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SEPTA’s King of Prussia Rail project has finally selected a Locally Preferred Alternative, and much to my surprise, the winner was not the elevated alignment over US 202, but rather the alignment alongside the PECO transmission line and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. There’s a lot to take in, so I’ll just hit the top five highlights on each side. …
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The NTSB released its preliminary findings into the Amtrak 188 derailment on February 1st, and to be perfectly blunt, we still know about as much as we did the day after the crash. We know the “how” of the derailment — that the train went into the curve at Frankford Junction at 106 mph instead …
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Cars parked on snow emergency routes in the City of Philadelphia will be towed starting at 21:00 Friday. PPA garages in Center City are offering flat-rate $5 parking for each 24-hour period. SEPTA will be shutting down all service except the Market-Frankford and Broad Street Lines at 4:00 AM Saturday. CCT will run for dialysis patients …
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I wasn’t expecting to speak at Monday night’s hearing on the NEC FUTURE Draft EIS, mostly because I failed to do my homework and realize that they would be accepting spoken testimony. So I winged it, with some hastily jotted notes. Here are the highlights of that extemporaneous speech, heavily revised and extended, as best as …
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It’s a time of new beginnings, and hopes for a better future! Or at least, trying to be better than we are now, in ways that will fade along with our newly-renewed gym memberships. In no particular order: No more “SEPTA Key is Late” complaints. It’s very late. We all know it’s very late. We …
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