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Transportation

The flip-board sign at 30th Street is the last of its kind still in service at an Amtrak station (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Amtrak may spare 30th Street Station’s beloved flipping board

The beloved split-flap sign at 30th Street Station, in Philadelphia, may have earned an 11th hour reprieve.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Urban Planning

Say goodbye to the 30th Street Station flip board

Guests: Inga Saffron, Mark Kuhn, Brendan Boyle Say goodbye to 30th Street Station’s iconic flip boar ...

8 years ago

Listen 32:00
A split-flap board made by Oat Foundry. (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Drexel grads pitch Amtrak on new sign: Vintage-style romance with efficiency of new technology

Amtrak appears intent on following through on its plan to install digital screens and send its Solari board to a museum.

8 years ago

Workers wrapped the main cables of the Delaware Memorial Bridge before installing a dehumidification system to prevent corrosion. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Money

Delaware Memorial Bridge toll increase proposed to fund $300 million facelift

The public is invited to forums on the toll increase in Delaware Wednesday and New Jersey Thursday.

8 years ago

The interior of the DMZ train, a three-car tourist train. It is decorated with words such as
NPR
Urban Planning

South Korea sends first train in plan to reconnect with North

South Korea is determined to push railway development forward, despite the lack of progress on the North Korean nuclear issue.

8 years ago

(ThamKC/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

City Council to vote on higher fines for tow trucks

Cleaner, safer roads is the goal of new legislation that would increase the fines levied on negligent Philadelphia tow truck drivers.

8 years ago

Scott Keogh, president of Volkswagen of America Inc., speaks during AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, Calif., on Wednesday. (Dania Maxwell/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Volkswagen planning a new North American factory for electric cars

At $30,000 to $40,000, Volkswagen's electric car would be able to compete with an upcoming $35,000 make of the Tesla Model 3.

8 years ago

Members of the the Jersey Devils Bicycle Club stood outside of Tattooed Mom's on South Street Sunday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle

Ridin’ with the (Jersey) Devils

Saksa goes full gonzo on this assignment — riding along with the Jersey Devils, a bicycle club that shares a look with the outlaw motorcycle gangs.

8 years ago

Listen 3:27
(Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Philly transit: Past, present, and future

Guests: Christof Spieler, Jim Saksa, Jason Laughlin Transportation expert ...

Air Date: November 29, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
In this image taken from video, US Airways flight 1939, the final US Airways flight, departs Philadelphia International Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C. on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Philly airport expansion advances with $5.5M land acquisition plan

City Council's Committee of Public Property and Public Works has approved the purchase of a 15-acre property in Lester, Tinicum Township.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Another Shore town proposes ‘no wake’ zone for flooded streets

A Cape May county municipality is seeking to adopt a "no wake" ordinance to protect homes during flooding.

8 years ago

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced a ban on junk food advertisements across the city's transportation network on Friday. The new rules will take effect on Feb. 25, 2019. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Mind the junk food: London to ban ads for unhealthy eats on public transportation

8 years ago

City and state officials in Delaware broke ground on an upcoming Wilmington transit hub. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Delaware, city officials break ground on Wilmington transit hub

Delaware officials broke ground Monday for the $10 million Wilmington Transit Center, near the city’s Biden Train Station and Greyhound ...

8 years ago

Ford is buying electric scooter company Spin in what experts say is the biggest investment of an automaker into
NPR
Money

Why Ford is getting into the scooter business

8 years ago

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
Community

Hearing reveals chilling details of fatal Southwest flight

The harrowing details from the April fatal flight were released for the first time as the National Transportation Safety Board began a hearing Wednesday.

8 years ago

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