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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Transportation

Philadelphia Uber driver consults her phone during a shift. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
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Community
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Philly parking czar wants to know who’s driving your Uber, says Pa. audit doesn’t go far enough

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

7 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll hikes

A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases that are financing payments to help fund transit agencies.

7 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Congestion pricing floated as fix for Pa. transit funding crisis

Once politically impossible even in wealthy and transit-inclined Manhattan, congestion pricing is a relatively radical idea for car-centric Philly.

7 years ago

A SEPTA rider passes through the turnstile at the 8th and Market station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

SEPTA quietly decriminalizes jumping turnstiles, lowers fines

Fare evaders caught by SEPTA officers receive a $25 ticket, down from $300, and do not face criminal charges. The change reflects a trend in Philadelphia policing.

7 years ago

Motorists roll south on 7th Avenue in Times Square, Friday, March 29, 2019, in New York.  Long ringed by some of the most expensive toll roads in the U.S., New York City is poised to take things even further with a plan to use automated license plate readers to charge drivers who motor into the most congested parts of Manhattan during times when crosstown traffic is at its worst.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Politics & Policy

New York will be first U.S. city to charge congestion toll

New York City is set to become the first American metropolis to ease traffic congestion, cut pollution and boost mass transit by charging motorists a hefty toll.

7 years ago

A pedestrian threads his way through snarled traffic at Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Is a crackdown on renegade drivers in Center City speeding up your commute?

Philadelphia agencies are going after drivers stopped in Center City bus lanes and they say that the result is faster trips through the city’s downtown core.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Bob Cafaro performs at Jefferson Station in Philadelphia as part of the
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia musicians bring Bach to commuters to honor composer’s 334th birthday

Philadelphia joins cities across the globe with free public performances of Bach to celebrate the composer’s 334th birthday.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Representative Nick Miccarelli arrives for a protection-from-abuse (PFA) hearing, Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Luzerne County Courthouse, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The PFA was filed against Miccarelli by Pennsylvania State Representative Tarah Toohil. Toohil was granted a three-year protective order against Miccarelli, Thursday. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Accused of abuse, former lawmaker from Delaware County finds work

Former Pennsylvania state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, accused by two women of physical and sexual abuse has landed a job with a Delaware County-funded nonprofit.

7 years ago

(Public domain image)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Vehicle ‘no wake’ movement expands at the Shore

A movement to minimize impacts from motor vehicles on properties in flooded areas continues to expand at the Jersey Shore.

7 years ago

Ben She is on the transit committee for an activist organization called 5th Square. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Why SEPTA’s annual open house drew fewer riders than your morning train

Riders missed an opportunity to be in the room with SEPTA officials at annual open house.

7 years ago

In this March 14, 2019, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle. U.S. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Aviation safety: Boeing and the F.A.A.

We discuss the Ethiopian Airlines crash, Boeing's 737 Max airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration's relationship with industry, and aviation safety.

Air Date: March 21, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
SEPTA may be solving its product design problems with a $2.9 million package of fixes to its e-commerce platform. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Hip’ new SEPTA Key site is one of many fixes in the works

SEPTA may be solving its product design problems with a $2.9 million package of fixes to its e-commerce platform.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney and bicycle advocates in front of City Hall. (Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia/Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Kenney: Philly streets ‘suck’ but city making progress

The city plans to speed up construction of the greatly expanded network of protected bike lanes that Mayor Jim Kenney promised during his 2015 campaign.

7 years ago

A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
Bell's concept model of a vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi vehicle, as unveiled in January at CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.
(Rendering courtesy of Bell)
NPR
Urban Planning

At South by Southwest, talks of flying taxis in the not so distant future

When the flying taxi comes, most of us will be passengers. We might hail it on our smartphones and head to the rooftop, where a ride is waiting at the helipad.

7 years ago

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