not that I know anything, but I thought weight requirements were only for when you & apply & are in the academy, once you are done -not enforced- again don’t know this to be fact

Such an easy fix. The park is surrounded by parking lots for days.

It is gonna be a crackpipe before too long.

One of the most terrifying conversations I had in the last few years was with a police recruiter a few months back. You have no idea how talentless the PPD is going to be when the next wave of pensioners retires.

So many in here love to take shots at the PPD. OK. Many they deserve it, but when you see what passes for a Philly cop in a few short years, you will move to Wyoming---and then vote the same way that caused you to leave Philly.

Fat, dumb, old cops are the future of this city. I hope I am wrong, but I ain't.

Personally, when I hear “lawlessness” I don’t take it to mean that it’s thunder dome all over.

I think if it more in the sense of “are laws being enforced?”

And, like, sure it’s not like no laws are being enforced but enforcement is pretty darn minimal.

I live here, I go about my day, and I’m not particularly concerned about my personal safety, but are the cops gonna do anything to help my friend whose car got stolen? Nope. How about anything about the blatant drug dealing that’s been happening on the corner for years? Also nope. The smoking and drug use on the El? Nope. Has the person who car jacked my neighbor been caught? Nope. Have they arrested anyone for a majority of the homicides? Nope.

So like, do I expect to get shot or robbed or whatever when I take my family out for dinner tonight on a patio?

No, not really. It’s not non-stop murder out there (although matching the homicide rate if Cartagena, Colombia isn’t really a source of civic pride either.)

But…we all know that a ton of laws are not being enforced, and I don’t think “lawlessness” is that terribly of a word choice to express this situation of widespread non-enforcement of laws, even if it’s not total chaos and mayhem out on the streets.

Riding a bike 3 miles in the city is way more dangerous.

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That is because of cars, not because of buses

Great to hear

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I have to say, I am impress how little wait time requires to take them. Usually between 3 to 8 minutes.

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Philly is the only city that I've seen a cop on a traffic stop at the driver's window with a cigar in his mouth.

actually, wait, I can give a list of stops I'd like to see on a Philadelphia to Reading service:

30th St, North Philadelphia (if it gets rebuilt, maybe? otherwise, no), Manayunk, Norristown, King of Prussia, Valley Forge, Phoenixville, Royersford, Pottstown, Birdsboro, Reading. It'd also be nice if it continued past that to Pottsville via Temple, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Hamburg, Port Clinton, Auburn, Schuylkill Haven, and Pottsville. Though I think that would be a bit of an ask of it, to be honest

I'll admit, I wasn't as familiar with the area to know there were two different stations, but it would be awesome if they could connect those, too.

> “It’s been a nightmare trying to get the zoning permit,” Romero said

Well, now I'm actually sympathetic. L&I has long since been understaffed and we probably need to eliminate a lot of licensing requirements or they'll never keep up

This assumes buses move rapidly. They rarely do.

Yup it sucks, cars should be forced to park around the stadiums and be banned inside the actual park, outside of accommodating the handicapped and deliveries.

Saw a video of someone with a CCW ushering people away and keeping them behind him as the dude was being subdued on the ground by the other two people.

According to people I know who know more about these things than I do, he’s the reason we’re seeing change.

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And FDR being one giant parking lot on the weekends with cars parked everywhere and bumper to bumper traffic. Ahh just what everyone wants when they go to the park.

Some people were never parented out of their toddler phase and will throw tantrums over tiny shit.

Buses just get stuck in traffic all day and I feel like there's not enough political will to convert one of the many lanes to a BRT lane.

The subway won't really affect current drivers in any way other than construction and pedestrians, so imo it should be the priority. It won't even be that expensive to get up and running either especially since it would be an extension of the BSL.

Wow that's a big jump. What neighborhood? I know DC put in laws that the rent could only go up like 6% a year.