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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Transportation

The Paoli Local railroad station as seen in an archival photograph.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Trains made the Main Line. Why are we designing its future around cars?

The Main Line exists because of the railroad. It’s time we change the zoning code to allow people to take advantage of transit.

5 years ago

(Flickr Creative Commons/ fotophotow)
Community

Philadelphia Parking Authority holding town hall to keep people out of trouble

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is offering some online education to help people avoid breaking parking rules and regulations.

5 years ago

Penndot Driver License Center at 8th and Arch streets.
Urban Planning

PennDOT moves to bar company in theft case from state work

Pennsylvania’s highway agency wants to prevent a major heavy equipment contractor from doing state work for up to three years because it pleaded no contest to theft.

5 years ago

Standing vs Sitting bench at SEPTA's 69th Street Terminal (Courtesy of SEPTA)
Urban Planning

SEPTA riders choose sitting over leaning at 69th Street

After hearing numerous complaints from riders, SEPTA replaced standing benches with traditional seating at 69th Street Station.

5 years ago

A mockup of an Erie Station redesign
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

SEPTA is testing out a new name for its rail network: the Metro

The potential rebrand is part of a $40 million effort to make the public transit system easier for new riders.

5 years ago

A cleared out Vine Street Expressway
Community
6abc

Vine Street Expressway fully reopens both directions after historic flooding

Thousands of gallons of water were being pumped each minute from the highway in Center City.

5 years ago

Workers pump water from a flooded section of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia Friday, Sept. 3, 2021
Weather

Eastbound lanes of the Vine Street Expressway are back open, work continues on westbound lanes

Thousands of gallons of water were being pumped each minute from the highway in Center City.

5 years ago

Trucks and cars move northbound on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

It’s time to tell our regional planning overlords to stop throwing money at highways

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Connections2050 plan could be our chance to change the math on highway spending.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA considers mandating vaccination as NYC and DC transit agencies issue requirements

SEPTA may be the next public agency in the Philadelphia region to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for its employees.

5 years ago

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA workers say the pandemic revealed labor issues that go beyond paychecks

The pandemic has reshaped workers’ conception of fairness at work. For SEPTA, upcoming union negotiations will reveal just how much has changed.

5 years ago

Security footage of a security guard striking another person at SEPTA’s Allegheny Station. (6ABC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After another SEPTA assault caught on video, union says security guards ‘cause more problems’ than they help

The unarmed guards were the result of a $1.5 million agreement with Allied Universal Security Services to address safety concerns. This is the second attack since April.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

If SEPTA operators strike, I’ll support them, even if it means walking to work

Philadelphia straphangers may soon see SEPTA operators strike. If that happens, my daily routine will be disrupted. But I’m not mad.

5 years ago

Assistant Director of Transportation Ken Divers, who leads the vulnerable population task force at SEPTA, walks on the platform at Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

SEPTA union asks for hazard pay and higher wages as contract negotiations begin

SEPTA and the union that represents thousands of transit workers has begun negotiating a new contract. The union is asking for hazard pay and higher wages.

5 years ago

SEPTA trolley tunnel (SEPTA)
Community

SEPTA is flummoxed by a driver’s trolley tunnel detour

There was no damage after a car drove onto underground trolley tracks in Philly early Saturday morning.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA moves deep cleaning to Erie-Torresdale El stop this weekend

SEPTA continues to clean stations, hoping people will return to mass transit.

5 years ago

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