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SEPTA riders will start to feel the cuts on Aug. 24, when dozens of bus routes are eliminated or shortened, among other ...
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As major service cuts to SEPTA draw nearer with Pennsylvania’s state budget entering its eighth week overdue, the battle ...
SEPTA officials slashed their way to $30 million in savings, but they still need more than $200 million to maintain service.
Regional Rail line eliminations are expected to take effect in January 2026. In the meantime, SEPTA Regional Rail riders can ...
Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija said the county will be hit hard economically by the looming SEPTA cuts.
The fight over funding public transit has revealed an even bigger rift in Pennsylvania. There is a growing and often tense divide between urban and rural parts of the state.
A Pennsylvania House committee voted down a bill the Republican-controlled Senate passed to infuse new funding into SEPTA.
The public transit crisis “puts tens of millions of dollars in serious jeopardy for the operation of Amtrak in our regions,” ...
Lawmakers have missed SEPTA’s deadline to act to forestall cuts, divided over where money for transit should come from.
Pennsylvania's GOP-controlled state Senate approved a budget that Democrats oppose. The plan heads to the state House, ...