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Transportation

A portion of the newly paved trail along the Delaware River waterfront.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Bike lane update: Riverside progress, parking enforcement, and more trails on the way

The PPA has started ticketing on American Street, and construction is starting on seven new stretches.

5 years ago

Outside Allegheny Station in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. (Natalie Piserchio for NPR)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA responds to Kensington concerns with more repairs and community collaboration

On April 23 at 8 p.m. SEPTA will shut down the elevators at the station for repairs. No date has been set on when they’ll reopen yet.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Stop blaming ‘car culture’ for SEPTA’s declining ridership

Many people choose cars over transit for valid reasons. When we blame an abstract concept, we ignore the implicit call for change in their voices.

5 years ago

Activity books aimed at children in Pre-K through 5th grade will be used to bring the Safe Routes Philly program to William Cramp and other elementary schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Z is for zero: Philly to teach Vision Zero traffic safety curriculum in city schools

Safe Routes Philly includes lessons ranging from a pre-K-friendly song about crossing the street to bike safety lessons for middle and high schoolers.

5 years ago

Indego bikes at station
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Philly bike share hits a new record, and thefts are down

Indego is in the middle of a major expansion that’ll boost the number of docks 75% by the end of the year.

5 years ago

A SEPTA police officer stands on the platform of the Somerset stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Kensington El riders return to a cleaner and more policed Somerset Station

SEPTA reopened the Kensington station Monday with a heavier police presence and a cleaner environment for the hundreds of people who rely on the El stop.

5 years ago

30th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA won’t take paper tickets on Regional Rail any more — get your Key ready

Riders can now tap their SEPTA Key card at the platform validators or turnstiles at the beginning and end of their trip and load weekly and monthly passes on to the card.

5 years ago

A notice informs the public of the closure of the Somerset Street El stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA says it will reopen Somerset Station earlier than anticipated

The Market-Frankford Line station will reopen Sunday to local residents. It opens officially at 5 a.m. Monday.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New trolleys, safer streets, e-buses: Philly could benefit from Biden’s infrastructure plan

Here is what Biden’s new plan could mean for Philadelphia’s future, according to four local transportation experts.

5 years ago

Workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work condition
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Primed: New Amazon warehouse derails land deal for SEPTA trolley facility

SEPTA’s trolley modernization project faces a setback after Amazon outbid the agency on a Southwest Philadelphia parcel it wanted to turn into a trolley barn.

5 years ago

Kensington residents gather at SEPTA’s Somerset Station to protest its closure
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA to reopen Somerset Station after repairs with a new police booth, more security

The temporarily closed Somerset Station on the Market Frankford Line could reopen by May — and when riders return, they can expect to see a police presence.

5 years ago

A rider descends the stairs to the 15th Street subway station, across the street from City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to recent violence at SEPTA stations

Tamara Russell hit the streets to talk to Philadelphians about SEPTA and their perceptions of safety within the transit system.

5 years ago

Listen 4:33
The entrance to the 15th Street subway station, across the street from City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA hiring 60 security guards for Market Frankford Line

The unarmed guards will assist SEPTA police officers as the transit agency works to improve safety amid a citywide violence epidemic.

5 years ago

Darlene Burton speaks from a megaphone at a protest over Somerset Station's closure
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘We shouldn’t have to get less’: Kensington residents protest Somerset Station closure

Residents gathered to protest the temporary closure of Somerset Station — a lifeline to jobs, appointments, and school for those who have continued to use it mid-pandemic.

5 years ago

Taller Puertoriqueño was one of the places that connected Alba Martínez to Philly's local Latino communities when she moved to the city from Puerto Rico. | Taller Puertoriqueño fue uno de los lugares que conectó a Alba Martínez con las comunidades latinas locales de Filadelfia cuando se mudó a la ciudad desde Puerto Rico. (Bernardo Morillo/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
Bilingual version

La Gua Gua 47: A salsa song compuesta por una latina poderosa, Alba Martínez

La Gua Gua 47— the 47 Bus —honors the summer day in 1985 when Martínez rode SEPTA to the heartbeat of Philadelphia’s caribeña community.

5 years ago

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