Do not drive in or near downtown Philadelphia !!! Take a cab or subway. Do you know what a grid-lock is ?That when all sides of a city block gets stuck in rush hour traffic and can t move until a cop comes over to direct traffic. All it takes is something like the following: slow-moving senior s walking across the street, fire s/police shootings, people double-parked for some stupid reason, fight s between two cars over dumb stuff etc-etc.
No.. There are ample parking lots garages (most are secure, but expensive). On street parking is a RARE commodity, and almost all metered. Outside of center City, parking is at a premium even in many residential neighborhoods (if you get a chance, check out the double parking all through south Philadelphia ?excuse me - Sou Philly). Philadelphia has excellent and fairly safe mass transit. SEPTA does work (no matter what the critics say). Center city is a walking/public transportation destination.
further than nearer