Nobody is going to mistake Cherelle Parker for Nithya Raman or Katie Wilson anytime soon, but the 2026 Parker/KJ dynamic is so much more friendly to urbanist causes than 2009 Nutter/Verna, and that's even with Michael Nutter having been a right-urbanist technocrat in the Bloombergian vein.

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Hello friends! Life update: after 1.5 years, I've decided it's time to move on from Bluesky and start the next chapter. Today's my last day! It has been an absolute honor and pleasure to work with such a talented, fun team on a critical mission. I'm so proud of them and excited to see what's next

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A rider at Neshaminy Mall spends 63 minutes getting to Center City today. On the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway: under 35 minutes. That’s 27 minutes saved each way, almost an hour a day, for people who’ve been waiting on this line for a century.

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All I know is, we're living in a better city, for all its residents, than we were in 2009, and it keeps getting better. We just need it to be getting better faster, now.

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You can argue from now until doomsday whether that shift reflects any greater understanding of the city, or if it's cruising from the momentum built in those earlier years, but I don't see that question as either answerable or productive. It's ultimately trying to ask what's in someone's heart.

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