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You weren’t the only one: After hundreds of riders accidentally get 2nd Key card, SEPTA pledges to fix kiosks, website
- Friday, July 28, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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We all make mistakes. Often, they are our fault, a product of our own haste or laziness or stupidity. These are the blunders which we ourselves must own. We end up…
SEPTA considering suicide prevention barriers for City Hall Station subway platforms
- Wednesday, June 7, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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Thirteen. It’s a number to avoid. Thirteen is bad luck. For SEPTA, thirteen is worse than that. In five of the last six years, 13 people died after being hit by…
SEPTA sees the light, OKs solar panels on maintenance facility rooftops
- Friday, May 26, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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The sky was dark and cloudy outside, but there was nothing but sunshine inside SEPTA’s board room Thursday as the agency approved a contract to install photovoltaic solar panels on the…
SEPTA riders overwhelmingly take the bus and subway. Why does Regional Rail receive more funding?
- Tuesday, May 23, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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SEPTA’s Regional Rail network has been running on borrowed time. It carries about 11 percent of SEPTA straphangers in an aging fleet of rail cars, on legacy infrastructure with the system’s…
SEPTA hears criticism of proposed bus route through University City
- Tuesday, May 9, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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SEPTA’s proposed Route 49 bus represents a potential transportation gold rush, supporting residential real estate in Brewerytown, Fairmount and Grays Ferry by linking those neighborhoods with job-rich University City. But, just…
SEPTA has smooth ride through City Council budget hearings
- Tuesday, May 9, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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The distance between Philadelphia City Hall and SEPTA’s Headquarters is barely a city block, which may help explain the downright neighborly goodwill during Monday’s City Council hearings on SEPTA’s budget. SEPTA…
PA Supreme Court says city’s anti-discrimination laws don’t apply to SEPTA
- Thursday, April 27, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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In a 4-3 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance does not cover SEPTA. The decision ends a decade-long legal saga that outlived both the original…
What would Trump’s budget mean for Philadelphia transit?
- Monday, April 10, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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If Congress adopts President Donald J. Trump’s budget proposals, not much would change in Philadelphia, transportation-wise. And that’s a problem, the region’s boosters say. SEPTA is considering two major service expansions—extending…
SEPTA resists petition to end transfer fees
- Friday, April 7, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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With SEPTA Key’s long-anticipated arrival on the region’s buses, subways and trolleys finally here, some riders think it’s time for SEPTA to update another part of its fare system: transfers. 5th…
SEPTA previews new bus route to link University City with Brewerytown, Fairmount and Grays Ferry
- Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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Bathrooms. It always begins and ends with bathrooms. A SEPTA bus route, that is—they all must have a bathroom at the end of the route for drivers to use during their…
Amid angry protest songs, SEPTA board approves Nicetown gas plant, again
- Friday, March 24, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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For a second time, SEPTA’s board authorized the construction of gas and heat cogeneration gas plant next to Roberts Rail Yard and the Midvale Bus Depot in Nicetown on Thursday. As…
The way SEPTA buys equipment is sluggish and outdated, but fixing it means compromise
- Tuesday, March 21, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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Last week PlanPhilly reported that SEPTA is expected to award a contract to build bilevel railcars for service on regional rail lines. Today Jim Saksa takes a step back to explain…
SEPTA to pick Massachusetts-based company to build bilevel railcars over Hyundai Rotem in South Philly
- Friday, March 17, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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At its meeting next week, SEPTA’s board is expected to award CRRC MA Corporation a $137.5 million contract to build 45 bilevel railcars for Regional Rail. SEPTA picked the Chinese-owned company…
SEPTA transit fares to go up starting July 1st
- Friday, March 17, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
- 0 COMMENTS
Starting July 1st, stepping onto SEPTA will set you back slightly more. It's SEPTA's first fare increase since 2013. The authority planned to raise prices last year, but delayed the jump…
SEPTA Key makes its wide release this month, to debut on the Airport Line in April
- Thursday, March 9, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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Like an art house film with a lot of hype, SEPTA Key is finally going from limited release to wide distribution. SEPTA riders who have been clamoring to get their hands…
New elevators for SEPTA's 30th Street trolley and El station
- Friday, March 3, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 31st and Market streets, Philadelphia PA
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Big changes are coming to 30th Street Station. The ambitious Schuylkill Yards project will transform the area, and SEPTA has plans to refurbish one of its busiest stations in tandem with…
Councilman Johnson calls for safety hearings on SEPTA
- Thursday, February 23, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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Citing SEPTA’s string of sidelined rail cars, Tuesday’s derailment of a pair of out-of-service Market-Frankford Line trains, and a trolley collision in January, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson introduced a resolution at Thursday’s…
A rhyming trolley ride with the 'SEPTA Poet'
- Monday, February 20, 2017
- By Alex Stern
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Mike Fuller offers similes, rhymes, and jokes over the public address system of his SEPTA trolley. While Fuller mostly drives the 36, you can also occasionally find him on the 34…
SEPTA proposes new buses for University City, Roosevelt Blvd.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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SEPTA unveiled the name for its new express bus service coming to Roosevelt Boulevard: the Boulevard Direct Bus. Technically, the Boulevard Direct Bus is a mere proposal—nothing set in stone—one of…
SEPTA continues to unlock Key: Riders can now replace tokens without buying a pass first, available at 69th Street
- Wednesday, February 8, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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For SEPTA token lovers, winter is coming. Just as a wintry snowstorm is expected to blanket the region and make getting around more difficult, SEPTA will take another step in its…
