🚋 SEPTA UPDATES
We are now only two months away from the first of SEPTA's planned cuts this summer.
Fortunately, a transit funding bill passed the PA House last week. While historically the PA Senate has been the bottleneck for transit legislation, this is an encouraging step in the right direction.
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🚋 SEPTA UPDATES
We are now only two months away from the first of SEPTA's planned cuts this summer.
Fortunately, a transit funding bill passed the PA House last week. While historically the PA Senate has been the bottleneck for transit legislation, this is an encouraging step in the right direction.
Senator Joe Picozzi, a pro-transit Republican state senator representing NE Philly, is collecting feedback on how Philadelphians think SEPTA should be improved.
🏗️ EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS
As much as we love affordable housing, it can't meet all of our housing needs on its own.
In an op-ed for the Philadelphia Citizen, Jon Geeting makes the case for embracing all the new homes we can get, including market-rate homes.
🌈 LAST SUNDAY FOR GAYBORHOOD OPEN STREETS
This past month, Sansom and 13th Streets in the Gayborhood have been car-free on June Sundays, and there's only one more Sunday left!
If you haven't been yet, check it out this Sunday, June 29th from 11am to 5pm!
🚨 ACTION ITEMS
Erie Ave Bus Lane Survey
SEPTA is studying two ideas for bus lanes on Erie Ave. Respond to their survey to give them your feedback.
🚫 Grays Ferry Is Not a Parking Lot
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would require a separate shuttle service. Sign our petition telling CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
🛣️ Stop I-95 Expansion
PennDOT is planning to expand I-95 in Center City and South Philly by adding lanes and new ramps. This will threaten the well-being of our neighborhoods by worsening air quality, increasing noise pollution, harming our access to the waterfront, and destroying sports facilities. To make matters worse, PennDOT has been deceitful about its engagement efforts.
Join us in telling PennDOT that highway expansion has no place in the core of Philadelphia by signing our petition.
EVENTS
Beyond the Boot: Parking, Trust, and What Moves a City
Jun 24, 4:00 PM | Virtual via Zoom
As part of a webinar series, Drexel is hosting PPA Director Richard Lazer for a conversation about how infrastructure, labor, and public safety intersect in daily city life and how the PPA is reinventing itself to rebuild trust and improve quality of life.
WHAT WE'RE READING
🏙️ HOUSING & LAND USE
🌳 PUBLIC SPACE
🚌 TRANSIT
🚴 MOBILITY
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Amtrak /
10,000 Friends of PA
Friends of Wissahickon / Capital Projects Coordinator
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation /
World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia / President
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