The approximately $2 billion rail line would connect King of Prussia to University City and Center City, creating a trifecta of the largest employment hubs in the region.
Looking 24 years in the future through 2045, the plan presents a detailed, yet still unfunded, manifest for a transit system that doesn’t center 9-5 commuters. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
City and SEPTA officials released an ambitious plan to expand mass transit in a way that allows residents to “leave your car behind” for most commutes. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
SEPTA focuses on a carless future for a greener city. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Our current system’s fragmented approach to transportation projects is inefficient and costly, and inevitably leads to disparities when it comes to priorities. Philadelphia has the tools it needs to move toward a more equitable transportation system. It just needs to coordinate them, to more meaningfully connect transportation projects to citywide equity concerns. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
SEPTA has struck a deal to lift a “blanket ban” barring qualified applicants from employment at the authority because of past drug convictions as part of a proposed $3.6 million class-action settlement reached in a years-long discrimination case, according to court records. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
SEPTA made a push in 2020 to make transit more equitable and now Regional Rail may get the same treatment. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Plus why some SEPTA customers are experiencing refund delays. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
It will help SEPTA cover operating expenses as its cash reserves deplete under the strain of a lingering pandemic that has robbed it of hundreds of thousands of daily fare-paying riders.
SEPTA transit union TWU Local 234 says the authority is endangering riders and its workforce with a policy that disincentivizes workers from staying home to quarantine more than two times. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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