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Get your kicks on Route 66: Philly’s first line with transit signal prioritization also under consideration for stop consolidations

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PlanPhilly
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Unlike most railroads, SEPTA and Amtrak on pace to implement Positive Train Control by end of year deadline

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Double Down: SEPTA to hold 2nd online papal pass lotto for NHSL and 101/102 trolleys

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Indego Bike Share cruises to 180,000 rides in first 100 days

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NJ Transit cuts wound Philly, too

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Ailing infrastructure

Guests: Kate Hinds, Siobhan Hughes, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Last week, commuters using New Jersey Transit and Amtrak ...

Air Date: July 29, 2015

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PlanPhilly
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SEPTA to hold online lottery for Papal Regional Rail passes Aug. 3rd

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PlanPhilly
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Nutter: Papal security maps on internet are false

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Parking Authority pushes for more wheelchair accessible cabs, taxis push back

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Speak Easy
Urban Planning

Philly streets forum asks: What should our transportation priorities be?

Speak Easy convened a public forum in June to ask how Philadelphia's streets can offer safe and fair passage for everyone.

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Papal visit will terminate Greyhound’s terminal, and some bus companies haven’t been told

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

PPA executive reveals Papal plans: 700,000 on the parkway, security perimeter around Center City, SEPTA bus suspensions and more

11 years ago

Radio Times

The Significance of NASA’s Pluto Flyby & the Future of Space Research

Guests: Faye Flam, John Gizis Last Tuesday morning, NASA’s New Horizons space craft finally ...

Air Date: July 20, 2015

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Who owns the streetscape? An even more complicated question

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
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DRPA Dispatches: Bridge Toll Discount OK’d; PATCO Pontiff Tix; Franklin Square Station a go?

11 years ago

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