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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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A SEPTA train is visible and a Wawa logo sits in the upper left hand corner of the photo.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Everything we know about the new Wawa Station in Wawa on the Wawa Line

The convenience store chain paid more than $5 million to SEPTA for the naming rights to the Delco Regional Rail stop.

4 years ago

(photo credit, Emillie Krause)
Radio Times

‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion’ and air travel today

Nell McShane Wulfhart tells the history of how stewardesses became flight attendants and their influence on the labor movement in her book "The Great Stewardess Rebellion."

Air Date: July 29, 2022 10:00 am

The new Wawa Station will open on Sunday, August 21. (6abc)
Urban Planning

SEPTA announces newest Regional Rail station in Delco: The Wawa Station

The agreement will also see the Media/Elwyn line renamed the Media/Wawa line.

4 years ago

A biker uses the raised bike lanes on American Street.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

‘Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle’

Jody Rosen, author of "Two Wheels Good," on the history of the bicycle and how it shaped the world - Victorian suffragettes, Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers, and urban yuppies.

Air Date: July 28, 2022 10:00 am

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A group of volunteers operates the scenic train rides for West Chester Railroad on the existing tracks.
Urban Planning

West Chester Borough Council supports effort to restore SEPTA passenger rail service

Commuter trains ran to West Chester for 100 years before SEPTA stopped service. Borough Council is backing a plan to bring it back.

4 years ago

Looking out at the Philadelphia skyline from the Allegheny SEPTA station
Weather

SEPTA monitoring effects on rail systems as heat wave continues

SEPTA has lowered train operating speeds as Philadelphia faces prolonged extreme heat.

4 years ago

A train speeds by, as Philadelphia skyline is visible in the background.
Weather
6abc

Amtrak implements heat restrictions between Philadelphia and New York City

According to Amtrak's website, a heat restriction means locomotive engineers must operate at slower speeds than normal.

4 years ago

A temporary high platform constructed by Long Island Railroad in 2020. (Long Island Railroad)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Four transformative changes SEPTA can make to be more rider-friendly

Not every big idea needs a big budget or a long timeline. If SEPTA wants to deliver results for riders fast, here's some low-hanging fruit.

4 years ago

SEPTA Key card
Community

SEPTA expands Key Advantage program, urging more large employers to get workers on mass transit

SEPTA is growing its Key Advantage program, an effort to get big companies to sign up for Key cards that are given to employees as a benefit.

4 years ago

(Sonluna / BigStock)
Community

Speed, red-light cameras could reduce racial disparity in police stops, study says

A recent study found that national support for automated traffic cameras increased when participants viewed camera implementation through the lens of racial justice.

4 years ago

A black freight train, operated by Norfolk Souther, speeds by on a track, as seen from the former train station in Phoenixville, PA.
Urban Planning

The historic Reading Railroad is planning a comeback as Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority holds its first meeting

SRPRA — not to be confused with SEPTA — is finally chugging along with plans to restore rail service connecting Reading, Pottstown, Phoenixville, and Philadelphia.

4 years ago

A police officer stands at the doorway of a bus as someone goes to get on.
Community
Billy Penn

SEPTA safety? Why Philly’s transit system has its own police force — and why the chief just got ousted

Thomas Nestel III retired after nearly a decade leading the police force, one of Pennsylvania’s largest.

4 years ago

A cyclist navigates around a car and delivery truck on Washington Avneue.
Urban Planning

Washington Avenue repaving to begin with hybrid solution

The compromise implements traffic calming and pedestrian safety measures east of Broad Street, while leaving the area west of Broad at five lanes of traffic.

4 years ago

A SEPTA bus is pictured in a file photo
Community
Billy Penn

Bus driver’s harrowing experience shows SEPTA struggles to track how often riders sexually harass or assault employees

Overall “incidents of disrespect” against transit workers appear to be dropping, and the agency is working to find solutions.

4 years ago

United States Post Office delivery trucks
Urban Planning

Pa., N.J., and Del. among 16 states suing USPS over lack of electric vehicles

The Postal Service’s plan to replace about 165,000 of its gas guzzling delivery trucks includes just a fraction of EVs. Now, Pa., N.J., and Del. are among 16 states suing.

4 years ago

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