Willie Brown Out At SEPTA Union
On Friday, the Transport Workers Union Local 234 voted out now-former union president Willie Brown by a 1,915-1,672 vote. And then the blame game began. Brown faulted outside interference by SEPTA and said his own union members didn’t appreciate how he negotiated a “lucrative contract for SEPTA’s 5,000 transit workers” less than a year ago. New President:...
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History: AT&T Station Ribbon Cutting Celebration Tonight!
What are you doing today at, say, 4 p.m.? If you answered “something not stupid,” then we have a suggestion. How about heading down to the stadiums for AT&T’s ribbon cutting celebration “to commemorate the renaming of SEPTA’s Pattison Ave stop to AT&T Station.” It’ll only be three hours of your time. The celebration is set perfectly –...
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SEPTA Inconveniences You In Real Time
So, we get this press release form SEPTA yesterday and it turns out alerts pertaining to delays and other inevitable awfulness on the Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line, Line, Norristown High Speed Line, regional rail (now without numbers and letters!), trolley and bus routes are now available by e-mail! And can go straight to your iPhone! SEPTA already...
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It’s Not Unusual…For A SEPTA Bus To Crash Into Monk’s
Monk’s cannot catch a break. The Inky is reporting that a SEPTA bus “smashed into the front of [the] popular Center City pub” around 2 a.m. this morning. There were no passengers on the bus, but the driver as well as two DRPA officers suffered minor injuries. Eight people live in the apartments above Monk’s and all are fine. Monk’s co-owner and some...
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SEPTA: Goodbye R-Lines, Hello Sexy Blue Tape
From the Daily News: SEPTA is dropping its color-coded, R-labeled system [Sunday] and renaming its Regional Rail lines by their current end-destinations. It’s all in an effort “to make it less confusing for out-of-town visitors and people who do not frequent SEPTA…this change won’t really affect our normal commuter,” Jerri Williams,...
Continue ReadingSEPTA No Longer Wants Passengers to be Confused
By Lucas K. Murray Just when you thought you mastered negotiating the Delaware Valley’s regional rail system, the powers-that-be at SEPTA will roll out new names for the lines at the end of July. The old “R” designations (which went into effect in the early 1980s and were based on German commuter-line designations) will go the way of the steam locomotive...
Continue ReadingMoney: Your SEPTA Rate Hike, Your PA Budget
Keep in mind your SEPTA rate hike, which started today, has nothing to do with proposed (and promised) new SEPTA technology that’s supposed to immediately bring us to the year 4000. And your PA state budget has nothing to do with fully funding much of any social programs to help the poor. Nor is it a legitimate budget. Nevertheless. SEPTA: • Tokens: Going...
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AT&T Station, Officially
It’s official. Soon, when you go to a Phillies game, you’ll get off at AT&T Station. I know. Not offensive, but weird. We just got this press release: The new name is scheduled to debut later this summer as part of a five-year contract valued at over $5 million. AT&T Station also builds on SEPTA’s relationship with AT&T, which is currently...
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SEPTA Squeezing $ Out Of BP Over Spill
SEPTA initiated its own Top Kill this week as it began suing the pants off BP, Transocean, Cameron International and (cue the evil music) Halliburton. The transportation company claims it’s lost lots of dough (over $7 million) during the recent oil leak, mostly in its workers pension fund. BP shares have fallen hard since the April 20 Gulf of Mexico explosion,...
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SEPTA (Reportedly) Pulls $100 Million From Its Anal Cavity For Your Benefit
SEPTA will announce next month that it won’t just meet, but surpass all other mass transit systems, thus “catapult[ing] the system from antiquity to ground-breaking technology,” the Metro reports. Yeah. That’s happening. Here’s what it means: *No more tokens *No more paper transfers *You’ll be able to wave a credit card – or your cell...
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