HeyJaredCity Counsel w/ Jeff Friedman
Talking about Philadelphia, other cities, and what works to make them more liveable and prosperous.
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Capitalism for Humans (opens the original)
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Cooperative business ownership is one of the most quietly successful, broadly proven models in the American economy, but you wouldn’t know it. A cooperative is simple: the people who rely on the business also own it. Workers, customers, producers - those closest to value creation - share governance and share in the upside. No distant shareholders, quarterly earnings pressure, incentives to squeeze labor or communities to hit a number. Just people building and benefiting together.<p class="cta-
Regionalism but with Philadelphia at the Center (opens the original)
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Philadelphia’s regional competitiveness is driven by the City’s dense concentration of research universities, academic medical centers, and innovation districts, not by suburban logistics hubs or isolated office parks. Brookings Metro’s 2026 strategic assessment makes this clear, noting that Southeastern Pennsylvania’s (SEPA’s) strongest assets are in “talent, innovation, infrastructure, and entrepreneurship,” all of which are anchored in Philadelphia proper. Brookings further finds that the reg
October 22nd City Counsel Session (opens the original)
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City Counsel is designed for people who move across sectors, stitch networks together and connect the dots. We believe Philadelphia gets smarter, faster and better when we learn from past, present, and future dreamers and doers and figure out ways to collaborate and support each other. Our next “session” is October 22nd at 4:30PM.Grateful to our host Kiersten Mailler at uCity Square.<div class="subscription-widget-wra
Philadelphia Should Try Again for a Rideshare Tax; This Time, Tie It to Transportation (opens the original)
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Philadelphia already has a rideshare tax - but it’s not a City tax. It’s a state‑authorized fee, created under Act 164 and administered by the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA), a state agency. That fee currently sits at 1.4% of every Uber and Lyft trip, with revenue split between the School District of Philadelphia and the PPA.Earlier this year, Philadelphia explored a new, locally controlled $1 per‑trip fee that did not require state legislative approval. City Council had full authority to
With Great Delivery Frequency Comes Great Responsibility (Package Delivery Fee Needed) (opens the original)
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A package delivery fee could be a game‑changer for Pennsylvania. Even a small charge of 25 to 50 cents per e‑commerce package would generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and more than 40% of that projected revenue would come from the Philadelphia - SEPTA service region, where delivery activity is most concentrated (and where the portion of revenue should be disbursed).The policy logic is simple: e‑commerce has exploded and the public costs of that shift land on local streets and nei
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