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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- While Corey Walker waited for his bus in North Philadelphia, the two violent incidents that happened at SEPTA stations over the weekend were on his mind. "I thought it was ...
The Federal Transit Administration has ordered SEPTA to address safety issues inspectors observed during the agency's recent review of the authority's operations. The corrective action plan ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia City Council is calling for SEPTA to take action after several violent and high-profile incidents unfolded on its trains and busses this year. The meeting was ...
SEPTA partnered with ELERTS, a company that claims to have “mobile alert systems empower people to quickly report safety and security incidents,” for the app. ELERTS is known for “See ...
SEPTA to announce new safety measures, bringing in additional security personnel The security personnel will serve as eyes and ears for transit police.
SEPTA Police are also actively partnering with Philadelphia Police and other law enforcement to increase the overall presence of uniformed police officers on the system. In addition, SEPTA Police have ...
SEPTA employees are undergoing safety reinforcement training this week following several recent accidents in the Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs involving their vehicles. The eight-week ...
The FTA made a total of 24 recommendations to SEPTA, covering issues ranging from safety and security, staffing, training and operational practices and procedural issues, in the report.
SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said all the incidents have different causes, but safety training will be implemented for all employees. “There isn’t any immediate indication that we have any one ...
SEPTA officials are implementing safety training for some 9,000 workers in the wake of a half dozen crashes involving their vehicles. Spokesperson Andrew Busch said every agency employee will have a ...
There have been no fare increases this year, but as SEPTA officials discuss their budget, a top priority for them is improving safety.
PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — If SEPTA doesn’t get funding to fill a $213 million budget deficit, the transit agency says it would have to take “drastic steps to irreversibly shrink the system ...