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Transportation

A vehicles drives past a pothole in Philadelphia on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Since Dec. 1, 2013, PennDOT workers have applied more than 2,000 tons of patching material in the five counties around the city, according to spokesman Gene Blaum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Urban Planning
What causes potholes — and why are there so many of them?

Getting to the bottom of Philadelphia’s potholes

What causes potholes — and why are there so many of them?

4 years ago

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A bike lane is separated by white poles from parked cars.
Urban Planning

More bike lanes open in Philly as part of Vision Zero initiative

Adding more protected bike lanes is part of the city’s Vision Zero plan to limit speeding and reduce traffic fatalities.

4 years ago

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
Urban Planning

SEPTA is considering cutting 26 routes to improve on-time service

The goal is to encourage riders to return to mass transit by making it better and faster.

4 years ago

A SEPTA police officer stands on the platform of the Somerset stop
Community

Video: Can SEPTA balance its system upgrades with improving public safety?

WHYY hosts a live discussion on how SEPTA can balance the system upgrades it wants with the safety checks passengers need.

4 years ago

SEPTA workers power wash Allegheny Station on Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

SEPTA launches safety and cleaning program to provide social services to people using stations as shelters

SEPTA will partner with local college students to offer social services to people experiencing homelessness using the transit system as a shelter.

4 years ago

Signs at the loading zones will have a QR code that drivers can scan to download the app. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Philadelphia to launch ‘Smart Loading Zones’ pilot program

Later this month, 21 zones throughout Center City will be available to reserve through the Pebble Driver App.

4 years ago

A SEPTA employee has a broom in hand at an outdoor station on the Market-Frankford line.
Urban Planning

SEPTA launches QR code reporting system to keep buses and trains clean

On a dirty bus or train and want to notify SEPTA? You’ll soon be able to do just that by scanning a QR code with your smartphone.

4 years ago

FILE - People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. With summer vacations winding down, airlines are counting on the return of more business travelers to keep their pandemic recovery going into fall 2022. Air travel in the United States, bolstered by huge numbers of tourists, has nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Business travel, however, remains about 25% to 30% below 2019 levels, according to airlines and outfits that track sales. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Politics & Policy

White House: New rule will show ‘true cost’ of plane tickets

The proposed rule would help consumers save money up front and encourage more competition among airlines to offer better fares.

4 years ago

A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.
Courts & Law
6abc

‘Ticketing blitz’ will target drivers double-parked in Center City bus lanes

Drivers caught in bus lanes could be issued tickets anywhere from $51 for disobeying signs to $101 for blocking mass transit.

4 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey lawmakers move to create mobile service for seniors

Offering services like help completing applications, providing food and transportation to those in need, and assisting with technology.

4 years ago

SEPTA riders board a bus in Center City, Philadelphia, on April 19, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly police launching campaign to enforce bus lane restrictions

The goal is to improve efficiency by keeping the lanes open on SEPTA bus routes that are seeing increases in ridership.

4 years ago

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Urban Planning

More red light cameras coming to Philly intersections

More red light cameras are coming to Philly intersections next year as part of an effort to make city streets safer.

4 years ago

An Uber sign
Community

After serious breach, Uber says services operational

The Company says there is no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data such as trip history.

4 years ago

In this March 22, 2014, file photo, a CSX freight train rolls past a grade crossing in Mount Airy, Md. CSX Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, reported better-than-expected net income in the third quarter even as coal volumes continued double-digit declines. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Community
WESA

Averted railway strike underscores fragile state of supply chains in Pennsylvania

If a deal hadn't been reached, Pennsylvania’s energy, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors would have been especially hard hit.

4 years ago

Traffic on I-95 heads south toward Center City.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Road rage, super-speeding and reckless driving on the rise

The pandemic set off a rise in speeding that hasn't stopped. This hour, we discuss incidents of road rage and dangerous reckless driving posing a threat to commuters.

Air Date: September 15, 2022 10:00 am

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