
Posts tagged with Streets Department


Philly’s first raised bike lane with a concrete buffer is nearly complete

How to let goats eat your Christmas tree, or recycle it another way in Philly
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Open to the air and socially distant, e-scooters are trending — but they’re still illegal in PA

City recycling truck gets stuck in Port Richmond sinkhole

Philly recycling is a mess everywhere. Here’s how you can help.

A $2 million Vision Zero budget cut could imperil future Philly traffic safety projects

Trash collection more than doubled in some Philly neighborhoods during the pandemic

Part of Filbert Street is going car-free this summer. Should Chestnut be next?

50 pretty new trash cans land on Philly streets — to be emptied by neighborhood volunteers

Homeowners are on the hook to fix Philly’s ‘disintegrating’ sidewalks

Some neighborhoods get crime-fighting LED streetlights, but others must wait

Tickets for trashy sidewalks are up 300%. It hasn’t fixed Philly’s litter problem.

Philly wrote $100 million in tickets in the last decade. Half went unpaid.

Want to host a block party? After changes last year, Philly’s permit process has glitches
