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SEPTA seeks federal funds to keep system above water
- Monday, April 7, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street
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Spring may be upon us, but this winter’s weather and the impact snow and freezing temperatures can have is not yet a distant memory for SEPTA or its customers. Chances are…
SEPTA Citizen Advisory Committee seeks new members
- Friday, March 7, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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Want a say in how SEPTA serves its customers? The SEPTA Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), an independent group that works with SEPTA to represent customer interests, is looking for applicants. The…
Winter takes $2.2 million toll on SEPTA's operating budget
- Monday, February 24, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street
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Things were going well for SEPTA as it headed into this winter. As of December 31, SEPTA had a small operating budget surplus of about $200,000. Then Jan. 3 came and…
State funding makes 40th Street Station elevators possible
- Friday, February 21, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 40th and Market streets
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Thanks to Act 89, the state transportation funding package passed in November, SEPTA’s 40th Street Station is slated to gain elevator access and ADA accessibility - something the community has been…
SEPTA considers at-grade, elevated King of Prussia rail
- Friday, January 31, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA
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Correction: While SEPTA is considering three main "trunk" routes to the King of Prussia Mall, when the various branch alignments are accounted for, SEPTA is still considering a total of 12…
SEPTA may purchase bi-level coaches
- Wednesday, January 29, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street
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Things are looking up for regional rail. In an attempt to increase passenger capacity, SEPTA is in the early stages of considering bi-level coaches. With an upstairs and a downstairs, these…
SEPTA, state officials laud transportation funding, kick off improvements
- Friday, January 24, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1297 Providence Road
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SEPTA and state officials, including Governor Tom Corbett, came together at Secane Station to congratulate each other on successfully passing the recent state transportation funding legislation and to announce a $990,000…
Renovation progress at Wayne Junction Station
- Friday, January 24, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 2129 Windram Ave, Philadelphia PA
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At one time Wayne Junction Station, built in 1881, was a stop for trains headed as far West as Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles. More recently, though, years…
Say goodbye to cloth seats on the El
- Friday, January 17, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street
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SEPTA's Market Frankford Line (MFL) cars are on their way to getting an interior facelift. Over the next five years, SEPTA will replace the blue, fabric seat upholstery with blue, fiberglass…
The road ahead, transportation predictions for 2014
- Monday, January 6, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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Newly arrived 2014 is going to be a big year for Philadelphia’s transportation scene. Multiple works-in-progress, each of which have been a long time coming, will be completed. Each stands to…
SEPTA to improve user experience in Center City’s underground concourses
- Thursday, December 12, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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If you have ever cursed SEPTA while enduring a smelly Center City station that included suspect puddles which leaked through the walls even though it wasn’t raining, chances are you should…
SEPTA no longer on brink of shrinking, state funding a "game changer"
- Tuesday, December 10, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia PA
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In September, SEPTA made a bleak prediction. If it did not receive additional funding, the transit system would shrink. In a service realignment plan, SEPTA forecasted, among other things, having…
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…
