Topic: SEPTA
Guest Commentary: Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway
A Penn urbanist who has helped to revive the 100-year-old idea makes the case for expanding SEPTA in light of the I-95 disaster
By Jay ArzuGuest Commentary: A Bold Proposal for I-95
The interstate has splintered neighborhoods and magnified inequities since its construction in 1957. A former mayoral campaign staffer proposes a solution: transportation reparations
By Amanda SteinbergIdeas We Should Steal: An Everything Transportation App
It is unnecessarily hard to figure out the best public transit route to get around the Philly area — one reason people default to driving. Can we take a lesson from Berlin?
By J.P. RomneyCan Cities Defy Fiscal Gravity?
As urban transit systems like SEPTA face a crisis since Covid, Drexel’s Metro Finance head looks to the innovators who are rethinking how we get around
By Bruce KatzBusiness for Good: ZeroEyes
Navy SEALs founded a software company that detects firearms on security cameras. Schools, corporate campuses, the Department of Defense — and SEPTA — are signing up.
By Courtney DuCheneSEPTA’s Success Story
The transit agency’s experiment with free Anywhere Passes for employees at three institutions has been a rousing success. Now, Philly 3.0’s engagement director says, it’s ready to go big
By Jon GeetingCenter City Sixers Stadium — a Win for SEPTA
The Sixers’ proposed new stadium sits atop a rail station in Center City. That, a local urbanist argues, is the kind of transit-oriented development Philly needs more of
By Diana LindSEPTA for the Win
The transit agency’s new pilot will give 15,000 workers free Anywhere Passes. Philly 3.0's engagement director on why Key Advantage could save public transportation
By Jon GeetingIdeas We Should Steal: Citywide Restorative Justice
The attack on Asian-American high school students on SEPTA last month was another symptom of our city's broken systems. Could implementing Philly-wide restorative justice practices, as they do in Oakland, help heal our collective pain?
By Jessica Blatt PressSign Of The Times?
Does a rape in front of silent witnesses on the El signify that, amid rampant disorder, citizens have given up on that which keeps us all together: citizenship itself?
By Larry Platt