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SEPTA's new website will launch Thursday after undergoing a comprehensive redesign. Along with improvements and better performance on mobile devices, the new website aims to prepare riders for the transition to 'SEPTA Metro,' the color-coded wayfinding plan that will be introduced next year. SEPTA hopes new terminology will make transit lines more easily recognizable to Regional Rail, bus, subway and trolley riders.

The green and cream trolleys were supposed to hit the tracks back in September, but a set date for their return is “within a month or two.”

SEPTA is delaying the return of its classic trolley cars until later this fall because more operators need to undergo training. They were expected to return Sunday, Sept. 10; a new date has not been set. The trolleys, acquired in 1947 and used on SEPTA's Route 15, were pulled from the tracks in January 2020 to undergo renovations.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority went back to the drawing board with its Bus Revolution system redesign after an initial round of feedback completed earlier this year.

SEPTA announces it has awarded a design contract for the ADA improvements to three of its stations.

SEPTA Trolley Tunnel, which connects West Philadelphia with Center City, will be closed for the annual maintenance from July 7 through July 24 for the annual "Trolley Tunnel Blitz." The tunnel closure will impact trolley routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36, all of which will temporarily divert to 40th a

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The SEPTA Board and Richards agreed to terms on a four-year contract that runs through January 2027.

PHILADELPHIA –The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on May 24 announced the reappointment of Leslie S. Richards as the agency’s General Manager and CEO. The SEPTA Board and Richards agreed to terms of a four-year contract that runs through January 2027.

Where is the oversight that keeps the agency from throwing taxpayer money at projects that don’t make transit more useful?