Atlantic City Expressway Call Boxes Going the Way of the Edsel
The call boxes that dot the Atlantic City Expressway are headed for the scrap heap, being replaced by signs with a phone number to call for help.
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The call boxes that dot the Atlantic City Expressway are headed for the scrap heap, being replaced by signs with a phone number to call for help.
The goal was to give teens and their parents a taste of distracted driving.
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Amtrak released its 30-year vision several weeks back and later today the Federal Railroad Administration will engage in some give-and-take over what it might mean here.
PennDOT plans to close a one-block section of Market Street in the area of 30th Street Station beginning tonight and through the weekend to install a waterproof barrier and resurface the road.
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