Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Pennsylvania

Sidewalk granite curb cut for wheelchair ramp in Philadelphia. Photo: Nickphilly, CC

Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?

By Kea Wilson | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Philadelphia is the latest U.S. city to agree to make its sidewalks accessible to people who use assistive devices — though the win would be more significant if people with mobility challenges weren't so often forced to sue to get basic access to the places where they live.

Why Some Pittsburghers Want To Scrap Their Famous MaaS Pilot

By Kea Wilson | Oct 26, 2022 | No Comments

A coalition of disability rights groups is calling on their city to cancel an headline-grabbing transportation pilot that they say will only make streets worse for people with mobility challenges — and build a better one with their needs at the center.

Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’

By James Horrox, Bryn Huxley-Reicher and Matthew Casale | Sep 16, 2022 | No Comments

A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.

What If All Your Shared Transportation Trips Were Free For A Year?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

An innovative new pilot will give Pittsburgh residents free rides on all the shared transportation networks their city has to offer — and, possibly for the first time in the history of "universal basic mobility" pilots, they'll be able to access them all on a single platform.

If this subway had been built, Philadelphia would be a better place.

FOCUS ON PENNSYLVANIA: First, Build Philly's Roosevelt Blvd. Line Now!

By Jay Arzu | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

In this two part focus on issues related to the Keystone State, we look (here) at efforts to build a long-proposed subway line to Northeast Philadelphia and (below) efforts to make Harrisburg's State Street safer for all users.

State Street in Harrisburg is unsafe. Just look at it. But the mayor wants to make sure drivers are happy with any redesign.

...And Let's Make Harrisburg's State Street Safer

By Brandon Basom | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

In our second Pennsylvania piece today, we look at how the new mayor of Harrisburg has stalled an effort to redesign one of the most dangerous streets in the state amid — you guessed it — complaints about lost parking spaces.

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