In Media for @septa #hearing 1/10: Delco Courthouse wifi is terrible!Loads worse than Amtrak.Take note SEPTA, do not emulate…
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
In the back of the room: renderings of faregates in Market East and 30th St. 3-arm turnstiles(!), 30th St barriers look like a disaster.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
14 minutes of legal boilerplate before the @septa #Delco #hearing presentations begin. The law is a pain sometimes.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Zone eliminations get shoutout, and Eastwick, but no love for N. Philadelphia/N. Broad #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
This was from the initial SEPTA presentation.
Agreements with 14/17 unions; which ones are the holdouts?
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
We would find out the identity of one at 6:00.
Time is coming out of subway-surface #trolley schedules! CBTC must be getting more reliable #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
The Governor has pledged to try to pass a transport funding bill.Ha. Ha. Ha. #badjoke #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
I think my later take on this point is better, but.
John McGee just flat-out lied about #transfer fare rules. #SEPTA #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
I should not say he lied, especially as Mr. McGee was under oath at the time. I apologize and retract the accusation. But he was really reckless and irresponsible in his initial answers here.
#SEPTA #NPT #Transfers will only be valid 90 minutes from first boarding: this will make a lot of CTD/STD and STD/STD transfers very dicey
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
There was no indication that there was any plan in place to deal with this situation, except a vague reference to easing the time limit on weekends. That may be part of a solution, but the problem persists.
Ooh, #SEPTA K-car replacement question? (asked as “when will they be made accessible?”) Answer: When they wear out and we get money.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Given Kawasaki’s record, waiting for the K-cars to wear out may be a very, very long wait. #SEPTA #Delco #hearing
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Douglas Diehl is calling out the #transfer shenanigans.#SEPTA #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Mr. Diehl is a member of Tri-State Transit Center, a local advocacy group.
…and is now following up with attacking the terrible awful NHSL/123/124/125 premium fares.Good times!#SEPTA #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
@septa just announced that local rides on the 124/125 west of Gulph Mills will (still) be local fares. #WIN #Delco #Hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
…aaaaand, a proposal to postpone NPT implementation until after another round of hearings next year. Dunno what I think of that one.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Getting ready for Round 2 of @septa #hearing in Media, but keeping one eye on updates from #BostonMarathon
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
BLET representative first speaker up.Asks about $38MM operating deficit.”Is that money going to show up?”#SEPTA #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
BLET rep pressing on unfunded pension costs. Pension costs up 65% over 10 years? Doesn’t seem like much, actually.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Aha. BLET is in contract negotiations. @septa rep is objecting to the line of Qs as asked and answered (even if answer is “we don’t know”)
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Yup, BLET needs a contract.
New line of Qs from BLET inquires about legal technicality on SEPTA’s sovereign immunity. No lawyers present to answer #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
Next up, Matt Mitchell from @phillydvarp. Walls of text introduced in writing. Summary coming. #Delco #hearing
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Act 44 is still the sword of Damocles. Governor Corbett and the Lege need to come through. Cynicism here to taste. #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
.@phillydvarp: “Down with #transfers!” Hear, hear! #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
They and I both mean, of course, that transfers should be cheaper, and preferably free. As they stand (at $1), they are inefficient and inequitable.
And here we go on the @septa RRD nonsense, including turnstiles in Center City. #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
.@phillydvarp pulls the trigger: NPT is fatally flawed, calls for rejection of NPT tariffs as currently constituted. #Delco #hearing
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
And after less than 30 minutes, the #Delco #hearing Q and A is over. See you tomorrow in Norristown.
— Sic Transit Philly (@SicTransitPhila) April 15, 2013
This last one failed to post, thinks to the terrible wifi. But it’s right; see you tomorrow!
Sic Transit Philadelphia 
Are the 30th St. renderings available anywhere online? I cannot fathom how they will be arranged to encourage orderly queueing while allowing for pedestrian flow to and from the Cira Center.
Actually, I take that back. If the turnstiles were placed in the north waiting room and a fare control area were established encompassing a portion of the north waiting room, the staircase up to the commuter concourse, and the stairs to the platforms, leaving the western half of the concourse outside fare control, it might work. But the elevators wouldn’t be in fare control, and there’d be no ADA-compliant way to get from the north waiting room to the concourse. This idea is sounding better and better.
Thanks very much for posting this! Was there any response from SEPTA on zone consolidation? And was the matter of Via Center City fares discussed?
Well, look who we have here!
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/SEPTA-Public-Hearing-on-Fare-Increase-203058601.html