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Radio Times

Going electric: is the EV revolution here to stay?

What will it take to get the world's 1.6 billion gas powered cars and trucks off the road? And what impact will electric vehicles have on our climate?

Air Date: March 3, 2021 10:00 am

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An artist's rendering of the proposed King of Prussia rail line station at Mall Boulevard. (Courtesy of SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA to use COVID relief funds to move ahead with King of Prussia rail line

The $2 billion rail line would connect KOP to University City and Center City, creating a trifecta of the largest employment hubs in the region.

5 years ago

A SEPTA passnger walks toward the subway entrance. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Faster buses, more Regional Rail, modern trolleys: Philly’s transit plan takes system to 2045

The plan presents a detailed, yet still unfunded, manifest for a transit system that doesn’t center 9-5 commuters and instead, serves a changed economy.

5 years ago


A Kia Niro EV is charged at a charging station at Colorado Mills Outlet Mall Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Lakewood, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania looks to boost electric vehicle sales

At least 12 states already have a requirement for zero-emission electric vehicles, including neighbors Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.

5 years ago

A photo of Olney Transportation Center Wednesday morning showed few commuters in the falling snow. (Facebook/Jeff Byrd)
PlanPhilly
Community

Neighbors avoid Olney transit hub after mass shooting: ‘I wouldn’t catch it there’

After gunmen injured eight victims Wednesday afternoon, North Philly commuters feel traumatized. “We’re just trying to make it out of our own neighborhood,” one person said.

5 years ago

The interior of Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden
Politics & Policy

Camden’s Walter Rand Transportation Center to get major overhaul

The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.

5 years ago

A SEPTA bus driver navigates through SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA employees endure steady threats of violence even as transit ridership drops

Bus drivers and others on SEPTA’s frontlines describe harassment and attacks as part of the job. The pandemic has worsened the situation, some say.

5 years ago

An aerial view of the derelict Spring Garden Station that was once part of the Reading Railroad. (Courtesy of Arts & Crafts Holdings)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Owner of derelict Spring Garden Station fights petition to force cleanup

A successor company to the Reading Railroad, which hasn't operated train cars since 1976, is fighting an effort to force repairs to a derelict train station it owns in Philly.

5 years ago

Anthony Voci speaks at a podium.
Courts & Law

Attorney general drops case against Philly woman accused of ‘road rage’ by demoted city prosecutor

The Pa. Attorney General withdrew all charges against Khasandra Franklin, arrested last fall after Philly's top homicide prosecutor claimed she tried to run him off the road.

5 years ago

Passengers wait to board the Market-Frankford line at City Hall
Urban Planning

NYU study: SEPTA subway stations are less polluted than NYC stations

Conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic threatened the lungs of transit workers and commuters, the study looked at stations in four major American cities.

5 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet
Community

Kobe Bryant crash pilot disoriented in clouds, agency says

The revelation during a hearing to announce the probable cause or causes of the crash followed plenty of finger-pointing.

5 years ago

Left: Rosa Parks honored during SEPTA ceremony (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Right: Caroline LeCount (Courtesy of Transportationhistory.org)
PlanPhilly
Community

Before Rosa Parks: The fight for Philly transit equity and the Black women on the frontlines

As SEPTA honored Rosa Parks on her birthday, history remembers Caroline LeCount, who risked her life to desegregate 19th century Philadelphia’s streetcars.

5 years ago

Heather Kerstetter
Community
Billy Penn

Getting around on SEPTA is a ‘nightmare,’ so she’s crowdfunding a wheelchair van

Heather Kerstetter is tired of showing up late. The transit authority says upgrades to CCT are coming.

5 years ago

A SEPTA worker walks through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop
PlanPhilly
Money

Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers

The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.

5 years ago

Passengers wait to board the Market-Frankford line at City Hall
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA urges riders to ‘mask up’ as CDC mandate takes effect

The CDC order allows transit operators to refuse service to unmasked riders. SEPTA said it won’t do that but it urges compliance.

5 years ago

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