Found a guy to get a couplabeers with
01.03.2026 18:11
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Found a guy to get a couplabeers with
What sectors do #CenterCity apartment dwellers work in?
According to our survey:
🏥 32% in health care
📈 27% in business/finance
🏨 6% in hospitality/food
🔬 <5% in life sciences
For more info on Center City residents and our recent findings, read our recent report: https://bit.ly/3MAlZ1r
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Such a shame that the recent sanitation strike led to zero reconsideration of this policy, or the practice of doing door-to-door pickups in such a dense city. There is a cleaner, safer, cheaper, more environmentally friendly method waiting for you on your next Mediterranean vacation…
Back in session
SEPTA is going to specifically ask to use $400 million in capital money to keep operations going for 2 more years
They will also be appealing the legal rulings from this week
inquirer.com/transportati...
Always a good reminder that even the partial highway tolling regime Philly has is completely backwards: only some belt highways and bridges are tolled, while nearly all radial highways which directly contribute to CBD congestion are free!
They say all good things come in pairs 🦅🏆🏆
We loved Open Streets so much that we made a short film. youtu.be/N7Mjp758YyU
Big things on the agenda for introduction in Baltimore on Monday:
•Plex Reform
•Single-Stair Reform
•Parking Reform
Planners and city govts have done a really poor job thus far on recognizing delivery e-bike riders as a legitimate mode and part of the transportation calculus. If we really want to improve "community engagement" this is the first community I would want to engage!
Fake license plate that’s spelled PENSILVANIA
if you’re gonna put fake plates on your car you gotta at least spell the name of the state correctly
There are three kinds of people:
People who think suffering is okay as long as it's borne by the right people;
People who think suffering is okay because they had to suffer;
People who think suffering isn't okay.
Be in the last category.
Sick of traffic during your morning commute?
Then I have some bad news: if SEPTA's service cuts go into effect, there will be 275,000 more cars on the road every day.
We generate 41% of PA's economic activity on 5% of its land. This isn't possible without SEPTA.
www.inquirer.com/transportati...
Didn’t Ben Franklin say that those willing to trade safety for parking deserve neither safety nor parking?
go birds
CM Squilla 3 Bills (CP behalf)
B: Repealing bill 240972
B: Repealing bill 240971
B: Repealing bill following ordinances - 240966, 240967, 240968, 240969, 240970, 240963, 240973.
Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.
CM Lozada - nothing today
CM Young - 1 Bill 2 PRs
B: Amending 9-800 Landlord and Tenant to place limits on late fees that can be charged to residential tenants
R: Honoring and congratulating Jalen Hurts for being named Super Bowl MVP
R: Auth Transp Committee to hold hearings to investigate potential locations for new intercity bus terminals in Philadelphia
Council President Johnson quips, "Can someone do a health and welfare check on our Councilmember Harrity?"
They’re gonna convert the building to residential
Many thanks to @5thsq.org for bestowing upon me the 2024 Urbanist Public Servant of the Year Award, grateful for the recognition and excited for what 2025 will bring
Plenty of Philadelphians have followed that principle and taken direct action with a DIY methodology called “tactical urbanism” to fill in gaps where the city’s resources or infrastructure falls short. …“If the city isn’t doing it, we will.”
Thanks for covering this @billy-penn.bsky.social
Jawad Pullin standing behind a podium in council chambers
🏛️ Public Servant of the Year:
Jawad Pullin, Legislative Director, Office of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr. @jawadpullin.bsky.social
In his short time working in City Hall, he’s made a huge impact behind the scenes supporting Open Streets, SEPTA Funding, Speed Cameras, and Bicycle Safety.
PRESENTING THE WINNERS OF OUR 2024 URBANIST AWARDS! Urbanist Lifetime Achievement Award - Dena Driscoll ≥ Urbanist Changemaker of the Year - Jessie Amadio, Co-Founder & Vice Chair, Philly Bike Action Public Servant of the Year - Jawad Pullin, Legislative Director, Office of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr. do Neighborhood RCO Champion - Jonas Maciunas, Garden Court Community Association & 48th Street Greenway Me Best Development of the Year - Meantime / ISA Architects Urbanist Media Champion - Jake Blumgart, Reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer
We will be honoring (among many others)
@denadriscoll.bsky.social
@bikeaction.org
@jawadpullin.bsky.social
@jblumgart.bsky.social
Mayor Adams is a clown but City of Yes is a great slogan ngl
public housing; relaxing of historic district restrictions; redeveloping strip malls into town centers; 5-10y tax abatements for affordable + market rate housing; and elimination of mandatory parking minimums, and redevelopment of parking lots with dense housing.
Anything else?