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Gas Prices Went Up 10 Cents in Pa. on January 1st

Gas prices plummeted in 2014, but they’ve already gone up in Pennsylvania in the new year. That’s due to a rise in the gas tax […]

City Life

Mayfair Man Who Intentionally Drove Corvette into Delaware: “What’s the Charge?”

.@FOX29philly Only on Fox29. Meet the man who says he drove a 1990 Corvette into the Delaware River Monday.#fox29 pic.twitter.com/eM9QE5dUrd — Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) November […]

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Man Drives Corvette into Delaware River in Northeast Philly

Update: Police have pulled a red Corvette from the Delaware River in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia. NOW: A Corvette has just been removed […]

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New Tumblr Shows the City Hall “Parking Lot”

A new Tumblr in Philadelphia shows just how much Philadelphia uses City Hall as a parking lot. Appropriately called City Hall Parking Lot, the blog […]

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Pa. Man Has Been Mistaken For Eric Frein More Than 20 Times

Pity poor James Tully. The Monroe County man does not have a car and has to walk five miles to work. That’s enough of a […]

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PHOTOS: Crazy Costumes and Circus Antics at the East Passyunk Car Show and Street Festival

East Passyunk Avenue (EPA) was more jammed-up with automobiles than usual this weekend when it hosted the ninth annual East Passyunk Car Show and Street Festival. It […]

City Life

Speed Limit to Reach 70 MPH on Pa. Turnpike

The Patriot-News reports that a 100-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will see its speed limit raised to 70 mph this week.

City Life

Parking in Philly Should Be Harder. And Cost Way More.

A car is the ultimate entitlement machine — particularly when driven by a Philadelphian. Can’t you hear it now? “Parking here is so expensive.” “Why […]

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Report: Pennsylvania’s Bridges Are Worst in Nation

A report released Thursday from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association names Pennsylvania’s bridges the worst in the nation. ARTBA — the country’s largest […]