DAILY GRINDER: Pickets Up At Roman Catholic
It’s happening: Pickets went up this morning at local Catholic high schools, including Roman Catholic in Center City, as members of the Association of Catholic Teachers protest what they perceive to be unfair wages. Today is the first day of school for freshmen and sophomores and the 17 schools affected are being staffed by administration and men/woman of the...
Continue ReadingSEPTA Service Information for Your Monday Commute
This is the most updated information from SEPTA regarding service Monday morning: SEPTA is currently operating normal service on the: Market-Frankford Line Broad Street Line City Transit Trolley lines. City Bus Routes – (with detours) Rt.102 – Sharon Hill Trolley Suburban Bus Routes – (with detours) CCT Paratransit We expect...
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DAILY GRINDER: More Cracks in SEPTA
The SEPTA Silverliner trains still suck — and not just because workers at the South Phila plant regularly get their asses kicked by managers. Apparently a few of the trains have cracks in them, and they weren’t put there solely to match the Snyder subway Station. All the cracked trains are from the South Philadelphia plant, which has been a beacon of...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: SEPTA Ridership Up For First Time Since Forever Ago
Rather than go down the tubes with the rest of the country, I, like most people I know, have traded my car for a sandwich and welded my bike into pretentious art. And now SEPTA thinks it’s so hot. Yeah, their ridership is up four percent, carrying the most riders since 1989. They credit high gas prices, “service improvements,” population growth…really,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Another Predator on the Loose
Another predator is on the loose, this time in South Philly. He’s attacked three women near the Italian Market area. According to the report, “Police say the suspect may be Mexican or Latino, 20 to 30 years old and may dress like a construction worker. He’s clean shaven.” [Fox] City Controller Alan Butkovitz says the city’s Five-Year Budget Plan...
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SEPTA, You Amaze Us
Thanks for the clarification, SEPTA. Wonder how much this cost.
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New SEPTA App Will Modernize Waiting For Bus
As noted by Technically Philly this morning and, later, a SEPTA news release, the Authority has unleashed a new horror upon modern society: A smartphone app that shows you when your train/bus is coming by way of Google maps. It’s called TransitView and, according to TP: [T]he web app relies on GPS-enabled SEPTA buses and trolleys to track precise positioning...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Ladies Not Charmed by Governor Corbett
According to a Quinnipiac Poll, Governor Tom Corbett has reached Bob Casey-like numbers in the state: 39 approve, 37 disapprove, 24 have no opinion. Weird part: almost half of all Pennsylvania women disapprove of the dude. Growing up in a small town, no one ever told him you gotta buy a lady a drink before she let’s you defund her son’s kindergarten....
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DAILY GRINDER: No More “M” and “F” Stickers on SEPTA Transpasses (some day)!
There’s some anti-union legislation heading through the PA House right now. Specifically, Rep. Metcalf of Cranberry Township is looking to end mandatory union membership for school, government and some business employees, calling the practice “tyranny.” While not as extreme as bills in Ohio and Wisconsin, this is similar to what’s called a “Right to...
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DAILY GRINDER: Corbett’s ‘Pig-Headed’ Anti-Shale Tax Policy
Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman received a death threat yesterday. It specifically said a bomb was going to be detonated at the district’s North Broad HQ today. No word on what, if anything, this has to do with the Inky’s ‘Assault on Learning’ series or the tussle over Ackerman wielding a chainsaw on the Daily News. We assume...
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