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SEPTA to move forward with service cuts across Philadelphia region with no funding fix in place

With no funding deal reached, deep service cuts to SEPTA bus, train and trolley services in the Philadelphia region are ...
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SEPTA moving forward with first round of cuts as deadline passes without a deal

SEPTA said that if a deal was not reached by midnight, service and route cuts would go into effect on August 24.
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‘It’s extremely frustrating’: Pennsylvania leaders discuss budget hang-ups at Northeast Philly open house as SEPTA deadline expires

As the Pennsylvania legislature continues to haggle over a budget, SEPTA says it will move forward with cuts as planned.

Mayor Cherelle Parker calls Senate GOP proposal ‘fuzzy math,’ and urges lawmakers to fund SEPTA

Parker framed the pending SEPTA service cuts as dire, but stopped short of detailing the city’s plans should they move ...

Man claims self-defense in shooting at SEPTA train station in North Philadelphia, police say

A man is claiming self-defense in a shooting that killed another man at a SEPTA train station in North Friday evening.
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Layoffs, frustrated public among concerns for union president ahead of SEPTA cuts

The president of TWU Local 234 says he's especially concerned that frontline workers will bear the brunt of public ...

How upcoming SEPTA cuts will impact Philly sports fans — and what, if anything, can be done to help

For decades, local sports fans have used the Broad Street Line and other SEPTA services to get down to Eagles, Phillies, ...

Transit bill from Pa. Senate fails to move forward as SEPTA's deadline approaches

With SEPTA's deadline to avoid a "death spiral" hours away, a Pa. House Committee did not approve of a transit bill that was passed by the Senate.
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SEPTA service cuts could add 275,000 vehicles to local roads, experts warn

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Transit experts are warning that proposed service cuts to SEPTA could result in approximately 275,000 ...