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Sharon Settles, a maintenance worker, is tested for COVID-19 by Registered Nurse Cyndi Walker of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium at the Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Black Doctors will test SEPTA employees for COVID-19 at stations

Testing by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, led by physician Ala Stanford, will happen at two transit stations weekly.

6 years ago

(Michaela Winberg / Billy Penn)
Health
Billy Penn

Are SEPTA riders wearing face masks? We rode bus, trolley and subway to find out

Face coverings are now required, but police will not enforce the rule.

6 years ago

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in Trenton. (Google Maps)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: NJ Motor Vehicle Commission to restart limited in-person services

Road tests and the issuing of new licenses and permits will begin on the tentative date of June 29.

6 years ago

A SEPTA rider dons a surgical mask. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: SEPTA to require riders wear masks starting June 8

In a release, Chief Press Officer Andrew Busch noted that coverings don’t have to be fancy, they may be as simple as a bandana or repurposed t-shirt.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Turnpike
Community

Pennsylvania Turnpike to go cashless permanently, laying off 500 toll collectors

About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs.

6 years ago

Police ride through Philadelphia after night of unrest
Community

Philly renews curfew, SEPTA suspends service to Center City amid ongoing unrest

The shutdown was announced amid ongoing protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

6 years ago

Veronica Jerry
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Extra precautious’ and scared, SEPTA employees who survived COVID-19 return to work

SEPTA employees who were sickened by the coronavirus are going back to their workplaces masked up, missing colleagues, and scared for their future.

6 years ago

(Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Megabus restarts Philly service amid confusion over roadwork behind 30th Street Station

You can get tickets to D.C. now and NYC next week — and the bus will pick you up in the regular spot, officials say.

6 years ago

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trains are seen parked in the vicinity of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Rider advocates call on SEPTA to cut Regional Rail fares to ‘integrate’ system

At a public hearing on SEPTA’s fare restructuring plan, advocates asked the authority to respond to the coronavirus pandemic with deeper fare reductions.

6 years ago

SEPTA turnstiles (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Now is the time to remake SEPTA’s fare structure

The SEPTA board will soon vote on a fare proposal created before the pandemic. Should the fare plan change because the economy has changed?

6 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Coronavirus is pulling us 6 feet apart. Philly’s magnetism will bring us together again.

An urban planner reflects on how Philadelphia’s street design, transit and neighborhoods could change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Uber is restructuring its business to focus on rides and food delivery, which has been a bright spot for the company during the pandemic. (Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Uber cuts 3,000 more jobs as pandemic squeezes ride-hailing

The company is slimming down to focus on rides and food delivery while cutting $1 billion in costs this year.

6 years ago

Uber responds to the coronavirus
Health

Uber to require drivers and riders to wear face masks starting Monday

The ride-hailing giant is preparing riders and drivers alike for a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Traffic jams the Garden State Parkway across the Great Egg Harbor Bay Inlet Bridge near Ocean City, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Down the Shore
Community

Cash toll collection resumes on the Garden State Parkway next week

After nearly two months, cash toll collection will return to the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike next Tuesday, state officials announced. 

6 years ago

In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
Courts & Law

Judge reinstates charges in deadly Philadelphia Amtrak crash

A judge has reinstated all charges brought against an Amtrak engineer for his role in a high-speed derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people.

6 years ago

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