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Transportation

A SEPTA bus travels west on Walnut Street.
Urban Planning

SEPTA gets bold with new transit map

New transit maps coming to 100 stations

6 years ago

Philadelphia's City Hall Tower (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

City Council cheat sheet: What Philly’s legislators wanted to do and how it actually worked out

Bay windows, curb cuts, community benefits, zoning, L&I inspectors. Lots of issues were tossed around. The session wasn’t soda-tax dramatic, but still…

6 years ago

A pedestrian threads his way through snarled traffic at Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Report: Congestion costs Philly $152 million a year

SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.

7 years ago

A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Politics & Policy

After N.J. woman’s murder, state tightens rules on rideshare drivers

Rideshare drivers in New Jersey will have to display more identifiers on their vehicles under a new state law named for a woman who was recently killed.

7 years ago

CEO Kevin Thompson and COO Naim Statham present their fleet of close to a hundred Verve E-scooters, stored at a former hamburger take-out restaurant located at the corner of Roosevelt Blvd and F Street, on June 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S

Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.

7 years ago

Listen 2:05
Westville residents (from right) Amberly Lynn, Jay Gray and Lamar Majette, wade through flood waters on Broadway. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Severe weather spurs flooding, disrupts rail service in Pa., N.J.

The flooding forced the closures of several roads. PATCO service between Philadelphia and New Jersey was also suspended due to storm damage.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

NPR’s Frank Langfitt on “The Shanghai Free Taxi” and Brexit

The former Shanghai correspondent discusses his new book, "The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China."

Air Date: June 19, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
The city plans to distribute only two licenses and each business will be limited to 1,200 bikes. (Joe Mabel/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia to see dockless bike rentals as soon as this fall

Philly is looking for businesses with a track record of running dockless bike-share programs and making sure the bikes don’t end up strewn all over the city.

7 years ago

A photo demonstrates safety features in a Volvo XC40. Many new cars have optional features that can help prevent accidents. But those same features can also make repairs more expensive, boosting car insurance premiums. (Volvo Car Group)
NPR
Money

Why safer cars don’t lead to cheaper car insurance … yet

Many new cars have optional features that can help prevent accidents. But those same features also make repairs more expensive.

7 years ago

A customer holds up a SEPTA Key card.
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

SEPTA nods to customer feedback, reduces Key Card minimum load to $1

SEPTA riders no longer need $5 to add a boost to their Key Card travel wallet.The minimum farecard load has been reduced to $1.

7 years ago

Side View Of Young Woman Using Mobile Phone While Driving Car
Health

How to keep teen drivers’ eyes on the road, and their fingers off the keyboard

Getting the message through is important: A high proportion of teen car crashes involve distracted driving. So a “multi-pronged” strategy is underway.

7 years ago

Listen 4:28
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.

7 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.

7 years ago

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he expects Uber and Lyft will be easing off their price-slashing battle soon. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Money

Uber lost $1 billion in 1st quarter, hopes profit-slashing price cuts ease up soon

Around the world, competition in ride-hailing is driving down prices and contributing to Uber's losses.

7 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. 

7 years ago

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