Opinionated deep dives into Philadelphia legislation, grounded in the actual bills and votes, with a point of view. One writer, no comment section.
Philadelphia closed DROP to elected officials in 2010 but let everyone already in office keep it. Three earlier bills would have closed it to them too. None got a vote, and neither did 23 more on the rules for the city's own elected officials.
Philadelphia already has rules for cyclists. What it has never done is vote on them: five bills since 2000 died in committee without a roll call, and so did 1,624 others. Here is what I would enforce instead, and why I think it would pass.
Philadelphia reassessed my home, sent most of the bill to the School District, and octupled its own school funding. Here's what that money is buying, and what it isn't.
How red-light and speed cameras quietly became citywide, and why I think the program deserves the debate it never got.