Tying a few recent threads together, there have been a lot of jokes on the internet in the wake of the recent derailment of a CTA Blue Line train at O’Hare Airport station in Chicago. But of course, as Eric Jaffe pointed out in The Atlantic Cities, we have the luxury of laughing because the …
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Strike watch: City Transit Division
Conditions are favorable for the development of negotiation breakdown capable of producing a strike. If deadlock has either produced a strike or radar has indicated intense walkout activity, then a Strike Warning will be issued. With apologies to the National Weather Service, that’s really the only way to accurately describe the will-they-or-won’t-they situation of TWU …
Wednesday Infrastructure Film Festival
If you couldn’t make it to today’s noon open house at 1234 Market Street, and you can’t make it to the evening show in an hour, you should watch this presentation, given by Jeff Kneuppel to the SEPTA Board back in December. Today’s presentation (given ably by CFO Rich Burnfield) doesn’t actually expand on anything, …
Let it be known
…that when I wrote this post describing how to carve up DRPA and its bridge revenues in such a way that it could never rise from the dead again, I was intending to include actual budget numbers from DRPA’s own documents, to show that there was enough revenue to go around to SEPTA, NJT, the …
We’re getting late night subways, maybe! Is it really all that exciting?
(spoiler alert: maybe) Never let it be said that SEPTA doesn’t listen to feedback. Local found-art blogger Conrad Benner (a/k/a Streets Dept.) posted a change.org petition to restore 24/7 rail service to the Subway and the El on Tuesday. On Wednesday, that petition had 1,000 signatures. And today (Thursday), SEPTA’s GM Joe Casey and CFO …
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When all you have is a bus-planning hammer, beware of oddly-shaped nails
My first guest post for this old city is up! If you haven’t added them to your daily reading, do so without passing Go or collecting $200; Geoff and Jon are really committed to moving the ball forward on good public space in Philadelphia, and of course land use and transportation are always two sides …
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Skeleton bus service and Regional Rail will limp on until 10:00p
@SicTransitPhila Why isn't there an snow bus network that we can implement? Should be able to keep the major N-S and E-W roads clear. — Tim (@apocalypsepony) February 13, 2014 Well, a few hours after this tweet, SEPTA came up with an answer to Tim’s question. SEPTA Routes 6, 14, 17, 21, 23, 52, 56, …
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All SEPTA bus service suspended at 10:00a
Exactly what it says on the tin. This winter storm is hitting us with the top of the predicted range of snowfall totals, and the transitions to sleet are not helping matters on the roads. SEPTA has fought the good fight, but is bringing its bus fleet in off the road at 10:00a. The suspension …
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Fuck the State
Jon Geeting brings the truth at Keystone Politics: …Philadelphia and Pittsburgh’s transit funding is excessively dependent on both state funding and fares. For political-geographic reasons, our transit authorities will never receive generous funding from the state. No, this is not a coordination problem between state reps. There just aren’t enough transit riders to make growing …
How do you solve a problem like DRPA? Kill it.
(OK, the scansion needs a lot of work.) The idea of a transportation authority is very simple. By isolating an important public function from direct interference (and oversight) from elected officials, you can create an atmosphere of continuity and stability that allows the authority to issue bonds without undue distress (in the form of higher …
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Sic Transit Philadelphia 