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The Philly Transit Riders Union used DocumentCloud’s annotation feature to highlight public documents with their members and share them with local reporters and the public.

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"There is a real opportunity for China to cement its status as a world leader by stepping up to help SEPTA riders, who have been abandoned by our own government." 🔔🔔🔔

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FanDuel helps restore SEPTA's express train service for Eagles season opener FanDuel announced they're providing resources to restore SEPTA's express train service on the Broad Street Line for the Eagles season opener.

use FanDuel promocode FISCALCLIFF for to get your first $5 bet for free and connect with a Pennsylvania representative www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/...

SEPTA service cuts begin today. Here's what to know about it:

cover of the book "Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union" by Richard Kreitner

"preparing legislation to split Pennsylvania’s tax collection into three categories so that Philadelphia and its collar counties keep their own earnings to pay for their schools, law enforcement, mass transit, and more."

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SEPTA defunding is going to go down as a cautionary tale against fiscal responsibility. you can count every penny, achieve efficiencies that put your costs an order of magnitude below peer systems, never expand the network and focus only on maintenance, and still get curb-stomped

If you see a sign about your Philly bus, trolley, or subway route changing, here's what you need to know:

Fund SEPTA!
Philly doesn’t want your shady Uber bus.
It doesn’t want your Waymo death trap.
Fund the good old public transit! Literally for goodness sakes!

Will the SEPTA Board follow the Late Congressman John Lewis's call and Get In the Way and Cause Good Trouble? – Philadelphia Hall Monitor This Thursday, the Board of the South Eastern Pennsylvania  Transit Authority, SEPTA, will vote on the question:  Should it eliminate 45 % of its service and raise fares by 21.5%, along the lines of w...

"Will the SEPTA board represent the interest of the riders, the region, the environment and the long term financial health of the Delaware Valley by refusing to ‘begin to dismantle the system’?"

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Wish when the Inquirer interviews Chamber of Commerce reps about SEPTA cuts they would follow up with questions about the Chamber's incessant lobbying for tax cuts. When you cut taxes, you have less funds for public services, these things go hand in hand!

NJ Transit strike begins halting trains and leaving passengers stranded Union engineers rejected a proposed contract with a 4% annual raise, leading to a system-wide shutdown.

NJ Transit train engineers on strike

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Norristown High Speed Line pope

Keeping local agencies accountable using DocumentCloud The Philly Transit Riders Union used DocumentCloud’s annotation feature to highlight public documents with their members and share them with local reporters and the public.

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Hall Monitor

In just a few hours, consumer reporter @lancehaver.bsky.social is back with updates on SEPTA's budget and what Philly public transit could look like if the agency crumbles. Catch it live at 6.

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Screenshot from Inquirer article: "SEPTA says that it has no choice but to be prepared, and that the eye-popping reductions are not a political threat but a realistic assessment of the bad choices available as it faces a $213 million annual structural deficit." https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-budget-announcement-bus-subway-cuts-20250410.html

Screenshot from Inquirer article: "Brooks first introduced a wealth tax in Council’s last term, but it went nowhere. The new version includes tweaks that address criticisms of her initial try, such as excluding retirement accounts and college savings funds. The tax would generate $200 million per year, with 70% coming from the top 5% of earners, according to a Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center analysis cited in the memo." https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/working-families-party-wealth-tax-plan-city-council-20250326.html

Almost the entire SEPTA structural deficit could be filled by the Working Families Party Councilmembers' proposed wealth tax on holdings of stocks and bonds.

The public has a right to know how the Sixers arena debacle happened | Opinion The city and SEPTA have defied a 2023 order in support of my public records request into the arena negotiations. Their efforts to block the release of the files beg the question: What are they hiding?

"In bowing to the interests of three billionaires, City Council members who voted for the enabling legislation ignored red flags in the SEPTA report and testimony.

For them, the additional costs of 76 Place were SEPTA’s problem."

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SEPTA rides may cost 21% more starting in January; severe service cuts could soon follow SEPTA's budget director describes the moves as the potential start of “managing the decline of the system.”

From SEPTA on up to the federal government, it's just “managing the decline of the system.”
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Tell Governor Josh Shapiro – STOP Transit Cuts & Fare Increases

The PA State Legislature has chosen not to fund public transit. Luckily the governor can redirect funds to public transit. Ed Rendell did it before, we need to you tell Governor Shapiro to do it now

www.transitforallpa.org/takeaction/

Meet the veteran voice behind SEPTA’s Regional Rail announcements Alvin Elliott has held various roles at SEPTA since 1985. But commuters know him for his announcements of schedule changes, delays, emergencies, and weather alerts.

The voice behind SEPTA regional rail announcements? That's Alvin Elliott

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