SEPTA faces a $213 million budget deficit starting July 1, 2025.
Without additional funding—such as in Governor Shapiro’s budget proposal—SEPTA will have to cut service by 45% and raise fares by more than 20%.
We asked our partners at DVRPC to model the service cuts and fare increases to demonstrate potential impacts on mobility in the region. Here’s what they found:
Less trains, buses, and trolleys will mean as many as 275,000 more cars on the region’s roads. 
With more cars on the road—vehicle trips on major corridors will be slower and take longer across the entire region.
Modeling projects 18% longer commutes on I-95 southbound from Academy Road to Vine Street Expressway and 20% longer commutes on the Schuylkill Expressway eastbound from US 422 to Girard Avenue.
For those that commute from Delaware County—traveling on I-95 to Philadelphia could take 10% longer. 
In Bucks County—delays on I-95/I-295 could be 30% longer in addition to any delays on I-95 further south.
In Montgomery County—speeds on the already congested I-476 could drop from 37.1 MPH to 32.5 MPH.
And in Chester County—delays on US 202 could increase by 40% after losing the Paoli/Thorndale Line’s congestion mitigation impacts.
Modeling also suggests traffic will be directed to parallel and neighborhood streets. In fact 55% of the additional travel will be on arterials, collectors, and local roads—NOT on major highways.
Traffic impacts will be felt across the entire region by all drivers and in every community and hurt the Commonwealth’s economy and our ability to compete globally.
Please ask Governor Shapiro and your PA State Senator and Representative to support new funding for public transit: https://fundseptanow.com.