy street. (Malcolm Burnley for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Is nanotech the new pothole killer?

Scientists are adding tiny particles of clay, wool and other materials to asphalt — to create more durable pavement.

8 years ago

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