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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
“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.)
Families interested in getting paid to take their kids to school can apply to the Parent Flat Rate Program online. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
At the epicenter of the region’s opioid and homelessness crisis, the River Wards have been all but abandoned by city leaders. But does the City already have a solution to the problem? | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Residents of Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs can now apply for federal funding to repair damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which brought historic flooding and several tornadoes to the area earlier this month. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
After a year-plus of pandemic-disrupted learning, persistent bus woes have kept some students out of school completely and left parents and school staff scrambling yet again. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
SEPTA is looking to collectively rename its subways, trolley routes and a light rail as the “Metro” — part of a $40 million effort to make the public transit system easier to navigate. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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