Civic Grit @civic_grit
Urbanist and Philadelphia fan. Philadelphia Joined January 2024-
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Here in Philly the South St. bridge carries significantly less car traffic, is wider, and carries comparable bike traffic (1k+ daily). But in Philly city and state leaders have installed no bike lane protection and have allowed the existing paint to fade away in spots.
Here in Philly the South St. bridge carries significantly less car traffic, is wider, and carries comparable bike traffic (1k+ daily). But in Philly city and state leaders have installed no bike lane protection and have allowed the existing paint to fade away in spots. https://t.co/LDnwFrRtm7
Philadelphia's city gov. made one small tweak to their 'Vision Zero' website shortly after the new mayor's term began. Can you spot what it is?
“Bike lane is good for business.” 💯 Thank you to Wild Colonial Tavern for pointing out the economic benefits of having infrastructure designed for people and businesses to thrive!
A minute-ish vignette in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse. The pianist was trying to accompany the juggler's actions, but someone else stole the show ...
"philly has so much going on and is so walkable... when our daughter was in school here we fell in love... and when we were looking for somewhere to retire to [from Asbury NJ by way of NYC] Philly was the obvious and only choice"
Let's prioritize safety over convenience! Blocking sidewalks endangers pedestrians, especially those with mobility difficulties. 🚸⚠️ bit.ly/3UgvyCN
@septaistrash @NickBreadly @timmmccloskey That is not true. Here is a historic 1889 Inquirer article about how everyone would flock to Fairmount Park and Kelly Drive on nice days. "Poor people can't go to the seashore and they go to the Park for five cents" That's about $1.70 today.
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@civic_grit This is entirely the fault of City Council and Mayor Kenney, btw, and the fact that people aren't mad about this and shaming CMs publicly for this humanitarian failure is bad. We need to hold elected officials accountable.
@civic_grit The Philly health dept will shut down events for being too loud but I’ve never heard a peep from them about intentionally loud cars inquirer.com/life/outdoor-p…
America really perfected the large-size family home and then made building it illegal
England really perfected the medium-sized family home and then made building it illegal
@civic_grit People from my neighborhood have been complaining to Police and Council for years about deliberately loud motorcycles, muscle cars, and ATVs racing through Eakins Oval. Very little has been done. It's considered a "quality of life" issue, hence unimportant.
@civic_grit I lived in Philly September 2021 through last July. I was on the SRT about three days a week on average and don’t think it was enough. I miss that spot so much.
Nobody ever buys a car and stops riding transit because the transit fare is too high, because that's an obviously more expensive way to get around! People shift to cars because transit service is so frequently inconvenient (or after cuts, non-existing).
This is a single stair building everyone!!!
As an Angeleno/Californian, the scale of new development in Montpellier (pop. ~300,000) is incredible. It’s the fastest growing city in France, and at least a good percentage of that growth is happening at higher densities. This is the Higher Roch Tower, Brenac & Gonzalez, 2022.
United States: 🤔how can we stop drivers from going straight in a turn only lane?? Everywhere Else: Cement.
A real highlight of my river walks when I lived in Philly:
2. This is the crowd watching the dog park at Schuylkill Park. Other cities take note: if you build an elevated trail near a dog park people will come just to watch dogs.
This image has THREE amazing things: 1) a gorgeous, innovative, single stair apartment building. 2) a tram that goes right in front of it and is painted without blocking the windows and 3) the zoning and regulations that permit it. The US would NIMBY this out of existence.
As an Angeleno/Californian, the scale of new development in Montpellier (pop. ~300,000) is incredible. It’s the fastest growing city in France, and at least a good percentage of that growth is happening at higher densities. This is the Higher Roch Tower, Brenac & Gonzalez, 2022.
"As soon as the city removed the off-street parking requirements, 57 historic office buildings were converted into apartment buildings in the next eight years." — @DonaldShoup cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…
My neighbor has 5 cars I have been radicalized.
Residential parking permit prices should be based on the size of your car and exponential for each vehicle in your home.
These men are celebrating the groundbreaking of the Center City Commuter Connection, also known as "The Big Ditch." They expected that this would be the first of many infrastructure groundbreakings. Sadly, since the Big Ditch, no project of this magnitude has been built. That…
1/3 of the year in and things are looking up in Philadelphia, may end up under 300 homicides for the first time since 2016 (Kenney’s first year)- would be huge.
An urban renewal double whammy: the construction of the expressways and UIC's campus completely obliterated this section of Chicago's Near West Side in just a few short years. This shows 1906 Sanborn maps overlaid on modern aerial imagery. Note the former ROW of Blue Island Ave.
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