public transportation
SEPTA: Key Should Fully Launch by Fall 2016
SEPTA says its long-awaited (and long-delayed) card fare payment system will finally fully launch by late fall of this y ear. A “limited” launch of SEPTA […]
SEPTA Proposes Budget Increase, But No Fare Hike, for 2017
SEPTA has published its proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2017 (PDF), which begins in June. The $1.39 billion operating budget represents an increase of $40 […]
Coming Soon: Two New SEPTA Bus Routes?
SEPTA’s Annual Service Plan for Fiscal Year 2017 includes two new bus routes that won’t be launched in the coming fiscal year. That’s because the agency […]
20 Smart Transportation Ideas Reshaping Philadelphia (and Your Life)
Our city has reached a tipping point. Just look outside, in the streets, where rentable, shareable Indego bikes have come, conquered and multiplied. Meantime, regional […]
Upper Merion Residents Seek to Derail KofP Train Proposal
While the business interests and developers in King of Prussia are all in on SEPTA’s proposed Norristown High-Speed Line spur, a bunch of Upper Merion […]
This Unofficial SEPTA Map Highlights What Riders Really Care About
Most transit maps show would-be riders where the buses and trains go. Which is fine, as far as it goes — and if everyone were […]
How Those SEPTA Stop Announcements Work — and What to Do When They Don’t
One of my colleagues asked one recent morning, “Why is it that the stop announcements on SEPTA are off so much of the time?” This […]
The Five Biggest Philadelphia Transportation Stories of 2015
If anything, 2015 was the Year of the Bike on the transportation front locally, with major new facilities opening up the promise of faster, easier bike […]
London Tube Now Accepting Apple Pay
Apple Pay made its London debut earlier this week, which means that travelers and Brits alike can purchase merchandise at over 250,000 shops with a simple tap-and-go […]
PATCO Will Begin Selling Papal Visit Passes Monday
SEPTA isn’t the only public transit agency tightening up its transit plan for Pope Francis’ visit in September. PATCO, the light rail line between Philadelphia […]
What If You Could Get from Philly to D.C. on Public Transit?
There are a few ways to get from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.: You can shell out the dough for Amtrak (expensive!), sit in traffic on […]
PATCO Now Takes Credit and Debit for Paper Tickets
Passengers who prefer plastic to cash will now have an easier time riding PATCO. The Philly-South Jersey rail service now accepts credit and debit cards at […]
Apple Picks Philly to Debut New Transit App
Apple has chosen Philadelphia and nine other North American and European cities to debut its new Transit app, which is basically Apple Maps but for […]
The Media Is Vastly Underestimating SEPTA’s Constituency
For the first time ever in a Philadelphia mayoral campaign, all of the candidates in this year’s primary tipped their proverbial hats to the importance […]
Here Are Maps of All of SEPTA’s Proposed Route Changes
Spring is here, which means it’s time for SEPTA’s annual planning ritual. The Annual Service Plan is where SEPTA lays out the route changes it […]