The Roosevelt Boulevard subway and the need for ambitious public transit leadership | Editorial
A Roosevelt Boulevard subway would serve up to 124,500 daily riders, divert more than 80,000 daily car trips, and cut the transit travel...
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Lawmakers appeal ruling on legality of impeaching Philly DA
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delaina61
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delaina61
- Jan 11
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Kenyatta, Solomon, Street to introduce legislation making 2024 presidential primary in Pa. earlier
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delaina61
- Dec 9, 2022
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delaina61
- Dec 1, 2022
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Solomon presents check to the Tree Authority, LLC
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delaina61
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table
The momentum to finally build the Roosevelt Boulevard subway continues as residents from Northeast Philadelphia and across the city met...
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delaina61
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Absolutely Hold Larry Krasner Accountable, But Not by Impeaching Him
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delaina61
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
PennDOT commits to studying possibility of Roosevelt Boulevard subway
A representative for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said this weekend that the agency will study potential options for...
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delaina61
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Roosevelt Boulevard subway would change my life
As a 17-year-old high school student in Langhorne, getting to the places I need to be is always at the top of my mind. Living in Bucks...
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delaina61
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Subway line proposed for North Philly's Roosevelt Blvd gains new life
A new effort is afoot to revive a long-debated proposal to run a subway line along Northeast Philly's Roosevelt Boulevard. Why it...
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delaina61
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
A Roosevelt Boulevard subway got an airing in a public meeting. The idea seems to have momentum.
Northeast Philadelphians have heard about the Roosevelt Boulevard subway for so long it’s become a kind of dog-eared civic myth. It’ll...
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delaina61
- Aug 16, 2022
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Moving to open primaries in Pa. vetted by House committee
Pennsylvania has roughly 1.3 million voters who are registered neither as Democrats or Republicans and unlike in 41 other states, they...
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delaina61
- Aug 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Roosevelt Boulevard subway could finally happen after a century of false starts
Donna Fitzpatrick first heard about it when she was a teenager. The mythical idea would resurface in conversations with her Somerton...
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delaina61
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Solomon introduces legislation for veterans and individuals with disabilities
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delaina61
- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
The longed-for Roosevelt Boulevard subway is drawing new interest. Could it happen?
Philadelphia’s idea to build a Roosevelt Boulevard subway has lived on paper since 1913. The notion refuses to die after 109 years, even...
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delaina61
- Jul 21, 2022
- 6 min
HOPE FOR HOUSING ACCESS
America is in the grips of a nationwide housing shortage that totals about 3.8 million housing units. Last week, the New York Times...
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