Image courtesy of Jack Amoratis. There are 68 bike stations and 580 bikes that make up Philadelphia’s new Indego bike-sharing program and with the Philly Bike Dock app, riders have a way to see, in list form, how many…
Not A Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson By Kent Babb (Atria Books, 320 pp.) During a game in March 1997, Allen Iverson the new, 21-year-old face of the Philadelphia 76ers took the basketball…
Photo via Code for Philly’s Twitter. The SEPTA Ninja team presenting at Apps for Philly Transportation 2015. Imagine knowing about SEPTA train delays before boarding as a passenger potentially saving time (and exasperation) in the process by relying…
Map courtesy of Center City District. Greater Center City and University City coworking spots. Last month’s “State of Center City 2015” report released by the Center City District included a number of key indicators illustrating how much Greater Center City…
MARK STEHLE New construction, like these homes at 22nd and Race streets, is a common sight in Greater Center City. More than 16,000 units have been added since 2000. Last year, 1,983 new residential units were built. Millennials, empty nesters…
The NutShell Politics app interface. Andre Del Valle had a problem. It was March 2014, and Del Valle was working the field operations for Tomas Sánchezthe husband of Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchezwho was running for state senate in the 2nd District.…
Technical.ly Philly: This June marks the fourth Apps for Philly Transportation hackathon put on by local hacking collective Code for Philly. As Juliana Reyes writes, “In light of the tragic Amtrak derailment earlier this month, Code for Philly co-organizer Lloyd…
Photo from Flickr user RayBanBro66 via Creative Commons. Philadelphia Parking Authority-managed parking meters. Updated 5/21/15 12:15 p.m.: On Monday, City Paper reported that the Philadelphia Parking Authority had received proposals from five vendors for a system to allow for mobile payment of…
Photo via Patrick Murphy on Twitter. The derailed Amtrak train. Six people are dead, and more than 140 injured, after an Amtrak train derailed in the Port Richmond area of Philadelphia on Tuesday night. The train was carrying five crew…
Newsworks: What happens when a regular coffee-drinker goes witout for a week? Newsworks contributor and Technical.ly Philly editor Zack Seward tried it out: “Without my coffee crutch to lean on, I found myself passing out while putting the kids to…
