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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Transportation

A SEPTA bus is parked in a parking lot, with a blue sky overhead.
PlanPhilly
Science
PlanPhilly

SEPTA goes electric with 25 new ‘battery buses’

A new fleet of 25 electric buses hit Philadelphia streets this week. If all goes well, the entire fleet could eventually run on batteries.

6 years ago

FEMA image.
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. conducting hurricane evacuation drill

New Jersey transportation and emergency agencies are conducting an annual hurricane evacuation drill Thursday.

6 years ago

Townsends Inlet Bridge, connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City, New Jersey. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Officials: Troubled Shore bridge might reopen this summer

There's hope that a troubled bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City could reopen this summer. 

6 years ago

Riders were invited to test drive the Lime scooter at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

This e-scooter wants to defeat Philly’s potholes

E-scooters aren’t street legal in Philly but that isn’t stopping Lime from rolling out a brawnier model designed to withstand rough city streets.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

What to do when your SEPTA Key expires (and why that’s a thing)

Unlike when a credit card expires, the transit authority will not automatically send users a replacement. So what do you do?

6 years ago

Members of the National Youth Bike Council pose at the Please Touch Museum before a group ride through Fairmount Park. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

This Philly teen bike crew is all about safety

Joshua Funches and his teenage friends love cruising Philly streets on their bikes. But you won’t see them performing stunts in the middle of traffic like some of their peers.

6 years ago

Park & Diamond's new foldable, portable bicycle helmet. (Courtesy of Park & Diamond)
Community

A bike helmet that’s stylish, portable? Idea began with a crash in North Philly

A startup says many bikers don’t wear helmets because they don’t like the style or the inconvenience.

6 years ago

Workers push a partly assembled Mirai through the assembly line at Toyota's LFA Works in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Since there are so few hydrogen fuel cell cars manufactured, all of them are assembled by hand. (Hiroo Saso)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware, New Jersey lawmakers accuse EPA of deceit over clean car standards

In a letter, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Frank Pallone say EPA is listening to fossil-fuel interests over its own staff.

6 years ago

For the sixth year, Chickies & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. (Courtesy of Aversa PR)
Down the Shore
Community

Chickie’s and Pete’s to pick up AC Expressway toll tab for one hour Friday

For the sixth year, Chickie's & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. 

6 years ago

The Walnut Street ramp onto I-76 will be closed for 25 days. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Everything you need to know about the I-76 detours in Center City

PennDOT will close off several lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) and a busy on-ramp in Center City on May 20.

6 years ago

A makeshift memorial is shown near the location where a mother and three young sons were struck and killed while trying to cross a busy highway after dark, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Philadelphia. A fourth son was injured in the crash Tuesday night on Roosevelt Boulevard, a major artery that divides neighborhoods in north and northeast Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City streets safer than suburban roads, study finds

New research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that denser cities and towns can save lives.

6 years ago

(Tuckerton Seaport image)
Down the Shore
Community

Long Beach Island ferry set for inaugural summer season

For the first time in over 100 years, a ferry will run between the mainland and Long Beach Island.

6 years ago

Urban Bike Project executive director Laura Wilburn says the newly renovated facility will help the group serve the community better. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Urban Bike Project in Wilmington celebrates renovated bike garage

Some of the best cyclists in the country are in Wilmington this weekend for the 13th annual Grand Prix. The festivities also include a celebration of the Urban Bike Project.

6 years ago

Common sense says that phone use while driving is a bad idea. Yet nine out of 10 drivers admit to doing it. (Image courtesy of Oregon Department of Transportation)
The Pulse
Health

Why we can’t stop using our phones while driving

Notifications and texts offer immediate gratification some can’t resist when behind the wheel. To kick the habit, some behavior rewiring is needed.

6 years ago

Listen 08:44
Drivers for the ride sharing apps Lyft and Uber protest outside Uber’s Philadelphia headquarters on the afternoon of May 8, 2019.
The Why
Lifestyle

Why the Uber driver protest is the latest milestone in a gig economy reckoning

While Uber says drivers "are at the heart" of its service, the company admitted in a recent SEC filing that it only expects driver dissatisfaction to increase.

Air Date: May 14, 2019

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