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A former SEPTA employee is accusing the transit authority of racial discrimination in the workplace. The federal lawsuit claims “race was a motivating or determinative factor” in SEPTA’s discriminatory treatment of Nathanial Myers, a former assistant director of bus maintenance. Myers, a Black man, alleges he was passed over for promotion five times. Each time, less qualified white candidates got the job, his suit alleges. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges that Myers was “held to different, and higher standards than other assistant ...

By SEPTA headquarters (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn) A former SEPTA employee is accusing the transit authority of racial discrimination in the workplace. The federal lawsuit claims “race was a motivating or determinative factor” in SEPTA’s discriminatory treatment of Nathanial Myers, a former assistant director of bus maintenance. Myers, a Black man, alleges he was passed over for promotion five times. Each time, less qualified white candidates got the job, his suit alleges. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges that Myers was “held to di...

WHYY By An artist's rendering of the proposed King of Prussia rail line station at Mall Boulevard. (Courtesy of SEPTA) Despite continued financial losses, the SEPTA board approved a plan to use $40 million of the federal coronavirus relief money to free up funds to go toward the King of Prussia Rail Project. The approximately $2 billion rail line would connect King of Prussia to University City and Center City, creating a trifecta of the largest employment hubs in the region. The board also approved a five-year strategic plan for 2021 through 2026 that lists the KOP rail as one of its five pr...