I guess they're jumping right into these after all, huh gcaptain.com/hanwha-signa...

Allentown community asks Pittsburgh Regional Transit to restore regular rail service to neighborhood https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/70138/ Some Allentown residents are pushing Pittsburgh Regional Transit to restore regular light rail service to their neighborhood.  The…

Of course you gotta watch that major holiday themed film featuring the Grinch this time of year... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygSE... I'm sure this is the correct one...

A little more detail on SEPTA's plans with the emergency capital funding, specifically allocations, in the DVRPC Regional Technical Committee agenda coming up Also, it looks like El Dorado buses are coming back to SEPTA

I'm going to say what I think is an obvious thing, but will probably take rightful flak for because it's cliched if I say it: A Liberal media machine startup should be in Philadelphia or Baltimore, to be in cheap offices and away from the DC/NYC social/access pressures.

You know how one of the worries with carriers is that they're slow and half of them would get gutted by ballistic missiles instantly if we ever got into a shooting war with an actual power? What if we had another type to worry about that with!

DVRPC Public Participation Task Force saw a decent length presentation on the mobility strategy thus far for the long list of events that are set to take place in and around Philly next year, mostly focusing on the World Cup:

Hey, these look familiar

Maryland's slow fix on the Key Bridge has driven European shippers away, to the growing Port of Philadelphia, which has passed Baltimore as a container port, and is adding space under @HoltLogistics. My story: www.inquirer.com/business/car...

This may be because it's Christmas, but Springfield Mall is, in fact, beating the "In search of a redevelopment partner allegations

What do you mean that's called "Santa Claus lane?" That's a four lane arterial with a median and a parking lane in each side!

New Wissahickon TC is finally open www.phillyvoice.com/new-wissahic...

Those Montreal Exo comet cars up for sale certainly have one of the more unique seat layouts I've seen with 2-by-sideways

Has anyone ever missed with a tunnel boring machine? Like they always say it "finished it's job within 5 mm accuracy," or something, but has anyone gotten to the end and been like "shit one of the prisms for the alignment lasers was screwed in wrong, we're off by half a tunnel radius!"

The NYC casinos are a wake-up call, yes, but your last best hope can not possibly be "even more casinos but with extra steps"

And there was much rejoicing

Insane the Army-Navy Game is in Philly in 2027 but not 2026, the big national birthday year. (I maintain it belongs here at least 3 years out of every 4 but anyway)

EVEN more PA housing policy Proposals went up on the PA House cosponsorship board today, including... - Easing local occupancy limits - Create a statewide housing council to unify policies - Allow ADUs by-right continues...

EVEN more PA housing policy Proposals went up on the PA House cosponsorship board today, including... - Easing local occupancy limits - Create a statewide housing council to unify policies - Allow ADUs by-right continues...

So that's BLET, TWU and now SMART with contract agreements with SEPTA www.smart-union.org/septa-strike...

She's out early

SEPTA's board agenda is out, big thing will be if they can add SMART to TWU and BLET and get a sweep of contracts to ratify They also owe PECO $401,000 to relocate a cable duct for the 19th Street station reno, and lot's of parts orders, along with the usual insurance & pensions

Couple of related Camden-related things coming up at the NJT board, one is a master agreement with the Camden County Improvement Authority for the Walter Rand rebuild

Man coming into the season trying to make themselves miserable really came home to roost didn't it? If any other Philly team tries it they should be forced to forfeit their season

This country needs to get better at handing each state a bag of money for the milestone years because we should be able to put this back on South Broad in honor of 2026

Eagles hoping they remember how to play football before the Chargers do

I'm just doing some math here. This drinks plant comes in at about $1.1 million per permanent job The data center stuff from earlier this year was around $20 million per permanent job Are those things actually sustainable? www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

Shadow of the Colossus (2005)

If anyone writes a book about this era of Pennsylvania's history "Chasing Massachusetts to Avoid Becoming Ohio" wouldn't be a bad tag line

Could’ve had two religious schools in the game that ends with a ritual sacrifice.

Contract negotiations will continue on Monday morning.

At more than 40 years old, the MV Cape Henlopen is due for retirement. It’ll be replaced by a new diesel hybrid for $78.6 million in 2029. go.audacy.com/fXQsXiuKUYb

Since it's just about time for College Bowl Game season, I will reup my belief that Hershey should sponsor a "Chocolate Bowl" game and play it at Pennsylvania's own colosseum, Hersheypark Stadium

Look, I'm just saying, I think a Fair Share Amendment would fix a lot of PA's budget problems... we can even structure it like the one in Massachusetts where the proceeds have to be spent on education and infrastructure... maybe toss in public safety! www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Last Christmas is the worst Christmas song, outside of the songs about how Christmas is a shameless cash grab that are, in and of themselves, shameless cash grabs

More PA housing policy proposals on top of the original group -Dedicated funding for building trades training -Statewide commission to look at a housing accelerator as well as audit permitting, conservation districts, and procedural barriers to development -Permitting shot clock

Okay, I'll bite

Looks like next phase of however many phases of SEPTA's ongoing efforts to try save the massive P&W viaduct over the Schuylkill is coming

Morsel for the wage tax thinkers out there, they put the cruise port here so NCL doesn't have to pay wage tax because this is Delco

*wistfully* Maybe one day SEPTA will have the funding stability to secure 4 year deals with their unions... wwww.septa.org/strike/

My personal contrarian "Die Hard is a Christmas Movie" is Money Train, a film that asks two questions: what if a Director of Operations for the MTA is like a Chief of Police and can you film a compelling high speed chase with a subway car? It rocks in that terrible way it's good

Mixed reviews of the emergency transit capital funding for SEPTA from the western PA republicans in this article.

So like, the Eagles came into this season doing the whole 'business as usual we didn't really win anything,' shtick and now everyone is miserable and hates each other. Why do teams keep trying this

Just want past Beechwood-Brookline station on the P&W, and the tiny parking lot is open and in use, but the overhead lights are still just foundations Pretty sure it's been a year since they were working on it

Bad PennDOT, bad, it was funny when this flooded the one time www.pa.gov/agencies/pen...

Pittsburgh mentioned (and apparently destroyed)

🎉 It's not PECO this time!!! 🎉 wwww.septa.org/news/regiona...

Trains to boats

Guess SEPTA wants to buy Exo's old comet fleet. Shapiro is cracking open the emergency funds to do quite a bit (I'm gonna excuse calling the MARC cars silverliners. They're pretty much cousins both go back to Budd) www.inquirer.com/transportati...