Phila. City Council Urges SEPTA, Worker's Union To Avoid Strike
Council passed a resolution urging both sides to resolve the contract quickly.
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Council passed a resolution urging both sides to resolve the contract quickly.
The contract between SEPTA and Transport Workers Union Local 234 expires midnight on Monday, Oct. 31.
He has until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to return the camera.
The Crum Creek Viaduct on SEPTA's Media/Elwyn line dates back to 1895.
Transit systems in the region are ready to deal with falling leaves.
Sunday's vote by SEPTA workers authorizing a strike is a major reason for concern for the millions of riders who rely on the transit agency for their commute.
The union representing SEPTA bus drivers, subway and trolley operators has voted to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached before its contract expires at the end of October.
The last time Transport workers walked was a six day strike in 2009.
A SEPTA Transit Police officer is in hot water after being charged with assault, burglary and theft.
Regular weekday schedules are back into effect for SEPTA's Regional Rail lines.
That also includes a parking garage. Knueppel said SEPTA will also work to improve bike parking options at train stops along the Schuylkill River Trail.
SEPTA held a luncheon Friday, inside Jefferson Station, for the largest group of retirees in the transit authority's history.
The deadly New Jersey Transit commuter train crash in Hoboken has rattled some Septa commuters in Philadelphia.
The transit agency will stage the "Women Building SEPTA" career fair.
No more searching for tokens or exact change.
Busch says SEPTA estimates it lost about $7 million in fare revenue.
Philadelphia's main transit agency plans to try urine-repelling paint to combat complaints of poor subway smells and cleanliness.
SEPTA has pulled 18 of its newly-repaired regional rail cars out of service because of friction between old and new parts.
SEPTA police are investigating a new rash of theft from vehicles.
Riders can only load the value of a weekly or monthly TransPass on their SEPTA Key cards but that could change by the end of the year.
Starting today, SEPTA is rolling out a different way to get around.
The transit agency says they hope to have enough cars to return to a normal weekday schedule on the Regional Rails by October 3rd.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority plans to launch the added service Sept. 6.
SEPTA officers and a passenger stepped in to save a rider who collapsed in Philadelphia.
With much of its regional rail fleet still sidelined, SEPTA is planning express bus service.
