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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Michael Brown sitting in wheelchair
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

The Trump administration wants to end LIHEAP. 300K Pa. households could struggle to pay heating bills

Utilities could also raise rates on other customers to help cover the cost of the lost federal funds.

2 months ago

Listen 1:29
Cars driving along Lincoln Drive
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly hopes to slow down traffic on Lincoln Drive by adding speed slots

The city’s Streets Department has started installing the vertical deflection devices as part of a pilot project designed to make the state road safer.

2 months ago

Listen 1:19
Jamie Gauthier sits in front of a microphone
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly ballot measure would send more dollars to city fund for affordable housing

Supporters say the measure closes a loophole created by an incentive program designed to create more affordable housing in the city.

2 months ago

Listen 1:17
Osage Avenue in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community

40 years ago, Philly police bombed MOVE’s Osage Avenue compound. Mike Africa Jr. wants the home to memorialize the tragedy

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

2 months ago

Listen 6:45
City Hall is pictured from afar
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘We’re kind of rushing this’: Philadelphia City Council spars with Parker officials over mayor’s $2B housing plan

The mayor wants Council to adopt her Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative in tandem with the city’s next budget. Lawmakers will put their $.02 in before that happens.

2 months ago

Window air conditioning units
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

No free A/C units through LIHEAP in Pennsylvania this summer

The program, funded primarily with COVID relief money, provided free air conditioning units and fans the last three summers. It saw overwhelming demand.

2 months ago

Listen 1:04
Kings Highway Apartments on Frankford Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘This is so surreal’: Rehabbed apartments in Kensington provide fresh start for formerly homeless families

Built in the 1990s, Philadelphia’s Kings Highway Apartments comprises 27 buildings along Frankford Avenue. Odin Properties bought and renovated them last year.

2 months ago

Listen 1:08
The heart of Philadelphia commerce in Center City.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s commuter foot traffic outpaced most peer cities’ downtowns in 2024

The majority of workers who commute into the urban core have returned since the COVID-19 pandemic began five years ago, according to the annual State of Center City report.

2 months ago

Listen 0:50
Philly Free Streets
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Nearly half of Philadelphia’s international visitors in 2024 were Canadian. Far fewer may come this year

More than 1.2 million international visitors traveled to Philadelphia last year, but far fewer tourists are expected to visit in 2025.

2 months ago

Cherelle Parker speaking at a podium at the rally
PlanPhilly
Money

Philly Mayor Parker joins minimum wage protest, pushes for permission from state for city-controlled wage laws

Most legislation to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania doesn’t survive a committee vote, but two years ago a bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate.

2 months ago

Listen 0:53
Eastwick residents, including Victor Jackson
PlanPhilly
Money

‘We’re not going to accept that’: Eastwick residents travel to D.C. to demand flood solutions funding be restored

Close to a dozen residents of the flood-prone neighborhood met with members of Congress Tuesday.

2 months ago

Listen 1:10
A person looks out of a SEPTA Regional Rail train
PlanPhilly
Community

Without SEPTA, Philly businesses worry about lack of parking, traffic gridlock

Service cuts could add 275,000 more vehicles to the road, and business leaders are concerned about congestion and lack of parking for commuters.

2 months ago

Listen 1:00
Shipping containers at the Port of Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania exporters brace for the cost of retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s trade war

Retaliatory tariffs are hurting some Pennsylvania exporters trying to sell American products abroad during Donald Trump’s trade war.

2 months ago

Listen 1:00
Aerial shot of Traffic circle at Lansdowne Drive and Avenue of the Republic in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How to drive Philly’s newest roundabout

Don't worry, it’s not a Jersey traffic circle!

2 months ago

The intersection at Washington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

2 years later, city says Washington Avenue redo is working

The city reports more people are walking and biking along the route, but says it’s too soon to know whether the project has reduced crashes.

2 months ago

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