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Is my bus route getting cut? A quick guide to what SEPTA’s proposed changes could mean for you
For years, SEPTA has been warning of dire cuts that would trigger “a death spiral” because of its perennial budget deficits.
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SEPTA warns of service cuts, curfew, elimination of bus routes and train lines without state funding increase
By Aug. 24, SEPTA would eliminate these 32 bus routes: the 1, 8, 12, 19 ... Prices for a single ride on a bus, Metro line or paratransit service would increase to $2.90 and a monthly TransPass would ...
SEPTA plans to cut service on dozens of routes and may lay off staff amid funding crisis
As drafted, SEPTA’s budget would hit transit riders hard with deep service cuts that raise questions about the long-term ...
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SEPTA Unveils New Budget: 5 Regional Rail Lines Gone, 56 Bus Routes Slashed, and the Highest Fares in the Country
All this can be avoided, the agency says, if Harrisburg can agree on a budget that funds mass transit statewide.
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SEPTA plans to hike fares and drastically cut service to avoid budget crisis
Beginning Aug. 24, dozens of bus routes could be eliminated or shortened if the transit authority doesn't receive more ...
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SEPTA service would be cut nearly in half under new budget proposal if more funding not secured
SEPTA unveiled a budget proposal on Thursday that it says would include a reduction to nearly half of its service.
SEPTA unveils ‘bad budget' with drastic service cuts, fare increases
SEPTA's Interim General Manager Scott Sauer, on Thursday, detailed a budget that would call for incremental service cuts, the complete elimination of some regional rail lines, 9 p.m. rail shutdowns ...