PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA is considering hiring a new vendor to run its troubled fare collection system. The board on Thursday will vote on a new company to operate its beleaguered ...
SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards (right) held up her finger to signify support of Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s ‘One City’ agenda after the budget address on March 14, 2024. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) ...
It took a little over eight years to build, run, and maintain SEPTA’s Key Card electronic fare-payment system and has cost at least $285 million, twice the budgeted amount. Now the transit ...
The transit agency has added more people on its police force and worked to keep people from using their vehicles as a home. A SEPTA bus passing through the intersection of 17th Street and JFK ...
‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge detains two men accused of tying up, killing 63-year-old man ...
Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ...
As a police investigation into the death of a man, who was struck and killed by a SEPTA bus on Jan. 3, 2025, continues members of the victim's family are seeking answers and looking for assurance ...
It happened last week. Surveillance video obtained by ABC Philadelphia affiliate WPVI shows the road buckling under a SEPTA bus. A short time later, with people milling around, that same section ...
Systemwide, SEPTA had a 33% decrease in serious crimes through 2024 compared with 2023, according to new SEPTA Transit Police Department data released Jan. 16 (see below). With approximately 350 fewer ...
Last spring, Drexel launched a six-month pilot program with SEPTA in which the University provided free, all-access Key Card passes to full-time, benefit-eligible employees. The program was very well ...
SEPTA says it is equipped for thousands of fans commuting for the Eagles game with extra service set for Sunday’s Wild Card match-up against the Green Bay Packers. The transit authority held a ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A car crashed into a SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia. It happened around 5 a.m. on Wednesday in the 5300 block of Spruce Street. Police say the 42 Bus was traveling eastbound ...