I figure it's safe to say that any thread on this forum bearing the title of another city isn't really about that city so much as it is about the lessons we can take from said city. So the comment is spot on in my book. It's why I was talking about the trolley tunnels myself. Mind you, I'm not convinced transit would have been the magic bullet to stave off the seventies and eighties. I honestly feel like it was national policy that gutted us even more than local policy: highway investment, deregulation and the mergers that followed, and so on. But even if they hadn't kept us top five or even top ten they still would have been a good thing. We need more transit. And I like the way their trolley tunnels work. (Though I do also think their transit stations are proof positive that gates are useless. They're still urine spattered wastelands of debris and sadness. Just with gates. The trip was a nice reinforcement of the idea that the money would be [much] better spent on increased frequency and some transit police.)soulardx wrote: ↑Sep 08, 2023Yeah, yeah, not really about Philly but just wanted to make that comment.
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What to know about the Bellwether District, the giant complex now rising in South Philly
A really thorough write up of the cleanup and repurposing of the land that until 2019, housed a massive oil refinery in Southwest Philly (imagine if all of Lindenwood Park and St. Louis Hills was an oil refinery). This project fascinates me so I'll keep posting about this once a year or so.
A really thorough write up of the cleanup and repurposing of the land that until 2019, housed a massive oil refinery in Southwest Philly (imagine if all of Lindenwood Park and St. Louis Hills was an oil refinery). This project fascinates me so I'll keep posting about this once a year or so.
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^Seems pretty comparable in size to the Wood River refinery, if one needs a direct St. Louis comparison. (Can't quickly find good statistics, but very rough google map measurements suggest they're at least in the same ballpark. Each seems to be on the order of a couple miles wide.) Much more in town, though; about like dropping Wood River just north of Carondelet, or maybe on the Hill. Anyway . . . glad to se it getting redeveloped. Seems like they had a nasty explosion there, rather like the Praxair fire on steroids. Getting industrial sites like that cleaned up and reused is always a challenge. Glad to see it happening. 
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/ne ... -doomsday/
SEPTA to cut 45% of service amid $213 million budget deficit unless the state helps cover the deficit.
-21.5% fare increass
-5 Regional Rail lines cut
-50 bus lines cut
-66 train stations closed
-Metro, light rail, and street car service would end at 9 PM.
After administrative cuts and a hiring freeze, the agency cut the deficit from $240M to $213M. Last year, Governor Josh Shapiro moved $153M from the state's highway fund to fill the budget hole, but it's unclear if they will move money around to full the budget again.
The cuts would begin in August of this year and would fully go into effect in January of next year.
SEPTA to cut 45% of service amid $213 million budget deficit unless the state helps cover the deficit.
-21.5% fare increass
-5 Regional Rail lines cut
-50 bus lines cut
-66 train stations closed
-Metro, light rail, and street car service would end at 9 PM.
After administrative cuts and a hiring freeze, the agency cut the deficit from $240M to $213M. Last year, Governor Josh Shapiro moved $153M from the state's highway fund to fill the budget hole, but it's unclear if they will move money around to full the budget again.
The cuts would begin in August of this year and would fully go into effect in January of next year.
Auggie wrote: ↑Apr 11, 2025https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/ne ... -doomsday/
SEPTA to cut 45% of service amid $213 million budget deficit unless the state helps cover the deficit.
-21.5% fare increass
-5 Regional Rail lines cut
-50 bus lines cut
-66 train stations closed
-Metro, light rail, and street car service would end at 9 PM.
After administrative cuts and a hiring freeze, the agency cut the deficit from $240M to $213M. Last year, Governor Josh Shapiro moved $153M from the state's highway fund to fill the budget hole, but it's unclear if they will move money around to full the budget again.
The cuts would begin in August of this year and would fully go into effect in January of next year.
Holy crap...that is INTENSE.