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Open Streets is expanding into Midtown Village! Mark your calendars to join us for four Sundays from June 8 to June 29, where you can shop, dine, and stroll through one of Center City's vibrant neighborhoods.

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Household waste placed outside Big Belly trash receptacles.

New Big Bellies, old problems. Containerization is the solution.

Can’t think of a worse bottleneck than the south City Hall apron.

The crosswalk is massive, but the size of the ramp + the chained bollards cause a mess.

Urbanists by where they live - Philadelphia

*Sees one crane* “what a massive development boom!”

“They haven’t used these tracks in 40 years but they should stay so I can dream of them replacing my bus with a slower trolley.”

An image showing the various properties Philadelphia's Parking Authority owns on Market East.

One of the things that goes under discussed in Market East's struggles is the incredible amount of money and space spent to subsidize parking in the area, and how little it has helped.

The PPA maintains property on Market East collectively valued at ~$216.6 million.

center city - residents' association This Week January 9, 2025

"YES" TO STOPPING (TEMPORARILY) IN SPRUCE/PINE BIKE LANES You will recall that in early November, CCRA created a Spruce/Pine Bike Lanes Task Force. It was created in reaction to a presentation made to CCRA by the City's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS) regarding contemplated changes to Spruce/Pine; the numerous responses to that presentation, overwhelmingly critical of the contemplated changes, particularly the proposal to prevent any stopping in those bike lanes; as well as the fact that, on Oct. 17, over the objections of numerous residents of CCRAville, City Council passed a bill that would prohibit any and all stopping in bike lanes across the City. The Task Force was charged with coming up with possible alternatives to OTIS' plan that would make Spruce/Pine safer for all users (cyclists, pedestrians, and motor vehicles), while perhaps acknowledging, at least to some extent, the historical practice of permitting temporary stopping in those bike lanes.

The Report and Recommendations of the Task Force was approved overwhelmingly by the CCRA Board on Nov. 12 and, shortly thereafter, forwarded to Council President Johnson (whose district covers the entirety of these bike lanes west of Broad street) and to OTIS. Read the full Report here. Among the several recommendations was the following: With clear and conspicuous signage, permit temporary stopping in bike lanes, but reduce the maximum time limit from 20 minutes to 10 minutes, and limit the availability of such temporary stopping to passenger vehicles.

CCRA President Leo Levinson, Gov't. Relations Co-Chair Gina Shapiro and Task Force Co-Chair Jeff Braff met with Johnson's Chief of Staff and his Senior Legislative Counsel on Jan. 7 to discuss the Report, including a possible carve-out for the Spruce/Pine bike lanes from the citywide no-stopping-in-bike -lanes legislation. The CCRA team is pleased to report that they were assured that the Parking Authority would not be issuing tickets to any passenger vehicle temporarily stopped in the bike lanes for the purpose of loading or unloading, provided that the vehicle was attended by the driver. They were also told that Johnson would consider signage to memorialize this exception to the No Stopping law, as well as CCRA's other recommendations (i.e., speed cushions, raised pedestrian crosswalks, and delineator posts). Obviously, this is only a partial victory. We will continue to push to make Spruce/Pine safer for all users.

How many deaths does it take to dedicate one lane for people to travel safely by bike?

This was in today’s Center City Residents’ Association newsletter:
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S. Philly sports arena neighborhood with vast surface parking lots

South Philly sports arenas if you replaced the surface parking with the surrounding neighborhood:

South Philly sports arenas if you replaced the surface parking with the surrounding neighborhood:

The City of Philadelphia developing state capacity to proactively police window repairs in ritzy neighborhoods while struggling to provide basic municipal services like decent library hours, a full sidewalk network, or public safety reflects a broken political system at the local level.