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The Next Mayor | Issues Forums | Transportation

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The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. Mass transit, highways and alternative transportation methods could be described as the circulatory system of the region with SEPTA as its heart. A healthy transportation system has the potential to increase economic activity, improve air quality and attract new residents to the city and the region. On the other hand, a failing system, characterized by inefficiency, inconsistency and poor customer service will lead to congestion, loss of revenue and overall frustration. While many of the solutions can't be accomplished by the next mayor on his own, he has a chance to lead a regional effort to secure funding and make the necessary improvements. At the city level, parking regulations that encourage short term parking and discourage daily driving commutes could strengthen retail and free up rush hour. The next mayor can also make pedestrian and bike friendly planning a priority. Richard Voith, economist and former SEPTA board member; Richard Maloney, SEPTA spokesman; and Dr. Vukan Vuchic, professor of transportation at the University of Pennsylvania discuss the problems and possible solutions to improve transportation in Philadelphia.

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2007, daily, highway, issues, mayor, news, next, nutter, pedestrian, philadelphia, SEPTA, taubenberger, transit, transportation, whyy,

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The Next Mayor project is an innovative, two-year multimedia partnership to focus on the issues - not just the personalities - leading to the 2007 Philadelphia mayor's race. It was created by the Daily News, WHYY and the Committee of Seventy. We took what we what we learned from our travels around the region and identified 16 different issues that are important to the people of Greater Philadelphia. Tune in as we convene panels of experts to talk about those issues. They'll let us know how other cities are tackling those same problems and they'll make suggestions to the next mayor. Regionalism can be a dirty word to municipalities looking to protect their fiefdoms but experts say the Greater Philadelphia region can only succeed as a whole if its individual parts work together - to lure jobs, seek funding for roads, bridges and public transit and compete in a global economy. We began The Next Mayor project in December 2005 with a radio feature about the prospects for regional cooperation in the Greater Philadelphia area and a look at how the city of Chicago pulls it off. After almost two years and having gone through a mayoral primary in which this topic got some play, we revisit the issue. Joining us are Mark Schweiker, president of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; John Childress, president of the African American Chamber of Commerce; Ted Hershberg, director of The Center for Greater Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania; and Jeremy Nowak, head of The Reinvestment Fund.
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