It’s coming up on Halloween. The air is finally getting colder, the days are shorter, and a mix of fallen leaves and election flyers start clogging the storm drains. As we stand on the point of transition into the dark half of the year, a ghost story — or a fairy tale, depending on your point …
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Looking back, looking ahead: New Year’s roundup 2015
In the last night of the year, five things we’ll remember from 2014: The year of citizen action. I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting much when Conrad Benner launched a change.org petition to get SEPTA to run the subways overnight. But it worked, and now another petition has sparked progress on a second front, in …
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The Blog is Back! What happened while we were gone?
Oh, yes, right. Some technical problems related to a self-destructing laptop took down posting access to the blog, but they’re fixed now, and hopefully will never return. (Also: SHINY new laptop.) I hope I was able to keep those of you who follow me on Twitter informed, or at least amused in the interim. And …
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It’s been a very busy few weeks in Greater Philadelphia transportation news. The 24 hour Regional Rail strike. The continuing saga of Delaware’s I-495 bridge. The reintroduction of overnight weekend service on the El and Subway, which despite the lack of staffing at most stations, has so far been a smashing success. PATCO’s travails with …
Can’t be arsed
There’s been some discussion lately on ditching the phrase “Delaware Valley” in favor of some variant of “Greater Philadelphia”. The reason given is that “Delaware Valley” allows (suburban) Philadelphians to dissociate themselves from Philadelphia. I admire where the sentiment is coming from, but for now, I can’t see the language choice as important enough to …
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I grew up in the Cincinnati suburbs. I first moved to the Philadelphia area in 2000 to attend Swarthmore College, and I immediately fell in love with this city. I’ve lived nine of the last twelve years in Swarthmore, University City, Roxborough, and Point Breeze/Newbold, and have accumulated some opinions in that time as a …
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