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This is what happens when the drains doesn’t get cleared in a regular basis.

I always submit a 311 ticket when this happens. I feel like it can't just be a drain clearing thing, it seems like a poor construction issue

Well yeah. There's a creek under there.

It’s a creek issue. Not gonna be solved.

This just in...section of street floods in city during rain storm.

I work road construction and deal a lot with storm sewers. Three main factors that individually or in combination typically cause this type of flooding.

1.) First, obviously trash and leaves blocking the drain, especially if its the lowest drain in the neighborhood.

2.) Then old, undersized storm sewer pipes never properly designed for the amount of rainfall within the micro-watershed they handle, especially with that amount of impervious surface. Also remember storm sewers gotta handle roof downspout, sump pump and parking lot water in addition to what falls on the street. Plus rainfalls are getting heavier and in a shorter period of time than in the old days.

3.) Finally, the underground creek flowing across very flat terrain. Storm sewers won't get much drop or pitch with such minimal grade so drains at low points in the neighborhood will inevitably back up as water fills the creek and pipes leading to them. Just nowhere for the water to go.

Yeah was gonna say I’m pretty sure Mill Creek is right beneath this area. Trying to find a good map.

Shit; that's nothing compared to some other parts of the city

there are mitigation techniques and different types of pavement that can help ameliorate the issues. the city will give rain boxes, they planted some on market street (although i doubt for drainage issues.)

but it would be nice if part of the licensing for corner stores is to have a garbage can. i feel like a lot of casual litter comes from stores like that.

Come check out Girard and 33rd, by the "trolley" stop. Cars have to take the "trolley" lane just to get through.

This is what happens when it's a Philadelphia thing to litter directly into drains.

Latest example, kid riding his bike, slurping down a drink proceeds to chuck the half finished bottle down the drain as we're walking right in next to him.

This happens at 33rd and Girard too, which is heavily trafficked plus a trolley stop

Yeah, so do a ton of intersections

Here’s one: https://i0.wp.com/www.hiddenhydrology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wplp_maps.png?ssl=1

This is the type of puddle that kills your alternator when you hit the puddle at the right speed

This is great but my favorite puddle is by the CVS at 43rd and Locust.

Also a stop on the Mill Creek sewer line

43rd and Baltimore becomes a river

And occasionally a sinkhole

I've noticed this puddle has been really bad recently, never noticed it before. I know the one at 43rd CVS. Today i learned it's Mill Creek, interesting.

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That’s gotta be one of the dumbest lights ever with the weird left on green arrow but lack of actual left lane

It's both. The system was not designed for the volume nor types of waste. Plastic waste causes clog more than anything, and there's an insane amount of it.

Everyone knows Philly is dumb with trash, though. The ignorance is astounding. Every walk of life, pitching their junk where they please.

Realistically, though, it is cheaper to pay folks to clear them regularly rather than to overhaul the entire system.

Yes, but mitigation techniques won’t stop a low point from flooding if there’s a draining issue.

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for sure- i'm just pointing it out because sometimes solutions are boring, sometimes they're cool, but most of the time they're like 80% boring and 20% cool. so yeah- reducing litter, regularly cleaning the drains, enlarging ones that need it, are all part of the boring solutions, then yeah you can get some planter boxes in the street (which i think is the cool part)

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