Thank you everyone!

I used to work at 21st and Market and it really is a sort of deadzone. There's the trolly station there but it's faster just to walk to city hall or 30th street

The price of everything has gone up since the pandemic. Not just housing. My last 4 rentals in the last 6 years were all within the range you specify, including the house I currently live in. If you don’t expect a new construction with a ton of amenities, you can find it.

about 10 years ago, there was one in my neighborhood whose jingle thing broke, so they had to replace it, and the one they got played "silent night". weird man. i guess those things are hard to find for old ice cream trucks. you just gotta make do with the jingles they have, you know?

Thanks, it’s not often I get to be a voice of reason. Wanna picket outside of liberty2 with me about not being able to afford a penthouse?

Aren't cars typically parked/slowly driving in those lanes?

The city needs to give developers an incentive to build there. Nobody is going to spend millions on a development that won’t turn a profit for the next 30 years.

BRT is a bait and switch. It promises rapid transit benefits at bus prices, but at best you spend just as much as light rail to get a system permanently hobbled by bus shortcomings, or you get "BRT creep" and nothing but a different paint job on some bendy buses.

It's a great solution in countries with low labor and land costs where all rail infra would be imported. But it's never lived up to promises in a wealthy nation. We already have the Boulevard Direct bus, its better than before, but it's not enough to transform the Northeast like a subway would.

Just have to be very specific on the cross streets and then tell them what street and if north, south, east, or west on the block. If clear and direct they come out fast

Do you know 1000 young people, period? I know plenty of couples and a few individuals (all mid 20s- early 30s) who could afford that rent.

The people that can afford it will, and they will leave the lower priced options available for others who can’t.

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Counterpoint: a sweet ass monorail would be better than both even though it would be super expensive.

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Thanks for actually being rational and making sense. I see too many arguments made that housing should be affordable when it’s being built in high-demand areas of the city. If these developers were required to rent out units for $500 a month, they would simply not build it.

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While I agree with this I don't think it will happen. While I think the boulevard is over capacity and reducing a lane in either direction for a BRT lane would be great I doubt people who drive it every day (I dont) would most likely fight the road diet tooth and nail.

PA State Police.

I'd honestly prefer it if they gave certain places more than one stop. Pottstown could probably get two, and Reading alone could have 2-3 while the surrounding suburbs could get probably 2-3 more.

Past the Reading area not sure how worth it would be honestly.

Center City West needs more transit. MFL should stop at 19th or 22nd. I hope the Septa bus planning takes into account an influx of new residents to the area.

For a city with a GDP of ~$500 billion, a project like this which would have returns basically immediately would be worth it I think.

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Sandra bullock in speed on the boulevard no less than 100 to keep up with traffic.

Tuck and roll when you exit!

I honestly cannot take it! Can they limit it to once every 15 min?? Haha