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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Transportation

Shake Shack bought and installed a bike corral for its Center City location. (PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City seeks to stop cars from parking illegally in front of fire hydrants by parking bikes there instead

The $7,500 grant from Philadelphia’s Innovation Fund will help develop a prototype bike corral

7 years ago

An Old City District rendering shows a redesigned Market Street.  (courtesy of Old City Distric)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

State gives $12M for Philly transportation projects

In a few years time, Market Street in Old City may look brand new, thanks to a $3 million state grant announced Tuesday.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

False alarm: e-scooters won’t hit Philly until 2019

7 years ago

(Tuckerton Seaport image)
Down the Shore
Community

More than a 100 years later, LBI ferry service set to once again launch

The long-awaited ferry service between Tuckerton and Long Beach Island in southern Ocean County is set to begin. 

7 years ago

A man talks on the phone while he rides a bike in Amsterdam. Legislation proposed in the Netherlands would impose a fine on bicyclists who use a mobile phone while they're on their bikes.
(FaceMePLS/Flickr)
NPR
Courts & Law

Netherlands proposes legislation to ban use of phones on bicycles

The Dutch government is considering a proposal to ban the use of smartphones and other "mobile electronic devices" on bicycles.

7 years ago

Uber announced its settlement with 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, paying a penalty and promising to make its data security more robust. Here, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is seen at an event in New York earlier this month. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Money

Uber pays $148M over yearlong cover-up of data breach

Instead of reporting the stolen data as required by law, Uber paid the hackers $100,000.

7 years ago

People testify before the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transporation Wednesday in Pittsburgh on a proposed roll back of vehicle emission standards. (Sabrina Bodon/WESA)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards gets an airing in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania has joined a coalition of 19 states that intend to sue if the rule becomes final.

7 years ago

Down the Shore
Community

Contractor will correct misspelled Shore highway sign, official says

The state Department of Transportation sign along Route 37 reads "Lavalette, Keep Left." But the Jersey Shore town's name is actually spelled Lavallette.

7 years ago

A sled speeds down a track during a test of a Hyperloop One propulsion system, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nev. The startup company opened its test site outside of Las Vegas for the first public demonstration of technology for a super-speed, tube based transportation system. (AP Photo/John Locher)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A Philly-Pittsburgh Hyperloop? State House resolution calls for feasibility study

It’s not hyperbole to say that no contemporary transit proposal has received as much hype as the Hyperloop.

7 years ago

New Jersey Turnpike Authority image.
Down the Shore
Community

End of an era: Garden State Parkway coin booth phase-out begins

Crews this week will begin removing automatic coin machines from Garden State Parkway mainline barrier toll plazas, officials say.

7 years ago

Down the Shore
Money

Gas prices dip at the Jersey Shore

Gas prices dipped in New Jersey but stayed relatively stable over the rest of the country following the flooding and destruction in the Carolinas.

7 years ago

The average American commute increased to 26.9 minutes in 2017 from 26.6 minutes the year before, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

Stuck in traffic? You’re not alone. New data show American commute times are longer

If you feel like your commute is taking longer, that's because it is.

7 years ago

Anthony Torres poses for a photograph at his brother's home in Atco, N.J., after revealing he was the man caught in a viral video shaving on a train. (Matt Rourke/AP)
NPR
Community

Man mocked for shaving on train says he was leaving homeless shelter

A fellow rider recorded him and posted the video to Twitter.

7 years ago

Laura Fredricks reads a statement regarding the settlement with Gold Medal Environmental about her daughter's death.  (Jim Saksa/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

$6M settlement for family of cyclist killed in Philly bike lane; planned safety fixes remain incomplete

Emily Fredrick’s mother, Laura, spoke on behalf of the family, her voice cracking with emotion.

8 years ago

Delaware Memorial Bridge (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware Memorial Bridge second span marks 50 years

It may be the only Delaware landmark millions of Americans have ever visited.

8 years ago

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