SEPTASEPTA’s board approves 2-year contract with transit agency’s largest unionTransport Workers United Local 234 voted to approve a new two-year contract with SEPTA that will raise wages, expand health benefits, and bolster the union's pension fund.Henry Savage and Robert Moran A Guide to the 2026 Philadelphia Mummers ParadeDugan Arnett SEPTA trolley tunnel will remain closed through at least the end of DecemberNate File SEPTA opens new $50M Wissahickon Transit Center in ManayunkFrank Kummer Philly roads will be closed for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan’s funeralHenry Savage AdvertisementTWU and SEPTA reach a deal on two-year contract, averting strikeGov. Josh Shapiro helped break an impasse in talks. Thomas Fitzgerald Gov. Shapiro ‘was instrumental’ in preventing SEPTA strikeThe union and the transit agency will resume talks on Monday.Thomas Fitzgerald SEPTA strike is ‘imminent,’ say TWU leadersUnion leaders representing SEPTA’s bus, subway, and trolley operators have grown frustrated with contract negotiations and are preparing members to walk off the job. Thomas Fitzgerald and Erica Palan SEPTA will be 7,000 feet of wire short of meeting Silverliner IV repair deadlineSEPTA has been talking with the Federal Railroad Administration about its wire supply problem and will not be held in violation of the regulator's order.Thomas Fitzgerald SEPTA won $43 million for diesel-electric hybrid buses from the Trump administrationWhen the new buses arrive, estimated in 2028, SEPTA will retire the last of its diesel-burning buses.Thomas Fitzgerald Gov. Shapiro allocated $220 million to SEPTA to get Regional Rail back on track With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.Thomas Fitzgerald Trolley tunnel to remain closed until at least Nov. 30SEPTA says it needs extra time to finish repairs to the overhead catenary system in the tunnel.Thomas Fitzgerald Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald SEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald Gov. Josh Shapiro says national Democrats folded in the federal shutdown, while he stayed ‘at the table’ for Pa.’s late budget dealAs Shapiro portrays the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2025 state budget as an across-the-board victory, the path to get there was harder, messier, and longer than anyone in Harrisburg would have liked.Julia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick SEPTA train inspections: How many are left?The transit agency has until Oct. 31 to complete inspections on 225 Silverliner IV rail cars. As the deadline approaches and delays persist, we’ll be keeping track of SEPTA’s progress.Erica Palan and Thomas Fitzgerald SEPTA finished train car inspections, but Regional Rail commutes won’t improve right away. Here’s why.Of the 223 cars that were part of a sweeping inspection mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration, only 76 were returned to service. Thomas Fitzgerald No funding for SEPTA in Pa.’s $50.1 billion budget is another ‘disappointing’ blow for the agencyGov. Josh Shapiro previously approved a short-term funding plan for SEPTA.Fallon Roth See more storiesAdvertisement
SEPTA’s board approves 2-year contract with transit agency’s largest unionTransport Workers United Local 234 voted to approve a new two-year contract with SEPTA that will raise wages, expand health benefits, and bolster the union's pension fund.Henry Savage and Robert Moran
SEPTA’s board approves 2-year contract with transit agency’s largest unionTransport Workers United Local 234 voted to approve a new two-year contract with SEPTA that will raise wages, expand health benefits, and bolster the union's pension fund.Henry Savage and Robert Moran
TWU and SEPTA reach a deal on two-year contract, averting strikeGov. Josh Shapiro helped break an impasse in talks. Thomas Fitzgerald
TWU and SEPTA reach a deal on two-year contract, averting strikeGov. Josh Shapiro helped break an impasse in talks. Thomas Fitzgerald
Gov. Shapiro ‘was instrumental’ in preventing SEPTA strikeThe union and the transit agency will resume talks on Monday.Thomas Fitzgerald
Gov. Shapiro ‘was instrumental’ in preventing SEPTA strikeThe union and the transit agency will resume talks on Monday.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA strike is ‘imminent,’ say TWU leadersUnion leaders representing SEPTA’s bus, subway, and trolley operators have grown frustrated with contract negotiations and are preparing members to walk off the job. Thomas Fitzgerald and Erica Palan
SEPTA strike is ‘imminent,’ say TWU leadersUnion leaders representing SEPTA’s bus, subway, and trolley operators have grown frustrated with contract negotiations and are preparing members to walk off the job. Thomas Fitzgerald and Erica Palan
SEPTA will be 7,000 feet of wire short of meeting Silverliner IV repair deadlineSEPTA has been talking with the Federal Railroad Administration about its wire supply problem and will not be held in violation of the regulator's order.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA will be 7,000 feet of wire short of meeting Silverliner IV repair deadlineSEPTA has been talking with the Federal Railroad Administration about its wire supply problem and will not be held in violation of the regulator's order.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA won $43 million for diesel-electric hybrid buses from the Trump administrationWhen the new buses arrive, estimated in 2028, SEPTA will retire the last of its diesel-burning buses.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA won $43 million for diesel-electric hybrid buses from the Trump administrationWhen the new buses arrive, estimated in 2028, SEPTA will retire the last of its diesel-burning buses.Thomas Fitzgerald
Gov. Shapiro allocated $220 million to SEPTA to get Regional Rail back on track With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.Thomas Fitzgerald
Gov. Shapiro allocated $220 million to SEPTA to get Regional Rail back on track With the new capital funds, SEPTA will be able to restore Regional Rail to its normal capacity within a few weeks.Thomas Fitzgerald
Trolley tunnel to remain closed until at least Nov. 30SEPTA says it needs extra time to finish repairs to the overhead catenary system in the tunnel.Thomas Fitzgerald
Trolley tunnel to remain closed until at least Nov. 30SEPTA says it needs extra time to finish repairs to the overhead catenary system in the tunnel.Thomas Fitzgerald
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald
Gov. Josh Shapiro says national Democrats folded in the federal shutdown, while he stayed ‘at the table’ for Pa.’s late budget dealAs Shapiro portrays the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2025 state budget as an across-the-board victory, the path to get there was harder, messier, and longer than anyone in Harrisburg would have liked.Julia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick
Gov. Josh Shapiro says national Democrats folded in the federal shutdown, while he stayed ‘at the table’ for Pa.’s late budget dealAs Shapiro portrays the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2025 state budget as an across-the-board victory, the path to get there was harder, messier, and longer than anyone in Harrisburg would have liked.Julia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick
SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald
The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick
The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick
SEPTA train inspections: How many are left?The transit agency has until Oct. 31 to complete inspections on 225 Silverliner IV rail cars. As the deadline approaches and delays persist, we’ll be keeping track of SEPTA’s progress.Erica Palan and Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA train inspections: How many are left?The transit agency has until Oct. 31 to complete inspections on 225 Silverliner IV rail cars. As the deadline approaches and delays persist, we’ll be keeping track of SEPTA’s progress.Erica Palan and Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA finished train car inspections, but Regional Rail commutes won’t improve right away. Here’s why.Of the 223 cars that were part of a sweeping inspection mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration, only 76 were returned to service. Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA finished train car inspections, but Regional Rail commutes won’t improve right away. Here’s why.Of the 223 cars that were part of a sweeping inspection mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration, only 76 were returned to service. Thomas Fitzgerald
No funding for SEPTA in Pa.’s $50.1 billion budget is another ‘disappointing’ blow for the agencyGov. Josh Shapiro previously approved a short-term funding plan for SEPTA.Fallon Roth
No funding for SEPTA in Pa.’s $50.1 billion budget is another ‘disappointing’ blow for the agencyGov. Josh Shapiro previously approved a short-term funding plan for SEPTA.Fallon Roth
