Tom Fitzgerald
Transportation Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer transportation reporter. Longtime political writer for same with many prez campaign-trail miles. Also: @[email protected]
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Tom Fitzgerald |Michelle Myers
It was a cross between a high school football game and a Bernie Sanders rally. Chants. Cheers. Fiery calls to save the working class people whoneed SEPTA. Transit riders, advocates, state lawmakers, union leaders, high school students, City Council members and suburban political leaders huddled in the North Broad Street arcade of City Hall on Friday to demand Harrisburg provide more funding for SEPTA and its counterparts.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Tom Fitzgerald |Jesse Bunch |Nick Vadala |Gillian McGoldrick
As SEPTA proposed slashing nearly half its service, people across the region on Thursday expressed shock at realizing the depth of a fiscal crisis that could cripple the transit network. “I was pretty distraught” to learn of the plan, devout SEPTA rider Phil Blumenkrantz 71, said while waiting for a bus outside Suburban Station. In a $2.6 billion proposed budget for operations and capital projects, up to 55 bus routes would be eliminated, five Regional Rail lines shut down and 66 stations closed.
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2 weeks ago |
centredaily.com | Tom Fitzgerald
As drafted, SEPTA's budget would hit transit riders hard with deep service cuts that raise questions about the long-term survival of the system. Under the proposal, 32 bus routes spread across Philadelphia and the four suburban counties would get the ax, 12 routes would be shortened, and 63 more would offer less frequent service. Those and other cuts totaling 45% of SEPTA service would be implemented in two phases, starting this fall - if the Pennsylvania legislature doesn't pass Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Tom Fitzgerald |Erica Palan |Sam Morris |Charmaine Runes
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Tom Fitzgerald
As drafted, SEPTA’s budget would hit transit riders hard with deep service cuts that raise questions about the long-term survival of the system. Under the proposal, 32 bus routes spread across Philadelphia and the four suburban counties would get the ax, 12 routes would be shortened, and 63 more would offer less frequent service. Those and other cuts totaling 45% of SEPTA service would be implemented in two phases, starting this fall — if the Pennsylvania legislature doesn’t pass Gov.
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