I know this is heresy but quikchek’s better than wawa and it ain’t close

Congestion price the Schulykill and send SEPTA the revenue

BIRT is the biggest culprit in Philadelphia not being the city it should be... it's a strong disincentive for companies putting offices in the city. This has downstream effects--e.g. causing a lot more reverse commuting, which makes it impossible to build an efficient transit system.

Happy “today is 3 minutes longer” to those who celebrate.

You begin to wonder why Councilmembers like Young only consider preserving jobs AFTER the building empties out (and it's been closed for 6 years!!), and simply don't give a shit about preserving active jobs in offices that go remote or to the suburbs

And send the proceeds to SEPTA

Apparently this whole property on the 100 block of WashAve is a Vietnamese coffee shop 🤯

“Over the past several decades we’ve not only built an economy in which far too many people struggle to make it through the month; we’ve built an economy barely capable of standing on its own two feet.” www.phillymag.com/news/2025/12...

“If we get it right, people come back and they spend their money here in Philadelphia. If we don’t, then they won’t,” said Zakary Pyzik, of the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association.

Makes absolutely no sense that pumpkin beer is nowhere to be found the weekend before the pumpkin pie holiday

Public safety costs must be shared more evenly. www.inquirer.com/opinion/even...

Some old-school Philly corruption that selects winners and losers based on their personal relation or lack thereof to the police. In a city with a $1.2 billion surplus, apparently street festivals just aren't important to the Mayor www.inquirer.com/news/philly-...

Municipal treasure

Fifteen months after an SUV assigned to a top deputy in the sheriff’s office blew a red light in West Philly and caused a four-car wreck, promises of accountability have not yet been fulfilled.

And the corollary to this: Mamdani's win doesn't happen without a massive influx of Millennial/Gen Z seeking job opportunities bsky.app/profile/thec...

Voted for a bunch of judges even though it’s crazy we have to do that!

There’s a guy walking down south broad wearing an andy dalton bengals jersey right now. No idea why anyone chooses to live anywhere else

Put yourself in the shoes of a small business owner who wants to relocate HQ and has gotten down to a short list of Boston and Philly. They're going to have to work that much harder to turn a profit if they choose Philly, solely because of the difference in tax rates. 🧵

Taxing paper bags is dumb. Who amongst us has never forgotten to bring their reusable bags to the grocery store?

SEPTA's 260 transit cops catch a total of ~24 fare evaders and ~6.5 smokers a day. They call this "enforcement" 🙃 If SEPTA riders want to fight antisocial behavior, the first step is demanding transparency on what the hell SEPTA's 260 police actually *do* all day. wwww.septa.org/news/first-h...

Cut the BIRT. Reduce our dependency on the suburbs for good jobs. Grow the tax base. Rinse and repeat. www.phillyvoice.com/philly-budge...

The city has got win this FOPS lawsuit. An unelected group of residents from a wealthy neighborhood shouldn't be able to use their spare time and cash to block road safety improvements that we know will save lives.

Absolutely deadly behavior causing another crash on Spruce Street at 5th st early this morning. This is on the busiest bike lane in Philly with over 1,500 riders who use it daily. We deserve so much better than paint and flexposts, we deserve real protection.

Blown away by how lively downtown London is on a chilly Tuesday night in October. I haven’t felt pre-covid happy hour vibes like this in any city since March of 2020

The neighborhood’s internecine circular firing squad politics are probably a contributing factor! www.phillymag.com/news/2025/10...

If CP Thomas can actually get this rez scalper ban passed and enforced we should pedestrianize sansom street and name it after him

"Near “significant data center activity,” electricity now costs up to 267% more per month than it did five years ago, according to a Bloomberg." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

HOLY HELL WHAT A SCHWARBOMB

Open Streets is coming to Queen Village on the next two Saturdays as the neighbors association seeks the business boost and relaxing car-free vibe of the widely popular original version on West Walnut Street.

“It ends up hurting SEPTA because when you go to the state to ask for help, they say ‘Why should we give you any money when people aren’t paying?’” said Brendan Dougherty, a patrol officer who was working the fare-evasion detail.

This is sneaky great news

Love to see it www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia...

The "protection costs" the police/city are forcing all the festivals to pay is ruining one of the things making this city great. These festivals build community, bring people out of their homes into the streets and make us safer. share.google/8f3tLW2yIgBv...

Hell yeah Camden www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

Not sure if this is the right long-term outlook. The level of wage/business tax the city sets as a matter of policy is functionally inversely proportional to the set level of property tax. The current valuation crisis has as much to do with the former policy as it has to do with WFH.

Keeping our city’s biz taxes the highest in the nation has costs share.inquirer.com/6u0Sm6 (🎁)

So back

There are so many people who, despite everything, still want to be journalists. If you call yourself a journalist and choose to use AI to write your stories, please quit so someone else can take your seat.

I don’t know if New Jersey drivers are actually worse than drivers in any other state but New Jersey’s road designers are 1,000% the worst in the nation. I’ve met learned toddlers would could do better

The cuts to public transportation in Philly are an example of why everyone who believes public transit is worth having needs to ride it regularly. It’s not enough to say you support it in principle but then drive, take rideshare, or bike instead—you don’t really understand how people rely on it.

“For the Philadelphia region, the question is whether SEPTA’s retrenchment triggers an economic decline. America is littered with cities like Baltimore or Detroit whose growth and vitality suffered as their transit systems withered.” www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Center City has way too much empty office space and not enough businesses wanting to rent it. Yet we still have the highest business taxes of any major city in America.

Not great

⬇️ This is the real reason SEPTA has to cut service ⬇️ “Act 89 was passed to amend Act 44, cutting the turnpike's contribution to $450 million a year, all directed into the Public Transit Trust Fund... In 2023, the turnpike's contribution dropped to $50 million.” share.inquirer.com/PaGLQg

Kind of feel like it should be bigger national news that the poorest major city in the country is being forced to accept devastating service cuts to our public transit system because PA Republicans actively hate Philly and want to cause us pain

Fund SEPTA already

This city man www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...