Philadelphia has a parking problem. At face value, we have a tremendous number of spots: 2,172,896 at the most recent count…
What a difference a dozen huge, ceramic planters can make. Midway through 2013, residents of West Philadelphia’s Cedar Park neighborhood noticed…
As Philly gets ready to host Democrats, the city is tidying up. On South Broad that means a mural and parking…
A handful of in-street parking spaces on South Street West have been converted to support bike and pedestrian amenities instead of…
With millions of dollars being invested along Market Street east of City Hall, and a high incidence of pedestrians being struck…
During a segment on Marty Moss-Coane’s Radio Times show in October about the Open Streets Philly campaign*, a woman called in…
The papal weekend was a real headache for a lot of Philadelphians. Street closures, truncated public transit services, and security fences…
The open streets of Center City thanks to the papal visit were a dream for the thousands of people who got…
Washington Avenue is going through a well-documented public identity crisis as it transitions from a hard neighborhood boundary lined with…
I count Philly’s wee streets as some of our most special public places, and the block of Camac Street between Walnut…
Community Contributor and Native Fishtowner Conrad Benner turns his gaze from photography and street art to pedestrian safety on Fishtown's stretch of…
Streets are shared spaces, but often they’re contested spaces too. Cyclists jockey with buses next to pedestrians tangoing with motorists. What…
More than 30% of Philadelphia's streets are overdue for resurfacing but the Streets Department simply doesn't have the paving budget to…