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Illegally parked cars encroaching on the crosswalks would fall under PPA for ticketing. Try reporting via 311.

As for planters or other infrastructure, try reaching out to the Fairmont Park Conservancy. Not sure if that part of the city also has any business improvement districts, but that may be a good place to start too. If you don't hear anything back from the above entities, try reaching out to Feet First Philly as they may have some resources to point you to. Once you make these initial contacts and have some correspondence going, then you may want to loop in your councilperson.

Hope this helps!

Yeah. It may run on a weird gauge (PA Trolley Gauge) but it's still heavy rail.

Yeah, I think this falls under the SEPTA Key 2.0 program. There was a prototype of a new turnstile in the lobby of 1234 Market last summer, idk if it's still there.

Edit: Here's a picture of it

Though I agree city council and OTIS and the Streets Department can all be doing better with regards to upgrading and improving public transit, this op-ed never really gets to a point. It focuses heavily on Bus Revolution and some forthcoming city council hearings where SEPTA will present its findings and proposed route changes. Nothing will get torpedoed at these hearings, as city council has very little say in how many busses SEPTA throws at any given line and where routing goes.

Where city council and the rest of the administration does need to step up is traffic enforcement. The traffic officer unit approved by ballot referendum in 2019 is still not operational (although I think these positions are finally posted requisitions on the city's website). And although it didn't directly impact SEPTA operations, the whole kerfuffle over Washington Ave did ultimately remove dedicated bus stop platforms, which doesn't bode well for future infrastructure improvements for any sort of transport within city limits.

Campus Apartments usually helps match people looking for short term leases with tenants looking to sublet during the summer months.

The good news is the Park at Penn's Landing is still moving forward. PennDOT has been soliciting bids for all of the infrastructure work related to the I-95 cap and adjacent bridge structures. Also, DRWC is the project owner for the park, not the City, so there's more likihood the project will keep moving forward, versus the City just sitting on it.

I've seen one ad at a bus shelter in University City, but that's it.

Seconding this. It's certainly not MLB licensed merch, but it's decent enough for a casual Phillies fan that found themselves without any Phillies gear at the start of the series. The prices are a little steep but I was grateful for the convenience.