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Transportation

One of the new bank of EVgo quick chargers for electric vehicles outside a Wawa store at Aramingo Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane in Philadelphia. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Philly’s newest EV chargers designed to help drivers living in rowhouses go electric

The new charging station in the Port Richmond neighborhood was pitched as an incentive for low-income families to buy a plug-in car.

4 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Community

As gas prices rise, Philadelphia area residents rethink how they work

Soaring gas prices are making life difficult for gig workers who depend on using their cars to make ends meet.

4 years ago

A sign invites visitors to sit in the cars at the Philadelphia Auto Show. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Auto Show returns after COVID hiatus, flooded with electric cars

The Philly Car Show returns after a COVID hiatus to give drivers a taste of the power of new electric models.

4 years ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted electric transit buses during his first visit to former political rival Joe Biden's home state. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Former Biden rival Buttigieg touts electric vehicles in visit to president’s home state

The transportation secretary says the president’s mammoth infrastructure package will benefit Delaware and the rest of America with cleaner air.

4 years ago

The concourse of SEPTA’s 15th Street Station
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Urban Planning

$96 million federal grant should keep SEPTA rolling through 2024

The $96 million grant, courtesy of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, will help plug holes in SEPTA’s operating budget amid reduced ridership.

4 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the former Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian found not guilty in 2015 deadly train derailment

The jury has found former Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian not guilty on all charges resulting from his role in a deadly 2015 train derailment.

4 years ago

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, walks from the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘Human’ error or ‘knowing’ recklessness? Jury to decide Amtrak engineer’s fate

In closing statements, prosecutors argued that Bostian “knew where he was” but accelerated his train anyway, while the defense urged understanding for a mistake.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment
Courts & Law

Prosecution rests in trial of Amtrak engineer charged over deadly 2015 derailment

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office rested its case against the Amtrak engineer accused in 2015’s deadly derailment.

4 years ago

Gas prices are seen at a Mobil gas station
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. and 30 other nations are releasing oil from reserves to try to calm markets

Oil-consuming nations will bring 60 million barrels of crude out of storage and onto global markets. It's aimed to calm oil prices down, but global crude went up on the news.

4 years ago

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, arrives at criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors claim training should have prevented fatal Amtrak derailment

Two witnesses, also engineers, described the intensive training they underwent, which included memorizing the speed limit for each portion of their route.

4 years ago

Protesters stoning a trolley car attempting to break a 1910 strike
Community
Billy Penn

Transit workers in 1910 sparked a general strike that brought Philadelphia to a standstill

Upwards of 75k people walked off the job.

4 years ago

In this May 13, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work near the wreckage of a New York City-bound Amtrak passenger train following a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

First day of trial for Amtrak engineer focuses on key question: crime or terrible accident?

Prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out opposing perspectives on the line between an accident and a crime in the case of Brandon Bostian.

4 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car. (Anna Orso/Billy Penn)
Community

SEPTA is replacing security guards with guides to offer kinder service to riders

The guides will use a less confrontational method to remind riders about SEPTA rules including fare evasion and smoking policies.

4 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in the 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, departs from the center for criminal justice in Philadelphia after a hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Jury selected for trial of Amtrak engineer in deadly 2015 derailment

A jury has been chosen in the criminal trial of train engineer Brandon Bostian, 38, for his role in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Amtrak train, headed to New York City, derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Criminal trial begins this week for Amtrak engineer in fatal 2015 train crash

After bouncing around the legal system, a criminal case against the engineer who crashed an Amtrak train nearly seven years ago is finally getting underway.

4 years ago

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