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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

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.

8 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

The Ford Focus Active, a small crossover car currently sold in Europe, was slated to begin production in China for the U.S. market. Ford canceled those plans, citing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
(Ford Motor Company)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ford says despite Trump’s tweet, Focus Active won’t be produced in U.S.

Ford does not intend to start producing the small crossover Focus Active in the United States — no matter what the president has tweeted on the topic.

8 years ago

An unmanned automobile competes in the i-VISTA (Intelligent Vehicle Integrated Systems Test Area) Autonomous Driving Challenge on August 18 in Chongqing, China. (VCG/Getty)
NPR
Science

What happens when A.I. takes the wheel?

Telling the story of how self-driving cars went from being a Sci-Fi fantasy to a possibility.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Federal safety board faults now-retired SEPTA operator for 2017 El fender-bender

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Glitch gives some SEPTA Key holders a free ride in London, Chicago

8 years ago

Close-up of a SEPTA turnstile
PlanPhilly
Community

Come Sept. 1, seniors will need new Key Cards (or old driver’s licenses) to ride SEPTA for free.

SEPTA’s effort to replace all its tickets, tokens and other fare instruments with the Key Card continues to creep along.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 28, 2018

We draw the curtains back to peek behind the scenes at the city of Philadelphia.  All the components of city life, like water and sewag ...

Air Date: August 28, 2018

Listen 21:27
The Colonial, located in the heart of the commercial corridor on Bridge Street in Phoenixville, PA, on August 21, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A long-shot plan to extend Regional Rail to Phoenixville could revolutionize how infrastructure is built

A mayoral task force is proposing a short-term pilot project using some of Norfolk Southern’s freight rail tracks to link Phoenixville to the Norristown/Manayunk line.

8 years ago

Listen 5:30
Louis J. Gambaccini died on Aug 19. (Insert, Hillsborough Funeral Home; background, SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Transportation community mourns Louis J. Gambaccini, a SEPTA legend and founder of NJ Transit

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gambaccini shaped transportation networks across some of the nation's densest metropolitan regions

8 years ago

After departing the train, Tropicana Casino employee Renee Wilson, of Lindenwold, looks over information about the temporary suspension of the Atlantic City line for positive train control or PTC installation. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Urban Planning

NJ Transit execs assure commuters Atlantic City line suspension is temporary

Service from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station to Atlantic City will be halted from Sept. 5 to Dec. 31 to install automatic braking equipment.

8 years ago

File photo: A SEPTA Regional Rail train at Suburban Station. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Freight trains using Regional Rail lines threaten to keep SEPTA from full Positive Train Control compliance

SEPTA’s construction budget doubled after Harrisburg passed Act 89, an infrastructure-spending bill fueled by increased gas taxes.

8 years ago

Montgomery County plans to add 800 miles of bike paths to its on-road bicycle system. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY News, file)
Community

Montco approves plan for 800 miles of bike paths

The new master plan approved last week, calls for adding bike lanes in towns, near high schools, colleges, and transit stops, and to connect to park trails.

8 years ago

Geffen Reinherz, 5 (left), and Skyla Car, 7, draw with chalk at Broad and Poplar Streets while Broad Street is closed off for Philly Free Streets on August 11, 2018. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
View Finders
Lifestyle

Philly Free Streets enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, beach lovers — but not drivers

Inspired by the Pope’s 2015 visit, the event closed down Broad Street from City Hall to Germantown Avenue.

8 years ago

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