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Transportation

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

Montgomery, Chester, and Berks counties consider a new passenger rail authority

The aim: Tap into infrastructure funds and try to restore a line connecting Reading, Phoenixville, Pottstown, Norristown, and Philly.

4 years ago

A car parked on the American Street bike lane has a ticket in its windshield
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

PPA says ‘internet fraud’ is why you can’t pay a parking ticket with your license plate number anymore

The convenience was only a pandemic allowance, an agency spokesperson explained.

4 years ago

Electric vehicles wind around a 50,000-square-foot track
Community

Excitement, but also ‘range anxiety,’ over electric vehicles at Philly Auto Show

As gas prices hit record highs, visitors are testing electric vehicles at the Philly Auto Show. But worries persist over where drivers will be able to charge them up.

4 years ago

File photo: Former Philadelphia Parking Authority executive director Scott Petri. (reppetri.com)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Parking Authority head forced out, ‘lost the confidence’ of PPA board

The board of the Philadelphia Parking Authority has decided to change the leadership of the agency that oversees parking and taxi services in the city.

4 years ago

In this 2020 file photo, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant prepares a plane bound for takeoff at the Kansas City International airport in Kansas City, Mo. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
NPR
Health

TSA extends travel mask mandate through April 18

In a statement, the CDC said that it would work on a "revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in public transportation.

4 years ago

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
PlanPhilly
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

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