Digital Brief: Jan. 8, 2024 (AM)
Monday morning's headlines include a rowhome fire in Holmesburg, a mask mandate returning to a Philadelphia health care system and new schedules in effect for several Regional Rail lines.
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Monday morning's headlines include a rowhome fire in Holmesburg, a mask mandate returning to a Philadelphia health care system and new schedules in effect for several Regional Rail lines.
Schedule changes on most Regional Rail lines went into effect on Sunday, Jan. 7, and according to SEPTA, will help maintain Regional Rail service at 77% of pre-COVID levels.
Chaz Wearing is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said.
Chaz Wearing is being charged with involuntary manslaughter after an alleged fight at a SEPTA station ended with another man being struck by a train.
A man died after being struck by a SEPTA subway train in Philadelphia's University City section on Thursday following a "physical altercation," SEPTA police said.
A person of interest was taken into custody following the incident, Philadelphia police said.
SEPTA is reviewing surveillance video of the incident. A person of interest was taken in custody, police said.
A SEPTA spokesman said there was a physical altercation between two people on the platform around 4:30 Thursday and one of them somehow ended up on the tracks, where they were struck by the train.
Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Bridge will close for several years starting Jan. 15 as part of a project to build a park over I-95. Some SEPTA bus routes will also be affected.
SEPTA stopped selling tokens in 2018 but continued accepting them to board buses and trolleys.
Buses, trolleys and subways will operate on Sunday schedules.
Customers who still have tokens can add the token value to their SEPTA Key card at a fare kiosk.
SEPTA's transit police were working without a contract since March coming to an agreement.
The contract for SEPTA Transit Police is a three-year agreement that includes salary increases and maintains health and pension benefits.
Mural Arts Philadelphia, SEPTA, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday.
SEPTA and Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 were previously at odds over the length of a contract with officers.
SEPTA Transit Police officers are on the picket line Thursday night after the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Union rejected SEPTA's latest deal and members voted overwhelmingly to strike.
The strike has many SEPTA riders concerned for their safety.
A leader of the union representing striking SEPTA police officers called the agency's contingency plan "irresponsible" and urged the agency to give officers the contract term they requested. Dan Snyder reports.
SEPTA Transit Police have been working without a contract since March.
SEPTA Transit Police officers voted to reject SEPTA's latest contract offer and went on strike Wednesday. Wakisha Bailey reports.
A contingency plan is in place by SEPTA to fill the void left by its transit police officers.
Union members will walk the picket line outside of SEPTA's Headquarters on Thursday.
SEPTA says a contingent plan is in place to fill the void left by the officers.
The strike by SEPTA's Transit Police is effective immediately.
