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SEPTA Board has approved a new transit police contract with salary increases, health benefits and more Thursday afternoon.

SEPTA Transit Police Union President, Omari Bervine, has told FOX 29 that transit officers will not walk off the job Monday morning, at 12:01 a.m., for the time being.

Recent decisions show that SEPTA is listening to the complaints from riders and advocates, and making positive changes.

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Last week, SEPTA’s Board approved an amended Capital Budget for the current fiscal year to add approximately $95 million in funding that has been made available through the recently enacted federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

SEPTA and city officials invited riders to return after more than a year of shutdowns and restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Also: Transit on demand comes to the night shift, and more in this week’s Mobile City.

Some third-shift workers in Lower Bucks riding SEPTA bus lines to and from work might not have to walk that last mile from the bus stop starting next week.  SEPTA’s Owl Link begins Monday at 10 p.m. through 6 a.m. picking up passengers along bus routes 14 (Horizon Boulevard), 56 (Torresdale and Cottman Loop) and 66 (City Line Loup) through Philadelphia and into Bensalem. The nighttime public transit link will operate seven days a week as an on-demand service, a SEPTA news release Tuesday s...

Pa. Transit Adds On-Demand Bus for Late-Night Workers The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is now offering an on-demand bus service, Owl Link, that will take late-night workers in Lower Bucks County to and from bus stops between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. May 06, 2021 •  Flickr (TNS) — Some third-shift workers in Lower Bucks riding SEPTA bus lines to and from work might not have to walk that last mile from the bus stop starting next w...

SEPTA facing possible budget cut. David C. Lester SEPTA is facing a possible significant cut in its Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget. [This week] SEPTA unveiled its proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget and 12-Year Program, a plan that lays out the Authority’s vision for continuing core infrastructure improvements and advancing projects of significance for the region. At the same time, with uncertainty looming about state funding, the plan also shows major reductions that would have to be m...