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New mobile mural rolls on the Market Frankford Line
- Tuesday, November 19, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 69th and Market streets, Philadelphia PA
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The Mural Arts Program and SEPTA took the concept of bringing art to the people to a new level today when they unveiled "We Are All Neurons," a student-designed mural wrapped…
SEPTA's green garage achieves environmental certification
- Monday, November 11, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 2nd Street and Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia PA
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I’m willing to bet that SEPTA’s Berridge Bus Shop in North Philly is one of the cleanest garages in the city, and thanks to environmental certification that the shop recently received,…
SEPTA on "slippery rail season" high alert
- Friday, November 1, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Slippery rail season is back, and SEPTA is taking steps to "maximize customer safety and minimize inconveniences." Each autumn, when leaves fall and land on SEPTA's rails, they are crushed by…
SEPTA launches official iPhone app, expands free WiFi coverage
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 69th and Market Streets, Philadelphia
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SEPTA will announce two major freebies today – its first official iPhone app and a plan to expand its free Xfinity WiFi service to transit stations on the Broad Street Line,…
Philadelphia could host rail conference this spring
- Tuesday, October 22, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Rail advocates and transit supporters could come together for a national conference in Philadelphia this spring. Thursday, members of the Rail Users' Network (RUN), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the country’s…
Regional rail proximity boosts suburban home values
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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In the latest effort to convince residents and legislators statewide that SEPTA is worth funding, the authority has shared a study that finds regional rail boosts property values in SEPTA's suburban…
Ever wonder what it takes to wrap a SEPTA bus?
- Thursday, October 3, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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As part of its fifth annual "Stop Hunger at Your Station" campaign, SEPTA has wrapped its hybrid bus #8427 in a full-size food drive advertisement and released a time-lapse video of…
Ahead of schedule with funding to spare, SEPTA unveils renovated bus loop
- Wednesday, September 25, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 33rd and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, PA
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Amidst its ongoing funding crisis, SEPTA managed to complete the 33rd and Dauphin Bus Loop renovation several months ahead of schedule and with enough funding left over from the competitive grant…
Our second annual city-wide look at ongoing transportation projects
- Tuesday, September 24, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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If all goes according to plan, by this time next year Philadelphia will have both a completed Dilworth Plaza and a decked out Schuylkill River Boardwalk. As crews chip away at…
SEPTA's doomsday prophecy eliminates 9 regional rail lines
- Friday, September 13, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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Unless SEPTA receives an additional $6.5 billion for capital projects over the next 10 years, the network will lose nine regional rail lines and face other significant cutbacks. A potential 89,000…
Weekend shuttle service coming to Lansdale/Doylestown Line
- Thursday, September 12, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 109 W. Main Street & Madison Avenue Lansdale, PA
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Weekend shuttle service on the Chestnut Hill West Line wrapped up a few weeks ago, and without skipping a beat, SEPTA has announced its next series of weekend shuttling. This time…
More than just Twitter, SEPTA builds its social media portfolio
- Friday, September 6, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia
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Last week PlanPhilly met with SEPTA to learn more about the transit agency's Twitter presence. While SEPTA's @SEPTA_Social account is taking off (The account launched in January and is up…
SEPTA seeks QuietRide feedback
- Tuesday, September 3, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
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SEPTA's QuietRide policy is approaching four-years-old, and it's time for another QuietRide survey to check in on the fledgling program. SEPTA's customer service team is asking QuietRide passengers to give their…
SEPTA's fall schedules go into effect Monday
- Friday, August 30, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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SEPTA’s fall schedules go into effect Monday, September 1, which means by the time most people return to work on Tuesday, commutes could be slightly different. According to SEPTA, most of…
SEPTA finds a consumer sweet spot in tweets
- Wednesday, August 28, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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One poster hanging in a tiny three-person office in the labyrinth of offices that is SEPTA's Center City headquarters says it all: Victory is Tweet. Since January, SEPTA's social media presence…
Additional, altered SEPTA service for Made in America Festival
- Wednesday, August 28, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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The Made in America Festival returns to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway this weekend and brings headliners Beyonce and Nine Inch Nails and 34 other bands and performers with it. In preparation…
SEPTA taking bus route suggestions until August 31
- Monday, August 26, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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Have an idea for a SEPTA route change or addition? Now is your chance to share your thoughts with SEPTA. The authority is taking suggestions for route changes, additions, and…
Rain washed out SEPTA regional rail tracks, caused system wide delays
- Wednesday, August 14, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 98 Station Avenue near Hector Street Conshohocken, PA 19428
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Yesterday’s early morning rainstorm wiped out large chunks of the ground beneath SEPTA’s Manayunk/Norristown Line regional rail tracks and caused morning rush hour delays throughout the system. Most of the delays…
SEPTA’s New Payment Technology takes shape at Center City test facility
- Thursday, August 1, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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In October, SEPTA’s new payment technology (NPT) test facility was an empty former storage room with a plywood “turnstile” in one corner. Nine months later the NPT timeline has fallen behind…
SEPTA to extend bus service to new Northwest Philly ShopRite
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- Roberts Ave & Fox Street, Philadelphia PA
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When the new Bakers Centre shopping plaza, anchored by a Brown’s Super Stores Inc. ShopRite, opens at Roberts Ave. and Fox Street this Friday, SEPTA bus service will provide direct…
