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Transportation

Commuters are shown exiting a SEPTA bus. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Detroit’s transportation agency just eliminated its transfer fee. Will Philly be next?

SEPTA is mulling the elimination of its $1 transfer fee for switching transit lines.

6 years ago

SEPTA's City Hall Station overhaul is on SEPTA's list of deferred capital projects (PlanPhilly, file)
Urban Planning

Appeal of anti-toll lawsuit keeps SEPTA improvements on hold

The lawsuit filed on behalf of professional drivers and motorists has stopped progress on 35 SEPTA projects.

6 years ago

(Car2go)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

New ‘park anywhere’ car-sharing service vying for a spot on Philly’s jammed streets

After months of lobbying, a German company could be on the cusp of making a new method of car sharing legal in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Traffic on 11th Street between Washington and Bainbridge streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Scamming SEPTA is getting harder: Agency hits 10-year low for claims payouts

A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.

6 years ago

A man carries a stroller up the stairs at the 8th and Chestnut exit from the Market Frankford line. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Family-friendly SEPTA Key to roll out — but not until 2020

A new SEPTA Key feature that will make it less expensive for families to ride together is in the works.

6 years ago

Mark Rascati has been a Philadelphia resident for 3 years. He delivers for Instacart and frequently runs into problems with parking and recently had his car towed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Drivers from these gentrifying Philly neighborhoods get the most parking tickets

PPA data indicates that not all drivers are created equal: Residents from five gentrifying ZIP codes near Center City receive tickets at a higher rate than anyone else.

6 years ago

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(Photo courtesy of Lime)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Dockless e-bike share coming to Philly in 2019

One Philadelphia neighborhood will be selected for a pilot program that will bring a dockless bike share featuring electric bikes.

6 years ago

New Jersey Transit and Department of Transportation officials say the Atlantic City rail line will be reopened by May 12. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

NJ Transit resuming rail service to Atlantic City, Princeton

New Jersey Transit will resume service on its Atlantic City and Princeton "Dinky" lines on May 12, about two weeks earlier than it had anticipated.

6 years ago

SEPTA Key kiosk
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

SEPTA Key usable on all of Regional Rail starting May 1

Commuters in Zones 1 and 2 can load passes onto their SEPTA Key online or via phone starting April 20 and use the cards to ride starting in May.

6 years ago

In this file photo, State Sen. Anthony Williams announces his Philadelphia mayoral bid. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Anthony Williams opposes congestion pricing, pitches shuttle buses to cut gridlock

Mayoral candidate State Sen. Anthony Williams talked about his vision for transportation at a recent forum hosted by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.

6 years ago

Car driving through a flooded street. (FEMA)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Shore town considers jailing motorists generating large waves during flooding

Stone Harbor is the latest in a slew of Jersey Shore municipalities have either formally considered or adopted into law what is now known as "no wake ordinances."

6 years ago

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

Officials: Troubled Shore bridge to remain closed through ‘late summer’

The Townsends Inlet Bridge closed in Sept. 2018 to replace seven of 27 old steel spans. County officials last summer expected the span to reopen by Memorial Day weekend.

6 years ago

(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Slaying puts focus on ride-hailing safety, fake drivers

It's not just women who are at risk from fake ride-hailing drivers, he said. Men also have been robbed after getting into the wrong car.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Uber driver consults her phone during a shift. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly parking czar wants to know who’s driving your Uber, says Pa. audit doesn’t go far enough

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

6 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll hikes

A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit over Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases that are financing payments to help fund transit agencies.

6 years ago

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