Traffic Alert: Ben Franklin Bridge Closed For 10K Run
If you're traveling between Philadelphia and South Jersey this morning, be aware: The Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. in both directions.
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If you're traveling between Philadelphia and South Jersey this morning, be aware: The Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. in both directions.
SEPTA and TWU Local 234 negotiators have finished talking for the day, and will resume tomorrow, in efforts to head off a possible strike that would idle 5,000 workers on the city, suburban and frontier divisions, leaving nearly a million riders looking for another way to get where they are going.
PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch in from Harrisburg for the announcement of $2.5 million to support transportation, commercial development community opportunities at at around 30th Street Station.
Temple University, for example, has issued a directive to students, faculty, and staff that indefinitely bans school-sponsored travel to three West African nations.
Monkey Parking is a free iOS app that lets people announce where they are parked, and then take bids on who wants rights to park in that space next.
Southampton Road is now open to traffic in both directions.
The $4.1-million project is designed to extend the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, in Lower Merion, to the Schuylkill River Trail network in Philadelphia, via the Manayunk Bridge.
Visitor spending in 2013 accounted for nearly $900 million in economic impact in the county, according to numbers recently released by "Visit Bucks County."
A decision on whether to strike could come as soon as Friday.
The Traffic Signal Improvement Project will be conducted in the northeast quadrant of center city, which runs from Callowhill Street south to Market, and from Broad Street east to Second.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority cracked down over the weekend, impouding six vehicles and fining the drivers $1,000 each.
SEPTA Riders are a little nervous after hearing the news about the potential for a strike.
Members of SEPTA's largest labor union – which represents subway, bus, and trolley operators – have voted to give its leadership the authorization to call a strike.
Those surveyed on the website sleepinginairports.net ranked Philadelphia International as the sixth-worst airport in North America -- but most travelers at PHL say they had a good travel experience.
The Trasnsport Workers Union Local 234 represents SEPTA bus drivers, subway and trolley operators. They've been working without a contract since March.
