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SEPTA’s new bus network will feature fewer, more frequent routes

April 25, 2022

When SEPTA debuts its new bus network next year, the system will likely have fewer routes, faster service and — in designated suburban zones — an option for riders to order a ride through their phones. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)

Income and Wages

Flex schedules, raises, free SEPTA passes and kombucha on tap: How Philly CEOs hustle to keep workers

March 31, 2022

Post-pandemic, employers now offer flexible schedules and hybrid work. But some still rely on the power of human interaction. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)

Community and Family

Ideas We Should Steal: Cool Streets to Cool the Air

March 23, 2022

America’s hottest city—Phoenix—lowered surface temperatures of a neighborhood by more than 10 degrees with a new water-based surface on its streets. Could Philly be next? | From: The Citizen (Read more.)

Community and Family

Philly Riders Get Trapped in Rail Stations After SEPTA ‘Hardens’ System to Keep Out Unhoused People

March 18, 2022

The transit agency’s fortress-like attitude towards its downtown infrastructure is unwelcoming, especially for people with mobility challenges. | From: Next City (Read more.)

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‘Welcome back’ discounts and new schedules address SEPTA’s COVID ridership slump

March 2, 2022

SEPTA announced some changes to some bus and Market-Frankford Line schedules that will go into effect the week of Feb 27 along with the annual spring transit schedules and discounts for the month of March. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)

Income and Wages

Wanted: After pandemic hiring crunch, SEPTA hiring hundreds of people to fill open jobs

January 27, 2022

SEPTA is going on a hiring binge unlike any other in the transit agency’s history, seeking people to fill more than 200 vacant positions, doing everything from driving buses to customer service. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)

Community and Family

Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Free Childcare at City Meetings

January 6, 2022

Ithaca, New York, eliminated the biggest barrier to civic engagement among parents. Could babysitting bring more voices into the conversation in Philly, too? | From: The Citizen (Read more.)

Events

‘Students are fed up’: Hundreds march in Philly after 4 Asian American teens attacked on SEPTA

December 7, 2021

Hundreds of Philadelphians rallied on Tuesday in response to the Nov. 17 attack against four Asian American high school students on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line. | From: WHYY (Read more.)

Latest

SEPTA will spend $3.6 million to bulk up social services for homeless people and drug users

November 5, 2021

The deployment of social-outreach workers on SEPTA transit is set to increase eight fold. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)

Latest

Strike Averted as SEPTA, Workers Union Reach Tentative Deal

October 29, 2021

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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ICYMI

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