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Transportation

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PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA Key costs balloon as agency fixes smartcard snafus

The 70 % price jump comes along with a three-year delay on the project's finish date

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilman Allan Domb. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Councilman Domb’s modest proposal: ban on-street parking in Center City

“I think that we should — my opinion, just my opinion — we should look at certain streets in Center City and suspend on-street parking,” Domb said at Wednesday’s hearing.

8 years ago

A man rides a LimeBike in Washington, DC. (AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Urban Planning

#ScootersBehavingBadly: U.S. cities race to keep up with small vehicle shares

From San Francisco to Washington, D.C., e-scooters and dockless bikes have become the latest transportation trend to grip urban spaces.

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

Pilot of Southwest flight with blown engine was Navy fighter

A Southwest pilot who made an emergency landing after the jet apparently blew an engine, got hit by shrapnel and lost a window, is being praised for her "nerves of steel."

8 years ago

 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
University of Delaware researchers are using this miniature city to test autonomous vehicles. (University of Delaware photo)
First
Community

Delaware preps for driverless cars

While the technology of self-driving cars get most of the attention, lots of tech is being added to Delaware's road infrastructure to prepare for cars of tomorrow.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
Daniele Schillaci, head of global sales and marketing and also the Zero Emission Vehicle and Battery Business for Nissan, speaks during the world premiere in Chiba, near Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Nissan's new Leaf electric car goes father on a charge and comes with autonomous drive technology and single-pedal driving. But whether it can catch on with anyone but the most zealously green-minded remains to be seen. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey considering offering rebates to boost electric car sales

A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing cash rebates to get more people to buy electric cars.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Will a bike share system that relies on smartphones work for Camden?

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Drexel’s Fry: Fix Northeast Corridor Transit or say goodbye to jobs

8 years ago

A self driving car in Pittsburgh. (Megan Harris/ 90.5 WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

PennDOT announces new regulations for testing self-driving vehicles

Pennsylvania will remain an integral player in the development of self-driving vehicles, but ensuring that the roads are safe must be the ...

8 years ago

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

See that little brown critter and that little white critter? They're goats stuck on a bridge in western Pennsylvania. The white goat is facing in the wrong direction to walk off the beam, about 100 feet high, and return to solid ground. (Todd Tilson/PA Turnpike Commission)
NPR
Community

2 goats stuck on a beam under a bridge in Pa.

No one knows why the goats climbed up on the pedestal of a Mahoning River bridge and set out along a narrow beam. They're not talking.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA tweaks Key card costs

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

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Price tag on Navy Yard subway extension could double original estimate

8 years ago

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