Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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PennDOT Denies Several Personalized License Plate Applications Daily; Here Are Some of Them
PennDOT issues many vanity license plates annually, but it also rejects countless applications, from the puerile to the racist, according to a staff report from…
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Plans For Possible Eakins Oval Redesign Inches Forward
If the long-discussed plans to improve the Benjamin Franklin Parkway become a reality, tourists who are trying to see the Rocky statue may no longer…
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Downingtown Trestle Bridge to Undergo Redesign Amid Chester Valley Trail Expansion
Plans are underway to redesign Downingtown’s Trestle Bridge as part of long-term plans to extend the Chester Valley Trail, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia…
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Subway Line That Would End in Neshaminy Included in PennDOT’s New Proposals for Roosevelt Boulevard
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has submitted three new proposals that aim to make the Roosevelt Boulevard corridor safer including a subway line that would…
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With a Giant in Place, the Shoppes at Concord in Glen Mills Can be Built
Giant will be the anchor for the Shoppes at Concord, a planned 155,000 square-foot shopping center in Glen Mills, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia…
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Waymo Plans Philadelphia for Self-Driving Taxi Expansion
Waymo is planning to expand in Philadelphia, bringing the city its first fleet of self-driving taxis, writes Mike D’Onofrio for AXIOS Philadelphia. Waymo announced that…
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SEPTA Requests Up to $394M Bailout to Address Funding Gap That Caused Drastic Service Cuts
SEPTA has requested a bailout of up to $394 million last week to address a funding gap that resulted in drastic service cuts, writes Sri…
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Cobbs Creek Intersection Where Cyclist Was Recently Killed Set for Safety Upgrades
A West Philadelphia intersection where a cyclist was struck and killed by a turning truck in May is set to receive a series of safety…
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Two Bucks County Airports Receive Over $2 Million in Funds for Improvement Projects
Two Bucks County airports have been awarded more than $2 million in state grants for facility improvements, infrastructure preservation, and development projects, writes Jeff Werner…
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Shapiro Approves One-Time Funding to Avert SEPTA Fare Hike and Service Cuts
Gov. Josh Shapiro has approved $153 million in one-time federal funding for SEPTA, preventing a planned fare increase and service cuts set to take effect…
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Subsidizing State Public Transit, and Drivers Are Ones Paying For It
The tolls drivers pay to Pennsylvania Turnpike are also repaying the loans of the state’s past spending on public transportation and state highways and bridges…
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I-95 Repairs Are Now Complete and the Highway is Fully Accessible to the Public
Less than a year after a fiery tanker truck crash caused part of I-95 to collapse, the busy North Philadelphia interstate has been fully repaired…
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Historic Cox House in Kennett Square Which Was Once Part of Underground Railroad Relocated
Longwood Gardens has successfully moved the Cox House, a historic home that once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Longwood Gardens made the…
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Circuit Trails Network Nears 50 Percent Completion, Secures $41.7 Million in Funding for Trail Projects in 2023
The Circuit Trails Coalition is marking 2023 as a successful year of trail progress for the Circuit Trails network. With eight miles added this year,…
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New York Developer Proposes Massive Warehouse Complex at Former Philadelphia Inquirer Printing Plant
DH Property Holdings, a New York developer, last week submitted plans to build a 746,240-square-foot warehouse complex at the site of the former Philadelphia Inquirer…






























