Philadelphia

[jeffandnicole]

VMS signage in NJ is also mentioning the truck ban on 95 in Philly next week.

[noelbotevera]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

[ekt8750]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

The Girard Point Bridge over the Schuylkill River is only a stones throw away from the Sports Complex.

[jeffandnicole]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

It's only during this event.  And it's not really the Girard Point Bridge that's the concern; it's the closeness of I-95 to the Wells Fargo Center. 

There were other travel restrictions in place for last year's papal visit, although the extent of that was way greater (not great, as I originally wrote) than it needed to be.

[cl94]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

It's only during this event.  And it's not really the Girard Point Bridge that's the concern; it's the closeness of I-95 to the Wells Fargo Center. 

There were other travel restrictions in place for last year's papal visit, although the extent of that was way great than it needed to be.

And given what happened recently in Nice, it makes perfect sense. I'm staying far away from Philly and Cleveland this month, because I expect things to get nasty in both places.

[noelbotevera]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

It's only during this event.  And it's not really the Girard Point Bridge that's the concern; it's the closeness of I-95 to the Wells Fargo Center. 

There were other travel restrictions in place for last year's papal visit, although the extent of that was way great than it needed to be.

Makes sense.

[jeffandnicole]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

It's only during this event.  And it's not really the Girard Point Bridge that's the concern; it's the closeness of I-95 to the Wells Fargo Center. 

There were other travel restrictions in place for last year's papal visit, although the extent of that was way great than it needed to be.

And given what happened recently in Nice, it makes perfect sense. I'm staying far away from Philly and Cleveland this month, because I expect things to get nasty in both places.

Did you really have any plans to be in either city anyway?

And just to point out...the places where a lot of this unfortunate crap is happening isn't occurring in hotbed areas during major events.  Nice's truck rampage occurred *after* the event (when people are generally thankful everything went well), for example.  And many of the other issues in this country have taken place in areas that had nothing major going on.

No doubt there's going to be stuff happening during the political conventions, but that's pretty typical.  When Philly last hosted a convention (in 2000; the last one before 9/11), there was still a lot of tension.  Protestors blocked streets; stuff was hurled at police (including a bike that was tossed at the police commissioner who was standing side-by-side with his fellow officers).  It's just gotten a lot worse over the past month (unfortunate timing there...).

[SteveG1988]

Progress on the betsy ross bridge interchange on 95

http://www.95revive.com/i95/project-areas/bridge-street-interchange-to-betsy-ross-bridge-interchange-(bri)

[noelbotevera]

Why does I-95 have a truck ban during major events? Is it a bridge or something?

It's only during this event.  And it's not really the Girard Point Bridge that's the concern; it's the closeness of I-95 to the Wells Fargo Center. 

There were other travel restrictions in place for last year's papal visit, although the extent of that was way great than it needed to be.

And given what happened recently in Nice, it makes perfect sense. I'm staying far away from Philly and Cleveland this month, because I expect things to get nasty in both places.

Did you really have any plans to be in either city anyway?

And just to point out...the places where a lot of this unfortunate crap is happening isn't occurring in hotbed areas during major events.  Nice's truck rampage occurred *after* the event (when people are generally thankful everything went well), for example.  And many of the other issues in this country have taken place in areas that had nothing major going on.

No doubt there's going to be stuff happening during the political conventions, but that's pretty typical.  When Philly last hosted a convention (in 2000; the last one before 9/11), there was still a lot of tension.  Protestors blocked streets; stuff was hurled at police (including a bike that was tossed at the police commissioner who was standing side-by-side with his fellow officers).  It's just gotten a lot worse over the past month (unfortunate timing there...).

I was unexpectedly in Philly for three days during the convention - traffic was hellish. We ended up using SEPTA and was well worth the money. However we did get cut off while at the Barnes Foundation as there was an event that involved some delegates that I saw. Wasn't sure what it was.

[74/171FAN]

Progress on the betsy ross bridge interchange on 95

http://www.95revive.com/i95/project-areas/bridge-street-interchange-to-betsy-ross-bridge-interchange-(bri)

FTFY.  Your link was bringing up a 404.

[ixnay]

Progress on the betsy ross bridge interchange on 95

http://www.95revive.com/i95/project-areas/bridge-street-interchange-to-betsy-ross-bridge-interchange-(bri)

FTFY.  Your link was bringing up a 404.

The link works for me.

ixnay

[Alps]

Progress on the betsy ross bridge interchange on 95

http://www.95revive.com/i95/project-areas/bridge-street-interchange-to-betsy-ross-bridge-interchange-(bri)

FTFY.  Your link was bringing up a 404.

So that's asinine. WB 90 can get to Aramingo but not vice versa. All they had to do was build the original movements and be done with it. This is money wasted on unnecessary ramp reconfigurations.

[SteveG1988]

Progress on the betsy ross bridge interchange on 95

http://www.95revive.com/i95/project-areas/bridge-street-interchange-to-betsy-ross-bridge-interchange-(bri)

FTFY.  Your link was bringing up a 404.

So that's asinine. WB 90 can get to Aramingo but not vice versa. All they had to do was build the original movements and be done with it. This is money wasted on unnecessary ramp reconfigurations.

I think someone got a bug in their butt about the stub ends, and decided to make it part of the project. But then some nimbys got involved, and made them go out of their way to make it complex to make everyone happy.

[noelbotevera]

So here's some notes about my little Philadelphia roadtrip:

-I-276 still has button copy signs. I noticed two at Exit 339 and Exit 3433

-The Scotchlite sign on Fox Street at US 1/Roosevelt Expressway is gone. I heard it was still there. I wasn't able to check out the button copy signage on US 1/13/Roosevelt Boulevard due to time.

-US 1 SB to I-76 EB still has a button copy sign. SB-WB does not.

[jemacedo9]

US 202 - new lanes now open between US 30 and PA 29...full 6 lanes between US 30 and I-76...

http://www.penndot.gov/RegionalOffices/district-6/Pages/details.aspx?newsid=675

[Mergingtraffic]

So here's some notes about my little Philadelphia roadtrip:

-I-276 still has button copy signs. I noticed two at Exit 339 and Exit 3433

-The Scotchlite sign on Fox Street at US 1/Roosevelt Expressway is gone. I heard it was still there. I wasn't able to check out the button copy signage on US 1/13/Roosevelt Boulevard due to time.

-US 1 SB to I-76 EB still has a button copy sign. SB-WB does not.

This is still there you're saying?


and is this one still around?

[noelbotevera]

So here's some notes about my little Philadelphia roadtrip:

-I-276 still has button copy signs. I noticed two at Exit 339 and Exit 3433

-The Scotchlite sign on Fox Street at US 1/Roosevelt Expressway is gone. I heard it was still there. I wasn't able to check out the button copy signage on US 1/13/Roosevelt Boulevard due to time.

-US 1 SB to I-76 EB still has a button copy sign. SB-WB does not.

This is still there you're saying?


and is this one still around?

That one is still there. The other is gone.

[74/171FAN]

Part of the US 322 widening from US 1 (Phase 1 to Clayton Park) is planned to begin next year.

[ixnay]

Part of the US 322 widening from US 1 (Phase 1 to Clayton Park) is planned to begin next year.

I grew up in an apartment complex 1/4 mile down Chichester Ave. from where it goes under 322, and I say:  About.  Freakin'.  Time!

ixnay

[jeffandnicole]

Back when I was more involved with the DVRPC in the 90's and early 00's, there was a lot of discussion of this route.  And because of the makeup of the DVRPC being anti-car people, they all wanted more SEPTA coverage, bike paths, etc.   I'm not sure if they ever got more SEPTA buses there.  They certainly got more traffic though! 

Honestly, I'm surprised they are actually widening it.  It's about damn time!  The price is expensive, but it's not the easiest of roads to work with.

[ixnay]

Back when I was more involved with the DVRPC in the 90's and early 00's, there was a lot of discussion of this route.  And because of the makeup of the DVRPC being anti-car people, they all wanted more SEPTA coverage, bike paths, etc.   I'm not sure if they ever got more SEPTA buses there.  They certainly got more traffic though! 

Honestly, I'm surprised they are actually widening it.  It's about damn time!  The price is expensive, but it's not the easiest of roads to work with.

SEPTA route 119 utilizes much of the Conchester corridor.

http://septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/119.pdf

ixnay

[jeffandnicole]

Back when I was more involved with the DVRPC in the 90's and early 00's, there was a lot of discussion of this route.  And because of the makeup of the DVRPC being anti-car people, they all wanted more SEPTA coverage, bike paths, etc.   I'm not sure if they ever got more SEPTA buses there.  They certainly got more traffic though! 

Honestly, I'm surprised they are actually widening it.  It's about damn time!  The price is expensive, but it's not the easiest of roads to work with.

SEPTA route 119 utilizes much of the Conchester corridor.

http://septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/119.pdf

ixnay

Yeah, that runs about once an hour. The fine folks at the DVRPC would prefer continous shuttle runs from everywhere to everywhere.

[epzik8]

I just went past I-76 Exit 339 the other day and can confirm the presence of that sign. I exited there because of a typical Schuylkill Mess.

[Roadsguy]

PennDOT's new highway gothic APL sign on I-95 seems to be fully uncovered now, as the Blue Route exit now has an option lane. Has PennDOT been using the standard FHWA fonts on any other new signs?

[machias]

PennDOT's new highway gothic APL sign on I-95 seems to be fully uncovered now, as the Blue Route exit now has an option lane. Has PennDOT been using the standard FHWA fonts on any other new signs?

Does PennDOT used SignCAD or GuidSIGN? There's a lack of spacing on either side of the Plymouth Mtg legend. Does an engineer have to make that happen or do the signing CAD programs just not put enough white space where they're suppose to?