I had an idea a couple of days ago. I live in the western burbs, so these aren’t the roads I travel everyday, so I curious your thought. First, I preface that I-76 south of 476 is worst stretch of highway in the state. It’s stuck between a river and a rock wall with no where to expand. Here’s my thought. Make 76 south of 476 one way. Use all of the lanes to go into the city only. Okay, so how to get them back? Make the Blue Route one way, as well, just the opposite direction. Expand the section of 95 between the two to compensate for the increased travel. On ramps and exit ramps would all need to be rethought, but how does this broad stroke of an idea sound?

It’s a multifaceted issue. Not just metro.

With more density, you have more demand for metro, yes. The above poster thinks that pressures from these residents could improve the metro. I agree with him but I understand your hesitations.

But there’s also two street cars lines here. That’s a significant mode of transit. Not to mention buses.

But more importantly, more density means that there is more likely to be things to do and places to be and stores to shop at within walking or biking distance, which means you won’t need to depend on the Metro as much anyway.

It also means the surrounding areas will get the second-hand-smoke benefit of improving just because they either use the land to make money off of the new population, or the sell it to someone who will, which means the nice and enjoyable areas increase in size, compounding the above point.

This can all be guided by good zoning practice. Parking is only part of the equation if the math is how to trend towards 0 parking spots in this neighborhood.

Abner's has been closed for atleast a year. also axis is trash.

13 years is a pretty good run

Yeah I was talking about the Rivers parking lots that are open 24/7 and free to park in (technically only for Rivers customers but still). I was more so commenting on how this section of the city is more parking lots than it is people so acting like this building has the same parking needs as the rest of Fishtown is ridiculous

This is kinda sad actually

This is a self-solving issue. People will bring cars, be upset by the hassle it is to have a car, and normal people will be like well what the fuck did you think was gonna happen, dipshit?

If they manage to build out this area without cars, with many small shops and restaurants, finish and connect the Rail Park, and build out better street car infra, increase service on the metro, and even in 5-10 years a new metro line that goes parallel to 95, that area would become a whole new “downtown” style of area by itself. There is so much space in Philly, this whole project could be really really great. I’m excited.

An extension of the Manayunk RR line would be a better use of those $$ than this.

sorry I didn't have time to see where the build was I immediately had to complain about it on facebook instead

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Problem is the NHSL is not fast, and neither route is all that faster than a bus and certainly not faster than driving.

KOP to Center City with or without the extension is still going to take 60-90 minutes.

Went with Pitrucos, thanks all!

It actually ends about a half mile from the casino door. They’re, no shit, planning to shuttle people there on golf carts.

I was a proponent of this in a pre-COVID world where office parks didn’t look like they’d ever be phased out, as much as most wanted.

Now, I can see a lot of companies scaling down if they have outs in their lease, rendering huge suburban office parks useless. Couple that with more workers WFH and not having to commute to the city, and the strong chance that even KOP Mall will not be a thing someday, and there are much better uses for $4B in capital project funds.

Building looks terrible fire the architect.

Right? Its only technically in Fishtown too. That section on the other side of 95 is so different from the rest of the neighborhood

Fuck this, 3B and it stops at KOP???

3B should be enough to get it to Pottstown. Fucking embezzling fucks.

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>I still struggle to understand why SEPTA is fighting so hard to make this happen

Look where it ends. Right at the casino. That's who's pushing for it.

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If it is construction within their system, they can make improvements to policies abs supervision to make them less likely.

If it was a Peco substation down the road, definitely less control

Oh, wow. I guess I’ve been out of UCity longer than it feels. That’s a shame. Great younger memories there.

Surface parking lots? You mean the two Fillmore parking lots? That's paid event parking. There's the Sugar House parking lot but that's not public parking.

I live in those western burbs, and agree with everything you've said here.

But I think all of those problems are solved FAR more effectively by putting the budget for the KOP rail extension into accelerating reimagined regional rail, as well as making the investments necessary for successfully launching and then increasing frequency on the planned Amtrak line to Reading.