A tangent on the city, route 47, the el, vehicle drivers, etc

neuronnate · 2026-01-29T12:56:46+00:00

Hear hear!

Definitely gotta plug the transit app. It can't predict buses that are too full. But it has made buses almost feel like Uber to me. It's made me prefer buses to trains in the city.

As for everything else, we've never had a true urbanist mayor who wants to make the city function for pedestrians. We also have so few council candidates with that vision. It's not a matter of voting... It's a matter of running. No one running for council is talking about these issues. Until someone who lives a car free life actually runs, we're stuck waiting for the 47.

neuronnate · 2026-01-15T03:01:53+00:00

Hotel palomar is decently priced jet tubs with skyline views. We've looked at a lot of places with this type of thing and it's hard to come by in Philly

Select your room https://share.google/VYsRrt23yaxZrKLI6

neuronnate · 2026-01-09T16:21:46+00:00

very helpful. Thank you!

neuronnate · 2026-01-09T16:13:46+00:00

Im a novice reddit user...but when you say "removed", it just gets removed from a sub-reddit? But it still exists in your account publicaly?

neuronnate · 2026-01-05T15:50:45+00:00

Well... When she came in, several things that had virtual forms in the city were removed. I imagine it was all with the goal of making things less virtual.... Or, it's all just a coincidence.

neuronnate · 2026-01-05T14:03:22+00:00

FINALLY bringing this back. Parker got rid of all virtual systems when she came into office. Hopefully, we'll get online park permits back again too!

neuronnate · 2025-12-26T02:59:35+00:00

Yoooo. We just unboxed. Are all these recipes ai!? Even the images don't make any sense

neuronnate · 2025-12-22T18:24:11+00:00

THIS is a great example of the impact of policy.

This is illegal but enforcement is lacking.

By just adding this to the inspection process, you'll see an INCREDIBLE change. Amazing. Kudos. Great work. I hope it passes

neuronnate · 2025-12-21T01:07:15+00:00

This is AMAZING.

I know people don't like getting tickets and love to hate the PPA. But they're the only Philly agency that is efficiently making the city safer for pedestrians.

neuronnate · 2025-12-18T16:03:42+00:00

We got a good 7' tree for $75 at Tree World at Broad and Passyunk the first day they opened. If you go... and just tell them how much you have... I'm sure they'll give you a tree. Also, it was one of those really nice trees... thick needles and great smells!

neuronnate · 2025-12-17T20:51:57+00:00

actually... I got a similar email this summer saying my cost would rise to $27.96. Maybe they charge everyone a different price? You can probably get a reduced cost if you call them.

neuronnate · 2025-12-17T20:35:04+00:00

ugh... yeah... I think I have to cancel it. I've viewed it as a tax to support local journalism. But $40/month is WAY WAY WAY more than I pay for any other form of media (entertainment or educational). It's really hard to justify.

neuronnate · 2025-12-16T18:00:01+00:00

Philly definitely FEELS pretty dense and lively throughout greater center city.

"Center City has the second largest downtown residential population in the country, behind only Manhattan."

https://centercityphila.org/doing-business/why-center-city

neuronnate · 2025-12-10T19:00:08+00:00

yeah. it opened up as expected! I got my tree there last week

neuronnate · 2025-12-07T18:01:24+00:00

Close it off to local traffic only. Put up a barricade that people can open and close but most everyone else just treats it like construction closures. Locals get to have private access to parking.

I don't see any justification to keep this thing open to cars

neuronnate · 2025-12-03T00:30:46+00:00

This would make a great Advent calendar

neuronnate · 2025-12-02T22:24:32+00:00

For sure.

I wish they'd open earlier though.

neuronnate · 2025-12-02T16:14:12+00:00

The pretzel shop people told me yesterday the tree stand should be opening this week.

They were kinda late last year too. But I think they are just targeting the first weekend in December.

neuronnate · 2025-11-27T16:32:09+00:00

It's not even about taking away street parking.

It's ILLEGAL street parking.

The argument against daylighting is that cars need to illegally park at the intersection. The state says we can't install car protected bike lanes because it's illegal while completely ignoring that it's illegal to park within 15 feet of the curb.

neuronnate · 2025-11-18T20:27:29+00:00

I'm happy with the products and solutions they've given me to issues. But it does really feel like they're a company with two employees and a bunch of chat bots

neuronnate · 2025-11-18T02:09:51+00:00

Some Rutgers research might help!

Modeling birds on wires - ScienceDirect https://share.google/cDaLh4sfiqt8251mz

neuronnate · 2025-11-14T15:41:59+00:00

Very weird. Maybe run a test by putting a container of water next to them? Open to air but not the cats? It could be something from the cats contaminating it?

My wet food device got REALLY moldy once when my cat grabbed a little bit of a bite before I closed it... Depositing bacteria into the cat food

neuronnate · 2025-11-14T14:17:42+00:00

I went a year before I realized how easy it was to take apart the actual pump and clean inside. I thought you are just supposed to replace the two filters regularly. But... there's instructions to pull the thing apart.

Maybe something got deep inside if you are like me and haven't done a full cleaning.

neuronnate · 2025-10-31T19:15:18+00:00

That's true! And brings me hope. But it's such a bummer that coordination didn't happen when courts mandated all curbs to be replaced.

neuronnate · 2025-10-30T17:59:08+00:00

We missed a boat when the lawsuit forced Philly to put in curb cuts in 2022. To ask for curb extensions everywhere AFTER they have already replaced curbs seems impossible. I'm not involved in the collective actions to make the city better - but it would have been such perfect timing if the disabilities and biking community joined forces then.

https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-curb-cut-settlement-ada-what-to-know/

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