Category: SEPTA Blog

Contactless ways to pay are here and we recommend you always tap your card—not your wallet—when riding SEPTA. Here’s why: card clash. Card clash happens when two or more contactless payment cards are simultaneously… Continue reading Avoid Card Clash

SEPTA’s Airport Line was established on April 28, 1985—which makes Monday, April 28, 2025 its 40th birthday! The Airport Line runs every 30 minutes from 5AM to midnight on weekdays… Continue reading Airport Line Turns 40 🎂

April 18 is National Exercise Day! Did you know studies show that people who take public transportation are more active in their day-to-day lives than people who don’t? According to… Continue reading National Exercise Day

Average daily ridership in March 2025 was 746,506 unlinked passenger trips across all modes. System-wide ridership in March 2025 increased 14% from March 2024. On average there were 88,916 more… Continue reading Ridership: March 2025

On Monday, April 14, 2025 SEPTA Interim General Manager Scott Sauer, SEPTA Program Manager for 2026 Special Events Shakirah Smith, and SEPTA Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson testified before the City… Continue reading City Council Hearing 2026 Preparedness

The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) and SEPTA have teamed up with the City’s OTIS (Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Systems) to fight congestion and improve safety on city streets under the… Continue reading PPA, SEPTA & OTIS Team Up to Launch Automated Bus Camera Enforcement Initiative

The SEPTAcular District of the Year award was established in 2017 to recognize the district with the highest number of employee commendations relative to the number of operators. Over the… Continue reading District of the Year Award

Established 31 years ago in 1994 the Philly PHLASH Downtown Loop is a visitor-friendly public transit service that stops at some of Philly’s most popular tourist attractions. It’s ideal for anyone… Continue reading Philly PHLASH Returns With Weekend Service

For the first time since 1979 PATCO trains will stop below historic Franklin Square with the reopening of the Franklin Square Station on Thursday, April 3, 2025. The station—located at 7th & Race… Continue reading The Return of Franklin Square Station

The “State of the Global Climate” report released in March 2025 states our world has just experienced its hottest decade. In fact 2024 was the hottest since record-keeping began according to the… Continue reading Earth Month 2025

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month! Did you know colon cancer is the third most common cancer among men and women? And that regular screening should begin for most people… Continue reading Take a Walk Through the Strollin’ Colon!

March 27 is World Theatre Day! And there’s no better way to celebrate than seeing some local theater! And your SEPTA Key card isn’t just your way to go to… Continue reading World Theatre Day