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Transportation

A mockup of an Erie Station redesign
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

SEPTA is testing out a new name for its rail network: the Metro

The potential rebrand is part of a $40 million effort to make the public transit system easier for new riders.

5 years ago

A cleared out Vine Street Expressway
Community
6abc

Vine Street Expressway fully reopens both directions after historic flooding

Thousands of gallons of water were being pumped each minute from the highway in Center City.

5 years ago

Workers pump water from a flooded section of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia Friday, Sept. 3, 2021
Weather

Eastbound lanes of the Vine Street Expressway are back open, work continues on westbound lanes

Thousands of gallons of water were being pumped each minute from the highway in Center City.

5 years ago

Trucks and cars move northbound on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

It’s time to tell our regional planning overlords to stop throwing money at highways

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Connections2050 plan could be our chance to change the math on highway spending.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA considers mandating vaccination as NYC and DC transit agencies issue requirements

SEPTA may be the next public agency in the Philadelphia region to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for its employees.

5 years ago

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA workers say the pandemic revealed labor issues that go beyond paychecks

The pandemic has reshaped workers’ conception of fairness at work. For SEPTA, upcoming union negotiations will reveal just how much has changed.

5 years ago

Security footage of a security guard striking another person at SEPTA’s Allegheny Station. (6ABC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After another SEPTA assault caught on video, union says security guards ‘cause more problems’ than they help

The unarmed guards were the result of a $1.5 million agreement with Allied Universal Security Services to address safety concerns. This is the second attack since April.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

If SEPTA operators strike, I’ll support them, even if it means walking to work

Philadelphia straphangers may soon see SEPTA operators strike. If that happens, my daily routine will be disrupted. But I’m not mad.

5 years ago

Assistant Director of Transportation Ken Divers, who leads the vulnerable population task force at SEPTA, walks on the platform at Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

SEPTA union asks for hazard pay and higher wages as contract negotiations begin

SEPTA and the union that represents thousands of transit workers has begun negotiating a new contract. The union is asking for hazard pay and higher wages.

5 years ago

SEPTA trolley tunnel (SEPTA)
Community

SEPTA is flummoxed by a driver’s trolley tunnel detour

There was no damage after a car drove onto underground trolley tracks in Philly early Saturday morning.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA moves deep cleaning to Erie-Torresdale El stop this weekend

SEPTA continues to clean stations, hoping people will return to mass transit.

5 years ago

A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

In a bid to speed up transit commutes, Philly to test bus-only lanes in Center City

The twin bus-only lanes will run along a particularly congested stretch of Market Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City.

5 years ago

School buses
Education

‘Perfect storm’ for bus driver shortage as school year approaches

A fast-growing school district in Middletown, Delaware reflects the nationwide lack of school bus drivers.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

U.S. Attorney charges 9 in SEPTA corruption investigation

The scheme allegedly involved a string of the transit agency’s facility managers who colluded with outside vendors to fabricate fraudulent supply and repair invoices.

5 years ago

Uber and Lyft sign in windshield of car, Queens, New York. (Education Images/Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Lyft and Uber prices are high. Wait times are long and drivers are scarce

In some cities, Uber and Lyft prices are up 79% from pre-pandemic levels, according to analytics firm Gridwise Inc.

5 years ago

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