It has been a long time since I sent out a weekly email and I have failed so far in 2018 until today even though it was a new year’s resolution of mine. As always, there is an unsubscribe link at the bottom if you do not want to receive these updates on the Philly region.
I am not going to get in to details today but life has been busy with real estate (construction/development/investment, management, and a Realtor. I have now been self-employed for 13 years….
I attended both Eagles playoff games and am debating Minnesota. If you are going, let me know. I could use a push. I have a free place to stay…..but I think the cold weather (high temps of 11) is keeping me away more than the cost of a game ticket at this point.
I hope you find this information useful. Some of it I have been saving for many moons. - Mark
TRANSPORTATION
A) Answers for all your SEPTA Key questions
B) PennDOT Agrees To Put $100M Toward I-95 Park Cap Project & MAYOR KENNEY COMMITS $90M TO FUND CAPPING OF I-95 FOR WATERFRONT PARK
C) Company plans bus service from West Chester to New York City
D) Pa. Turnpike tolls go up
E) Feds propose an Amtrak stop at the Philly Airport and greatly speeding up regional service
F) PATCO Plans to Reopen Dormant Franklin Square Station in Philly
BIKING & RUNNING
A) Ben Franklin Bridge To Get Bike Ramp, Two New Murals
B) Philly’s first one-way protected bike lane is now open
C) Philly 22nd Best City For Runners
REAL ESTATE
A) Philly Housing Market Sets New All-Time Low Amid Price Drop
PHILLY INFO
A) Another piece of the Schuykill River Trail Falls in Place towards Bartram Mile
B) Philly Receives $33M In Federal Grants To Fight Homelessness
C) Schuylkill River Swing Bridge Transfer To City Complete
D) Philadelphia among top moving destinations in 2017
E) Phoenix replaces Philly as nation's fifth-largest city
F) Philadelphia Named One Of The Top Winter Getaway Destinations
G) Philly Remains The Poorest Major City In America
H) The Reading Viaduct has a spiffy new website
PENNSYLVANIA
A) Pennsylvania Residents Can Legally Purchase, Use Aerial Fireworks In-State
B) Pa.'s gas tax is the highest in the nation. It's going up again.
MEDICAL
A) Pennsylvania's medical marijuana market set to become one of the country's biggest
B) First Pennsylvania medical marijuana dispensary gets green light to begin sales
C) NJ doctors panel recommends expanding MMJ conditions list
TECHNOLOGY
A) Comcast subscribers lose ability to set DVR recordings
B) Postmates rolls out beer delivery service in Philly
C) Philadelphia Is The First City To Have All Of Its Parks And Trails On Google Streetview
D) LOOK OUT UBER! Lyft launches new luxury service in Philadelphia
E) Shake Shack launches mobile ordering app in Phila. market
AIRPORT
A) EXPANSION AT PHL: Irish carrier Aer Lingus to begin service from Phila. airport
B) Four New America Airlines Flights
C) Frontier Airlines adds non-stop flights from Philly to four new destinations
D) PHL Lands $16.5M Federal Grant for Runway Extension
E) Philly Announces First Ever Direct Flights To Iceland
F) Alaska Airlines hooks up Philly, San Fran with nonstop daily flights
G) Frontier set to resume Philly-to-San Antonio service
SPORTS
A) Pro indoor lacrosse team coming to Philadelphia
B) Comcast SportsNet to begin streaming Phillies games online this year
TV & MEDIA
A) Stephen Starr on Charlie Rose
B) Philly Pizza spotlight on TV
C) New York Times names Stephen Starr restaurant Le Coucou number one in New York
D) Philadelphia Ranked America’s Sexiest City
E) Rolling Stone Magazine Calls Out A Local Dumpling Maker
F) Matt Damon takes on Phila. schools in new documentary
G) ‘Travel + Leisure’ ranks Philly high on 'America’s Rudest Cities’ list
RECYCLYING
A) Waste Not: Philadelphia's route to better recycling
DID YOU KNOW?
Uber and Lyft pay PHL Airport, which is owned by the city but operates on its own revenue and not city taxpayer dollars, $3.00 per pickup and $2.50 per drop off, according to Uber and Lyft. (That’s slightly higher than the fee for taxis: $1.50 per trip, though taxi drivers also have to pay an annual $25 maintenance fee.) Source: http://technical.ly/
|
