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Leslie Richards (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

PennDOT Secretary Leslie Richards to lead SEPTA

It’s official: PennDOT secretary Leslie Richards will be the new general manager of SEPTA starting January 2020.

6 years ago

New Jersey officials are seeking to dredge nine navigation channels in the Barnegat Bay. (Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps)
Down the Shore
Community

Dredging of ‘critical shoals’ in N.J. Intracoastal Waterway to begin

The dredging of dangerous areas within New Jersey's Intracoastal Waterway is set to begin, federal officials announced. 

6 years ago

(Courtesy of PATCO)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

PATCO overlooked Chinatown in plans to reopen Franklin Square Station

A Chinatown resident opposes PATCO’s plan to reopen Franklin Square Station because of threats to green space and other possible impacts.

6 years ago

An artist's rendering of the BAT lanes planned for Roosevelt Boulevard. (City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly to test a bus-forward traffic hack on deadly Roosevelt Boulevard

A traffic design hack is coming to Roosevelt Boulevard. City officials say the new “BAT” lanes will speed up transit commutes.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of PATCO)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

PATCO gets $12.6M federal grant to reopen abandoned Franklin Square Station

PATCO received a $12.6 million federal grant to reopen an abandoned station beneath Franklin Square. It was last open in 1979.

6 years ago

School buses are seen in a file photo.
Education

Pennsylvania schools struggling with bus driver shortage

A decline in the number of licensed school bus drivers statewide has some districts scrambling to get students to and from school.

6 years ago

A subway car sits at a platform at the 8th Street station
Community
Billy Penn

While NYC cracks down on fare evasion, Philly’s decrim is working well

Since SEPTA implemented its new system, just 13 people got the harshest penalty — and still avoided jail.

6 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

Gas prices rise at the Jersey Shore

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.59 in New Jersey last week, up two cents from the previous week.

6 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

What a blue wave could mean for SEPTA’s board

Three of the five counties served by SEPTA have flipped red to blue, and the board that governs the authority is likely to flip right along with it.

6 years ago

Ingrams Thorofare Bridge (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Major overhaul set to begin on Shore bridge linking to barrier island

Construction will soon get underway on a key bridge that links mainland Cape May County to a barrier island. 

6 years ago

SEPTA buses are given a few seconds ahead of regular traffic to turn, denoted by a vertical white line, at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The 3-second rule: Philly is giving Center City buses a teeny jump start

Skipping people in line is rude, but for SEPTA it may be a way to improve bus service.

6 years ago

Organizers, active in the suburban cycling community, discuss their grassroots projects during a panel at the Philly Bike Expo on Saturday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Lifestyle

At Philly Bike Expo, a look at how women led the biking movement in the suburbs

When the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia was organizing a suburban bike advocacy panel, it was made clear that most of the efforts were made by women.

6 years ago

(Facebook/Schuylkill Banks)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Bike from NYC to Philly and help create a ‘greenway’ along the East Coast

Registration for the two-day trip is now open.

6 years ago

Larry Spector, president of the Society Hill Civic Association, hops off his bike at 5th and Pine streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Not in my traffic lane: How Society Hill kept out safer bikeways

Society Hill Civic Association blocked installation of barrier posts designed to protect people in bike lanes. Neighbors want the veto to be reconsidered.

6 years ago

SEPTA Regional Rail (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

16-year-old Strath Haven track star killed on SEPTA tracks ruled a suicide

The teen, Hallie Jackson, was hit by a train going toward Philadelphia on SEPTA’s Media/Elwyn Line near the Swarthmore Station.

6 years ago

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