Category: SEPTA Blog

More contactless ways to pay are coming soon! To prepare – we recommend you keep your SEPTA Key card separate from your other contactless cards. Here’s why: card clash. Card… Continue reading Avoid Card Clash

At a press conference on Monday, August 28, 2023 – Mayor Kenney announced the City of Philadelphia will provide free transit benefits for all eligible City employees – approximately 22,000… Continue reading City of Philadelphia Joins SEPTA Key Advantage

On Monday, August 21, 2023 – SEPTA gathered with elected officials and other stakeholders at Susquehanna-Dauphin Station to celebrate the completion of a $24 million project that makes the North Philadelphia Broad… Continue reading SEPTA Celebrates Completion of Accessibility Project at Susquehanna-Dauphin Station

Today – August 16, 2023 – SEPTA was joined by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Philadelphia City officials for the ribbon-cutting of the newly painted red “bus-only” lanes on Market Street.… Continue reading Red “Bus Only” Lanes on Market Street

After a successful launch with employers across the region – SEPTA is expanding SEPTA Key Advantage to include colleges and universities. Swarthmore College is the first higher education institution to participate in the SEPTA… Continue reading SEPTA Launches SEPTA Key Advantage UPass with Swarthmore College

SEPTA partnered with Mural Arts and Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on Getting to Green: Routes to Roots – a multidisciplinary public art project aimed at inspiring Philadelphia residents to use public transportation – aka SEPTA… Continue reading Getting to Green: Routes to Roots

ICYMI SEPTA partnered with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on a NO SMOKING CAMPAIGN. The “Respect the Ride” campaign discourages smoking on the system, provides a text-to-tip number to report smoking in… Continue reading SEPTA is a Non-Smoking Transit System

Today – July 27, 2023 – SEPTA awarded a contract to advance accessibility improvements at three trolley stations. CDM Smith, Inc. will do architectural, design, and construction-related services for 22nd,… Continue reading SEPTA Awards Design Contract for Three Trolley Stations

Today – June 26, 2023 – the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced 130 awards totaling nearly $1.7 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for transit projects… Continue reading Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.7 Billion to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in Communities Across the Country

Today – June 22, 2023 – SEPTA’s Board approved Operating and Capital Budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2024 – advancing plans to fund everyday operations and major improvement projects. This will… Continue reading SEPTA Board Approves FY24 Operating & Capital Budgets

On June 21, 2023 – SEPTA Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson welcomed and swore in 21 new police officers joining the department. This historically large class has boost police ranks by more than 10%. The… Continue reading SEPTA Transit Police Welcomed & Swore in 21 New Officers

Recently SEPTA was the recipient of two prestigious awards for its sustainability efforts– Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence and the IDC Smart Cities Award For Sustainable Infrastructure. Both awards were in recognition… Continue reading SEPTA Receives Two Sustainability Awards For Environmental Excellence