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Topper is looking for co-sponsors on a bill he may offer in a few weeks mandating SEPTA pair with a private operator to run ...
Inquirer reporter Thomas Fitzgerald took to Reddit to answer reader questions about SEPTA's proposed service cuts.
Joe Brandt has been a digital content producer for CBS News Philadelphia since 2022. He is a Temple University graduate and was born and raised in Pitman, NJ. Facing a $213 million funding gap in ...
“We’ve got to make sure we do so on mass transit this time.” Septa bus in Philadelphia. SEPTA isn’t the only transit system that has sounded the alarm over funding issues. Pittsburgh Regional Transit ...
SEPTA unveiled a budget proposal on Thursday that it says would include a reduction to nearly half of its service, fare increases of more than 20% and cuts to the workforce if more funding isn’t ...
On Thursday, SEPTA announced its budget proposal outlining major service cuts — including the elimination of five regional rail lines and 50 bus routes — in response to what the mass transit ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — Passengers aboard SEPTA buses, subways and trains are bracing for fare increases, fewer routes and longer wait times as SEPTA prepares to announce its new budget proposal for the ...
An additional 16 — 10 in the city and six in the ’burbs — will have their routes cut back, and service will be reduced on 12 of the 13 SEPTA Metro lines, all Regional Rail lines and 63 bus ...
As drafted, SEPTA’s budget would hit transit riders hard with deep service cuts that raise questions about the long-term survival of the system. Under the proposal, 32 bus routes spread across ...
Beginning Aug. 24, SEPTA would cut service by 20%. The plan would eliminate 32 bus routes and shorten 16 others. Also, service on 13 Regional Rail lines, 63 bus routes and 12 subway and trolley ...
Officials say if SEPTA doesn't get the millions of dollars it needs from the state, some bus routes, rail lines -- and service hours -- will all be eliminated. "I think that's insane," Thomasina ...