SEPTA riders, officials call on Pennsylvania to fully fund transit agency
SEPTA riders and state and local officials gathered at City Hall to protest the potential service cuts and demand a permanent yearly funding increase.
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SEPTA riders and state and local officials gathered at City Hall to protest the potential service cuts and demand a permanent yearly funding increase.
Just a day after the budget was announced, riders and state and local officials gathered at City Hall to protest the potential service cuts and demand a permanent yearly funding increase for SEPTA.
Supporters of increasing funding for SEPTA gathered at City Hall on Friday and called on Pennsylvania to fully fund the agency. SEPTA on Thursday released a "doomsday" budget with 45% service cuts that will take effect if a $213 million budget gap is not covered for the upcoming fiscal year. Ray Strickland reports.
Among the proposed changes are a 21.5% fare hike, the elimination of 50 bus routes and five Regional Rail train lines, closing 66 stations and more.
The Paoli-Thorndale line, Broad-Ridge Spur and dozens of bus routes could be on the chopping block if SEPTA can't get a funding boost.
Facing a $213 million funding gap in next year's budget, SEPTA on Thursday announced the potential for major 45% service cuts and fare hikes that would take effect without an increase in funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday the state legislature needs to act on providing funding for SEPTA and other mass transit agencies across the commonwealth. SEPTA says it would have to cut services, raise fare prices, and eliminate 50 bus routes and five Regional Rail train lines, closing 66 stations and curtailing service by 20% on the surviving routes.
SEPTA says things will have to change unless more state money can help keep up the agency's current level of service. Ray Strickland reports.
SEPTA's new budget is set to go into effect at the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.
SEPTA is keeping a program that gives free transportation to city employees and is in talks to extend another that provides free rides for low-income residents. Jim Donovan has your latest morning headlines with weather from Tammie Souza.
SEPTA riders weren't fans of the proposed fare increases ahead of Thursday's budget proposal.
SEPTA is set to announce major price hikes and service cuts as a part of its budget proposal on Thursday, a spokesperson for the transit system said Wednesday.
Mayor Parker and SEPTA are also discussing extending Zero Fare, which benefits 25,000 low-income Philadelphia residents.
A man was struck and killed by a SEPTA subway train in North Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, a SEPTA spokesperson said.
An enforcement initiative using AI-powered cameras will help SEPTA and the PPA crack down on illegally parked cars in Philadelphia.
SEPTA, the Philadelphia Parking Authority, and the city's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Systems are launching a new enforcement initiative using camera technology to crack down on illegally parked vehicles that block bus and trolley routes.
Starting Monday, SEPTA and the Philadelphia Parking Authority will begin its automated bus enforcement camera initiative.
Two people were taken into custody after a man was shot inside a SEPTA station on the Broad Street Line in North Philadelphia on Sunday night.
Philadelphians traveling this weekend in the city will have to pack their patience, as several roads will be closed and bus routes will be detoured due to multiple planned events.
This was a frightening scene along Roosevelt Boulevard late Friday afternoon. A SEPTA bus pushing an SUV on the boulevard near Sanger Street around 4 p.m. SEPTA officials said the bus made contact with the vehicle that had two people inside and pushed it down the street through traffic. The occupants in the SUV and five people on the bus suffered minor injuries. SEPTA police are investigating.
Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York was halted for hours after three family members were struck and killed by a train in Bucks County.
A spokesperson for SEPTA said seven people were injured after a Route 82 bus hit a car and pushed it down the street in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.
Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York was halted for hours Thursday evening after three family members were fatally struck by a train near Bristol Station in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, officials said.
The family of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed on a SEPTA bus last month is one step closer to justice. U.S. Marshals arrested another teenager in the shooting on Thursday. Ray Strickland talked to the victim's grandfather about the arrest.
Zayki Davis, accused of fatally shooting a high school student on a SEPTA bus in Philadelphia, was arrested in Norristown.
