Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) SEPTA locomotive gets $1.2 million air pollution upgrade | Philadelphia … Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) It's a 1950s-era locomotive — technically, a “switcher locomotive” — that SEPTA uses for maintenance, repairs and to rescue stranded trains
PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) SEPTA Gets $1.2 Million EPA Grant PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) SEPTA announced this morning that the Environmental Protection Agency is forwarding them $1.2 million to install new technology onto a 1950s-era locomotive that will reduce diesel emissions. The EPA-funded project will help SEPTA repower the engine of …
Chic Fishtown Still A Drug Capital Philadelphia Center City Weekly Press SEPTA's 15 trolley, which I ride almost every day from my house in Fishtown, becomes at various times what some people call the Methadone Express. Users en route to two major methadone clinics along Girard Avenue often nod off in their …
PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) Occupy Philly Day 4: A Hunger Strike Begins PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) SEPTA has been kind in this regard, as well. Krispy Kreme had been bringing donuts at night to the protesters, though will not be doing so tonight, as some they offered the donuts to taunted the workers as “corporate somethings,” according to a speaker ..
Ever Wonder How To Use SEPTA Regional Rail? PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) SEPTA knows how getting on a train, buying tickets, sitting, all that stuff, can be tricky. Problem solved: They've uploaded a series of videos to YouTube, called SEPTA InMotion, explaining just that! “A Video Program for Customers,” InMotion “aims to …
Fox Chase SEPTA Station Earns LEED Certification—But is That a Good Thing? PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) but then there's SEPTA . They're talking up the recently-renovated Fox Chase Regional Rail Station in the Northeast having gone green and earned a “Silver” LEED certification form the US Green Building Council.
PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) RAGE Confronts SEPTA at Downtown Headquarters PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) Members of Philly Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE) descended upon 1234 Market Street Thursday morning to give SEPTA a little talking to.
DAILY GRINDER: Pickets Up At Roman Catholic PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) The water damage from Hurricane Irene is so bad, SEPTA says they're going to be “sidelined for weeks,” which, in SEPTA -speak, probably means months. Mark your calendars.
DAILY GRINDER: SEPTA Ridership Up For First Time Since Forever Ago PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) And now SEPTA thinks it's so hot. Yeah, their ridership is up four percent, carrying the most riders since 1989. They credit high gas prices, “service improvements,” population growth…really, just everything besides humans' love of sandwiches for the …
School Reform Commission Approves Budgets With Cuts Patch.com Masch presented a third possibility to the SRC, which is finding financing for the transpasses from SEPTA . The district is reimbursed by the state one year after they pay SEPTA for the transpasses.
