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Former SEPTA Deputy Police Chief Sues Secretary of State John Kerry, Others

David Scott was a SEPTA transit police officer for over 30 years and served as deputy SEPTA police chief for over 18 years. After retiring […]

City

Person Killed After Jumping in Front of El Car in West Philly

A man who was trapped under the Market-Frankford El in West Philadelphia today has died. Police later said his death is being considered a suicide. […]

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City Life

SEPTA on Track to Install Safety Technology

Good news, Philadelphia: You won’t have to wait three more years for SEPTA trains to become safer. Yes, Congress has decided to give the railroad […]

Business

SEPTA Worker Fired After She’s Spotted on “Live! with Kelly and Michael” While on Sick Leave

If you’re on sick leave, it’s probably best to stay out of the public eye — not attend a taping of a national TV show. But […]

City Life

SEPTA and the Temple-Notre Dame Game

The eyes of Temple Owls fans everywhere, and of the nation, will be on Lincoln Financial Field this Saturday evening when nationally Top 25-ranked Temple […]

City Life

Sleeping SEPTA Passenger Robbed, Tased, Pushed Onto Tracks

SEPTA Police have released video of a robbery and assault that occurred along the Market-Frankford line on Sunday at 12:50 a.m. The victim is lucky […]

Citified

How Safe Are Tasers?

Around 2 a.m. on Monday morning, at Huntingdon Station on the Market-Frankford line, an as yet unidentified man and a SEPTA police officer got into a protracted […]

City Life

SEPTA Key Allegedly Maybe Possibly Running By New Year

SEPTA is closing in on launching its smart card fare payment system SEPTA Key, and maybe for real this time. Officials working on the project […]

City Life

Why the Broad Street Line Was the Star of SEPTA’s Pope Weekend Service

So how well did SEPTA handle moving the masses in town for Francis Festival Weekend? About as well as it’s ever handled any large crowd. […]

City Life

Photos: Mass Exodus After Pope Francis’s Parkway Mass

Following Pope Francis’s massive Mass on the parkway, a whole lot of people have found themselves making their way home, or to their hotels, or […]

City Life

It’s Shockingly Easy to Get Into Philly Right Now

Follow Philadelphia magazine’s live coverage of Pope Francis’s historic visit all weekend long. For months now, the unfortunate message has been that visiting Philly this […]

City Life

Pope Traffic and Transit: What You Need to Know for Friday

Follow Philadelphia magazine’s live coverage of Pope Francis’s historic visit all weekend long. 6 p.m.: Francis Festival Zone traffic restrictions and road closures go into […]

City Life

ACLU and Mazzoni Center Join City in Filing Brief Against SEPTA

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mazzoni Center joined the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations in filing a brief […]

City Life

Free Ride on the Broad Street Line Sunday, Thanks to Beer

Yay football! Yay corporate sponsorships! To celebrate Eagles home opener, SEPTA is letting Broad Street Line riders on for free this Sunday from 1 p.m. to 9 […]

City Life

SEPTA Unveils New Interactive Pope Map

SEPTA has released a new, interactive map for people who are traveling on Regional Rail lines on September 26th and 27th, the weekend Pope Francis in […]