Tag: streets

Residents Skeptical of Extra Trash Pick-up Day

May 30, 2025tul58290

By Olivia-Anne Eisner After the sanitation trucks rumble down South Philadelphia streets, they usually leave behind a trail of crushed water bottles, debris tattered cardboard boxes, paper products, empty ripped chip bags, broken plastic coffee

City Hall: Council Week In Review for Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2019

October 7, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Three committees of City Council approved legislation that will be heard at future general council sessions. Streets Services Committee The Streets Services Committee approved 19 bills to be heard at the next general session of

Streets: How the City Manages Potholes

July 5, 2019Brian Steinmetz

Wherever anyone drives in Philadelphia, potholes always seem to get brought up in conversation. Commuters hate them and, according to Robyn Briggs from PennDOT, the state of Pennsylvania has spent nearly $5 million repairing potholes

Plan Philly: South Kensington Residents Mixed on Spitting

April 23, 2013

Pedestrians need to focus while walking down a street—sometimes just to watch out for spit. South Kensington residents explained that spitting is common. Some said they found it gross, while other residents who do actually