SEPTA
NJ Transit Decides Not to Hike Fares, Continues to Make SEPTA Look Bad
SEPTA cash fares now stand at $2.25, while token prices have been hiked to $1.80. The quarter and dime industry must be licking its lips. […]
Start Digging in Your Couch Cushions — SEPTA’s Fare Hike Starts Today
Starting today, people are going to start complaining about SEPTA a lot more. Everybody’s favorite transit company instituted its long-threatened fare increases today: Subways, buses […]
Woman Dies After Being Struck By SEPTA Train in Center City
Philly.com reports: “A woman was killed by a SEPTA train at the 15th Street stop on the Market-Frankford Line last night, a SEPTA spokesman said. […]
Starting Next Week, SEPTA No Longer Cares If You’re a Man or a Woman
SEPTA, in addition to hiking fares next week, is eliminating gender designations that have long adorned their SEPTA passes. (The decision was made last year, […]
Here’s How to Ride SEPTA for Free [Updated]
In case you haven’t been paying attention, SEPTA fares are about to go up, with cash fares on buses and trolleys increasing from $2 to […]
VIDEO: White SEPTA Cop Punches Black Man in the Head [Updated]
Watch the video below. It’s only seven seconds long, and it appears to show a police officer in Philadelphia punching a man across the head […]
For Lease: An El Stop of One’s Own
“Convenient to Public Transportation,” the flyer for 625 N. Front St. reads. “1/2 Block to the Market-Frankford El.” Couldn’t get much closer than that. Unless, as […]
Starting Now, SEPTA Going to Cancel Even More Trains
Last weekend, SEPTA cancelled 8 regional rail trains. Why? Not enough conductors and engineers. Why? Federal work rules were tightened in 2011, limiting the amount […]
SEPTA’s Newest “Rolling Equipment Problem”
Those shiny new SEPTA Regional Rail cars sure look great, don’t they? They took long enough to get here: the Silverliner V car order was […]
Video: Baby in Stroller Falls Onto SEPTA Tracks
A 14-month-old baby fell into the tracks at the 56th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line yesterday afternoon, after her stroller, which was not in […]
GOP Legislators Call SEPTA Funding A Form of “Welfare”
Some of our betters in Harrisburg apparently think so. City Paper’s Dan Denvir reports: Funding for SEPTA and other public transit is “subsidizing a minority […]
Richard Branson Should Buy SEPTA
So SEPTA needs money. Lots of it. In fact, a recent report said that unless SEPTA gets more money, the system “… will be forced […]
WATCH: Woman Darts Onto Tracks During NBC’s SEPTA Safety Report
Um, lady, you’re not supposed to do that: View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.
Property’s Morning Obsession: Steve Powers’ “Love Letter” for Sale
You’ve seen them on the buildings along the route of the Market-Frankford El–artist Steve Powers’ “Love Letter” murals, which are evocative, poignant, funny and one […]
SEPTA: Budget Cuts Creating Grim Outlook
After the Eagles and Phillies, bashing SEPTA is the third-most-loved sport in Philadelphia, which is kind of unfair, because moving tens of thousands of people […]