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Close the Paoli/Thorndale line? Many say SEPTA is using the threat as leverage.
Another variant concerns the Chestnut Hill West line. It stops in Chestnut Hill, West Mount Airy, and Germantown, city neighborhoods with histories of organized political activism and protest. The ...
Would SEPTA cuts kill Main Line transit-oriented development? | Inquirer Lower Merion
State Rep. Mary Jo Daley is hosting an expert roundtable today on the future of SEPTA funding with SEPTA General Manager ...
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Critics Raise Concerns of SEPTA Using Paoli/Thorndale Line Closure Threat as Leverage
A new rumor circulating among commuters, “fund SEPTA” rallygoers, and attendees of public hearings suggests SEPTA is using ...
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SEPTA cuts would pose an ‘existential threat’ to Center City, business owners say
What will happen if SEPTA reduces service, eliminating dozens of bus and Regional Rail lines? She is “horrified” by the possibility. “I’ve never used the phrase ‘existential threat’ as ...
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Transit cuts would pose an ‘existential threat’ to Philadelphia's Center City, business owners say
Now, Allman said, the phrase seems foreboding. What will happen if SEPTA reduces service, eliminating dozens of bus and Regional Rail lines?
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PA: Editorial | Restoring state transit funding isn't a bailout. It's an investment in a public good
Efficient, robust, safe public transit is a public good that's essential to economic development, population growth and regional prosperity.
No injuries when fire erupts at Philadelphia transit lot filled with decommissioned buses
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire erupted early Thursday at a transit bus lot in Philadelphia filled with dozens of decommissioned vehicles, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky but ...
For Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, potential SEPTA cuts would be devastating
In Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, half the residents don't own cars. For them, public transportation is ...
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SEPTA holds public hearings on budget proposal service cuts, fare hikes
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA begins holding public hearings on its proposed service cuts and fare hikes on Monday. The sessions will take place at SEPTA headquarters on Market Street at 11 a.m ...
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Public hearings begin Monday in Philadelphia about SEPTA's plan to cut service, raise fares
Public hearings on SEPTA's proposal to cut service and raise fares to fill a more than $200 million budget gap begin Monday morning in Philadelphia. "There is not a way for our region to function ...
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SEPTA budget proposal calls for significant service cuts, fare increases and layoffs to address deficit
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) released a new budget proposal that calls for considerable service cuts in order to address what officials say is ...
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'A disaster for us': Philadelphia business owner fears fallout from proposed SEPTA cuts
The proposed SEPTA service cuts are top of mind. "It frightened me when I first heard about the cuts," Allie tells Action News. She has more than 700 full and part-time employees, many of whom ...