SEPTA begins implementing service cuts
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SEPTA said that if a deal was not reached by midnight, service and route cuts would go into effect on August 24.
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How upcoming SEPTA cuts will impact Philly sports fans — and what, if anything, can be done to help
For decades, local sports fans have used the Broad Street Line and other SEPTA services to get down to Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers games.
SEPTA plans to reduce services and increase fares due to funding issues. From August 24, numerous bus routes will be cut or shortened, rail trips reduced by 20%, and fares will rise by 21.5% starting September 1.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Transit experts are warning that proposed service cuts to SEPTA could result in approximately 275,000 additional vehicles on local roadways, a number just shy of Pittsburgh's population.
Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Senate also advanced a $47.6 billion state budget for 2025-26 that holds spending flat, but Democrats oppose the plan.
A person was struck by a SEPTA Media/Wawa line train between the Fernwood-Yeadon and Angora stations, officials said.
The president of TWU Local 234 says he's especially concerned that frontline workers will bear the brunt of public frustration.
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Mayor Cherelle Parker calls Senate GOP proposal ‘fuzzy math,’ and urges lawmakers to fund SEPTA
Parker framed the pending SEPTA service cuts as dire, but stopped short of detailing the city’s plans should they move forward.