Philadelphia
Vision Zero Momentum Builds From Philly to Portland
This Friday, more than 200 movement leaders for safe transportation will gather in New York City for a symposium on Vision Zero -- how New York and Sweden did it, and how their city can too. New York’s leadership on the issue has been inspiring: If you can make it (to zero) there, you’ll make it (to zero) anywhere.
November 10, 2014
Change Coming to Famous Philly “Sneckdown” Street, But Is It Enough?
Do you remember this image? Jon Geeting at This Old City used this touched-up photo, taken after a huge snowfall in Philadelphia, to illustrate how lots of asphalt at this intersection could be repurposed to make it more pedestrian-friendly. His post was a viral event in the great "sneckdown" mania this winter, which called attention to how leftover snow patterns can help envision safer street designs.
September 18, 2014
Four Mayors on Why They’re Building Out Their Cities’ Bike Networks
A growing number of mayors want to make big strides on bike policy, and they need smart advocates to help them do it.
September 9, 2014
Jury Awards “Precedent-Setting” $2.4 Million to Doored Cyclist
In a decision that local advocates say delivers a “strong message” to drivers, a Philadelphia jury awarded a cyclist $2.4 million in damages earlier this month for injuries she sustained in a 2011 collision.
June 18, 2014
Is Philly’s 24-Hour Subway Service the Wave of the Future?
This weekend, Philadelphia ran subways all night on two of its lines for the first time in 23 years, and ridership jumped. The city normally runs a night-owl bus that mirrors the subway between midnight and 5 a.m., but the early Sunday morning subway ridership this weekend was 35 percent higher than the average for the bus.
June 18, 2014
Why the Senate Transportation Bill Will Devastate Transit
Transit officials lined up today to make clear that holding transit spending at current levels -- as the Senate’s transportation authorization bill does -- will put transit systems at risk of falling further into dangerous disrepair.
May 22, 2014
Homes in Suburban Philadelphia Are Worth More If They’re Close to Transit
Living near a SEPTA station can add as much as $37,300 in value to your suburban Philadelphia home.
October 10, 2013
Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Philly [Updated]
Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown, continues today with two formidable contenders.
March 22, 2013
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities for the Better
If it can work on Edgewater Drive in Orlando, it can work anywhere.
January 23, 2013
Philly Bike Win: Complete Streets Bill Sails Through City Council Committee
Big congrats to the Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition, which had a “pretty cool success” Thursday, in the words of Policy Director Sarah Clark Stuart. The entire Streets and Services Committee of the City Council voted to approve a complete streets bill, advancing what could be one of the strongest municipal complete streets policies in the nation.
November 19, 2012