South Philly Review New legislation, an ATV park are two ideas City Council has to.
New legislation, an ATV park are two ideas City Council has to fight illegal ATV and dirt bike riding on city streets
The Philadelphia Police Department has confiscated more than 200 illegal ATVs and dirt bikes since the beginning of the year.
For far too long, residents all across the city have complained about the rise of illegal dirt bike and ATV use on Philadelphia streets.
“The noise and safety issues affect all corners of the city of Philadelphia,” said Eleanor Ingersoll, president of Queen Village Neighbors Association in a Zoom meeting last week. “They are racing along commercial corridors as well as residential streets, speeding in the wrong direction on city streets, racing down pedestrian sidewalks, stopping traffic to congregate and perform some dangerous stunts, revving modified engines at high decibels throughout the day, evening and early morning through business corrid
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Eight people were injured in a Feb. 17 shooting near Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Several members of Philadelphia City Council want to see more funding for anti-violence programs in the next fiscal year and beyond, as the city says gun violence has become the leading cause of death among young Black and Latino men.
Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration is proposing an additional $70 million for anti-violence efforts over the next five years. The money would be used to expand a pair of violence prevention programs, bolster the city’s blight remediation efforts, and launch a transitional jobs program, among other priorities.
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The 1500 block of Sansom Street in Center City Philadelphia is closed for outdoor dining. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
During the day, the 1500 block of Sansom looks like an outdoor festival frozen midway through setup popup tents and police-style barricades are mixed in with wooden sheds custom built for outdoor dining.
By night, it’s one of Philadelphia’s biggest successes in an experiment with converting conventional city blocks into “streeteries,” or outdoor dining areas burnished by the closure of parking or traffic lanes. The experiment has attracted throngs of diners and bargoers and sustained restaurants and bars hit by the pandemic.
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Philadelphia City Hall. (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Tax cuts may be on the horizon for Philadelphians as the city moves toward a pandemic-era budget bolstered by a recent influx of new federal aid.
City Councilmember Allan Domb expects to introduce a legislative package on Thursday designed to cut city wage and business taxes, just as Mayor Jim Kenney prepares to float a budget for the coming fiscal year. Meanwhile, a mayoral spokesperson indicated that Kenney is planning his own package of tax reductions as part of that April 15 proposal.
The city raised some taxes and cut services to balance last year’s $4.8 billion budget, but revenues continued to be hammered by the pandemic throughout 2020 with officials initially anticipating a $450 million budget hole this year. But the passage of a $1.9 trillion dollar federal stimulus package with billions for state and local governments put the city on firmer footing.
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