Getting the Transportation Glue Back in Philly's Waterfront
Transportation has been called the glue that hold cities together. This oped argues that Philadelphia's waterfront is sorely missing that glue.
"To make the area the economic engine that waterfronts have become in other cities, three kinds of transportation are required:
Simple, direct links to Center City and adjacent neighborhoods.
Seamless connections among existing and potential waterfront attractions.
Convenient links between the Philadelphia and Camden waterfronts, because Camden has attractions of interest to the Philadelphia population, and vice versa."
A new plan from the Delaware River Port Authority could bring that glue back to the area, with a strategy for several miles of the city's waterfront.
Full Story:
Published on Thursday, January 28, 2010 in
Topics
- Every Parking Lot, Visualized
- Millennials Prefer Revitalized Historic Areas, Not Malls
- How Planners Can Liberate the Next Amazon
- Coffee With Your Gentrification?
- Desert 5, Humans 0
- An Interactive Map of the World's Climate in 2100
- A New Video to Explain the High Cost of Free Parking
- Trump Administration Suddenly Drops Fair Housing Concerns in Westchester, New York
- Friday Funny: Infrastructure Woes Cause National Case of Insomnia
- Lawrence Halprin and the Public Realm: Can the United Nations Plaza Unite San Franciscans?
- Bikes That Talk in a World of Self-Driving Cars
- Congress Confirms a Controversial Number Two at the Department of the Interior
- Traffic Concerns Sink Light-Rail-Adjacent Development in San Jose
- Op-Ed: To Lower Housing Costs, Make it Cheaper and Easier to Build Housing
- Gov. Jerry Brown's High-Speed Gamble
- Texas Bill Would Immunize Property Rights From Zoning Code Changes
- First Mile-Last Mile, Intermodialism, and Making Public Transit More Attractive
- D.C.'s Circulator Bus System: Metro Out, DDOT In
- A National Day of Telecommuting
- To Learn About a City, Visit Its Neighborhoods
