{"id":1215,"date":"2026-06-18T17:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:41:30","slug":"philadelphia-is-shrinking-the-rideshare-virtual-border-around-fifa-fan-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city is rolling back its geofence border around FIFA Fan Festival to reduce the number of residential areas blocked from using rideshare.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1213\">Delta\u2019s Monroe Energy refinery in Delco shut down due to internal leak<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) announced Thursday that it would shrink the geofence to avoid large residential buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The geofence, which blocks people within its borders from using rideshare services like Uber and Lyft, will now shrink to the south of Aspen Street, about half a block from its original border at 25th and Meredith Streets.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to work with the community, elected officials, and operational partners to improve the experience for everyone, including residents impacted by Lemon Hill festivities,\u201d said an OTIS spokesperson.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Additionally, there were previously four blocks in Fairmount designated for rideshare pickups and drop-offs, but OTIS is reducing rideshare zones to two, allowing for more parking for permitted residents.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The rideshare pickup\/drop-off zones are now only located near Eastern State Penitentiary at 23rd Street and Fairmount Avenue, and the 2200 block of Fairmount Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1211\">Dana White announces two title fights for UFC 330 in Philly. But will a local fighter make the card?<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This is well-received news for residents who live in the area and have been concerned about the geofence\u2019s restriction on residents with mobility issues. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Paul Stewart, an 86-year-old resident who lives in one of the large apartment buildings that was initially geofenced, relies on Uber to visit his doctor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. But last week, when he planned to head to an appointment, he found that he couldn\u2019t call a rideshare.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe geofence that includes my building and all the businesses in the immediate area will continue for 39 days,\u201d Stewart said before the geofence rollback. \u201cMany people take Uber to and from the restaurants and bars in this neighborhood so that they can have a few drinks and not worry about driving drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Geofencing these large residential buildings and blocks was hindering everyday life, Stewart said. Now, he said, other residents will be able to go about their business as they normally would.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The geofence reduction is just one of the adjustments the city has been making as it manages the traffic and fans around the FIFA Fan Festival in Lemon Hill. Since at least May, residents have been requesting traffic calming measures on residential blocks. PPA and OTIS installed additional barricades and signage last week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1209\">A New York man stole the ashes of his ex-boss\u2019 daughter and held them for ransom, Montco DA says<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city is reducing the geofence, which blocks people from calling rideshares in a specific area near FIFA Fan Festival to allow more residents to use Uber and Lyft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The city is reducing the geofence, which blocks people from calling rideshares in a specific area near FIFA Fan Festival to allow more residents to use Uber and Lyft.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Corporate Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\"},\"headline\":\"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Philadelphia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215\",\"name\":\"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif\",\"width\":760,\"height\":507},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=1215#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Corporate Movers USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA","og_description":"The city is reducing the geofence, which blocks people from calling rideshares in a specific area near FIFA Fan Festival to allow more residents to use Uber and Lyft.","og_url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215","og_site_name":"Corporate Movers USA","article_published_time":"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626"},"headline":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival","datePublished":"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215"},"wordCount":446,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif","articleSection":["News","Philadelphia"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215","name":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival - Corporate Movers USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif","datePublished":"2026-06-18T17:41:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/24ba8cc3e34db3bd6b948ae476b7ead8.avif","width":760,"height":507},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1215#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Philadelphia is shrinking the rideshare virtual border around FIFA Fan Festival"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/","name":"Corporate Movers USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}