The Week in Parking
Philly is planning a parking spot alert app
Plus the week in parking tweets
A parking spot app will only help so much...
Billy Penn IllustrationWhat’s Philly doing with its Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant? Trying to make parking suck less.
Actually, the city has a bunch of ideas in the works, including making property data more accessible, affordable housing and things like smart street lighting in non-Center City neighborhoods.
But yes, also parking. As Curbed explained in this recap of the city’s Smart City roadmap workshop, one way Philly can leverage technology is through an app that alerts you to nearby open parking spaces. The really cool thing about this? The city already has plenty of surveillance camera infrastructure to kickstart a project like this.
Parking posts of the week
A duck boot on wheels at Temple
“Dear Parking Ticket People, you are killing me”
#PhillyDelivers?
Parking > coffee
Parking > good roads
Parking > work
Parking > fire safety
Well, yeah
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There’s no such thing as free parking
But there is such a thing as revenge parking
Bike rodeo and lots of dessert at second annual charity ride for safer streets
The ProfiteROLL is held in honor of pastry chef Emily Fredricks, killed on her bicycle in 2017.
New Philly institute will push insurance companies to recognize that ‘food is medicine’
MANNA is hoping more research will convince the medical-industrial complex to cover meal plans.
‘Blessed’: Council candidates react to make-or-break ballot positions
In Philadelphia, your luck pulling a bingo ball out of a coffee can can determine your political fate.
Why did a shuttered Germantown school sell for a fraction of its value?
Neighbors haven't heard a peep from the developer since he bought the building.
Dear Milwaukee, from Philly: What to expect when the DNC comes to town
Consider yourself warned.
Where Mike Scott’s courtside sip ranks among Philly’s most audacious stunts
The Sixers forward took a drink right out of a fan's cup.
When the city shuts down its winter beds, there’s not enough housing to go around
300 homeless Philadelphians might be back on the street this month.
What Philly needs to know about Real ID
The cost, requirements and timing for PA's new driver's licenses.
Primo’s Italian hoagie potato chips taste like your favorite lunchtime memory
The classic Philly sandwich is now a snackfood.
Where’d ‘Quizzo’ come from? How Philly invented a unique name for trivia night
Turns out the original version had only one Z.
Kill the soda tax? Council candidates are sweet on repeal
The majority of Democratic challengers surveyed say they'd seek other ways to fund pre-K.
Pi Day special: Watch a Chestnut Hill sixth-grader recite 191 digits from memory
The school's all-time record-holder got up to a whopping 635.
Fans remember favorite shows at the Trocadero, closing for good
The Chinatown concert hall has been hosting performers for nearly 150 years.
After $2 million scare, Kensington’s Last Stop recovery center is going legit
The 18-year-old operation is forming its first board of directors.
Why this is a critical week for aspiring Philly politicians
Candidates for mayor and City Council have seven days to kick each other off the ballot.
Why Chinese tourists swarmed a pig sculpture in Reading Terminal Market
Philadelphia is one of the first verified WeChat destinations in the country.
What we know about the West Philly police shooting of an Ethiopian immigrant
The DA's office has launched an investigation into the shooting of 25-year-old Kelab Belay.
Protected bike lane coming to 22nd Street in Center City
There's a meeting to gather feedback next week.
$36,000 in a week: How local news partnered to fight hunger and poverty in Philly
Philadelphia's food economy is booming, yet one in five people don't have enough to eat. Can the Full City Challenge help?
Where will Safehouse open a supervised injection site? Study tags potential locations
The nonprofit says a 2019 launch remains the plan.