Tag: SEPTA

SEPTA’s social media team has expanded its role on Twitter from responding to customers’ questions and complaints to reaching out to see what is…

Less than a week after Chester County published a transportation study that set the return of commuter rail service to Phoenixville as a long-term…

SEPTA has purchased a new fleet of rail cars that will make mass transit more reliable, writes Tom MacDonald for WHYY.

The transportation agency purchased…

SEPTA plans to revitalize its bus network in Philadelphia to deal with the issues of slow service, shrinking ridership, and increasing competition from ride-share…

The aging transportation infrastructure in the U.S. will cost us $340 billion in lost business from 2017 to 2023, according to a study by…

SEPTA generates $2.93 billion a year in economic activity throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, including $174 million in Chester County, and adds value to homes in…

As the story goes, in 1942, George Krapf, Jr. was a businessman in a small rural community in Chester County.
George was well respected and…

SEPTA has cited the increased value of suburban homes by rail stations as one of the reasons why mass transit is essential to the well…

Millions of people will flock to the streets of Philadelphia on Thursday for the Super Bowl Parade, and SEPTA is ready.

The transportation authority has…

There will be no new railroad running from downtown West Chester to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia until the necessary funding can be secured, writes…

SEPTA is planning to implement several changes to its transit network over the next two years if enough funds are made available, writes Alison Burdo…

Top SEPTA officials are fearing the worst from a new state budget proposal that aims to siphon away trust funds that PennDOT uses to contribute…

There are few things that all sides can agree on in today’s polarized political environment, but the dire need for action regarding the nation…

As the story goes, in 1942, George Krapf, Jr. was a businessman in a small rural community in Chester County. George was well respected and…

Municipal bond analyst Eric Kazatsky of Bloomberg Market Intelligence has warned that the annual price hikes planned for the Pennsylvania Turnpike over the next 27…

Commuters face more unwelcome news from SEPTA, as it has announced that fares will increase on July 1, writes Mark Dent for Billy Penn.

The…

Wheelchairs will soon ride the rails in Paoli, thanks to a $36 million project to upgrade the Amtrak and SEPTA train station.

A groundbreaking ceremony…

Federal, state, and local officials joined together with SEPTA, Amtrak, and their honored guests Tuesday morning to officially break ground on the Paoli Station Accessibility…