Traffic on Reading Road would be slower with fewer lanes. Officials like that prospect; residents, not so much.

A transit-oriented development plan for Reading’s downtown would encourage commercial and residential growth, support public transit and increase walkability, planners said. Pankaj Jobanputra, a ...

READING, Pa. – Reading City Council on Monday night heard a presentation from Peter Simone, president of Simone Collins Architecture, Norristown, on a proposed downtown "Vision Zero" action plan.

READING, Pa. – Reading City Council voted on Monday night to approve a proposed downtown "Vision Zero" action plan. Earlier this month, council heard a presentation from Peter Simone, president of ...

Reading City Council at its regular meeting Monday approved submission of the city’s 2026 Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership and Emergency Solutions Grant Action Plan to ...