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SEPTA will spend $3.6 million to bulk up social services for homeless people and drug users
The deployment of social-outreach workers on SEPTA transit is set to increase eight fold. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Transportation
Community and Family
Philly’s first-of-a-kind Driving Equality Bill is now law
The legislation will go into effect in 120 days, and prohibits traffic stops for certain low-level offenses. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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Strike Averted as SEPTA, Workers Union Reach Tentative Deal
The proposed two-year contract provides raises, pandemic-related hazard bonuses and parental leave for some 5,000 Transit Union Workers Local 234 members. A vote to ratify the deal is scheduled for Nov. 5. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
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How to get around if SEPTA goes on strike — mutual aid for rides, bikes, and more
The online resource shares which routes will be closed, altered, and which will remain running. We’ve compiled other resources to guide Philadelphians who rely on SEPTA as they seek alternate means of getting around. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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SEPTA launches new program to expand transit access
The new program will allow SEPTA to do so by shaping development near SEPTA services, which will lead to increased ridership, improved social equity, the stabilization of SEPTA’s financial base and reduced reliance on cars. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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Council approves bill ending traffic stops for broken taillight, other minor offenses
Philadelphia police officers will stop pulling over drivers for minor violations in the near future after City Council voted Thursday to approve a bill intended to reduce racial disparities in traffic stops. From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
Education
A possible transit strike could force Philadelphia schools to go remote
A strike “would have a devastating impact” on the district and imperil its ability to keep all schools open for in-person learning “five days a week for all students — something we all worked extremely hard to make happen for all students this school year,” he wrote. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Community and Family
Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street
Color Me Back is a component of Mural Arts’ Porchlight initiative, creating public art projects in partnership with the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Some SEPTA riders are changing their habits after shootings near a transit hub. Others don’t have a choice.
“You never know what’s gonna happen when you’re standing right here,” said Mark Tadlock, as he waited for a bus at Broad Street and Olney Avenue. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Philly neighborhoods plagued by illegal auto work could find relief in City Council bills
A Northeast Philly City Councilperson wants to crack down on the polarizing tradition of parking on Philadelphia sidewalks — with a particular focus on businesses blocking the right-of-way with cars for sale or repair work. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)