A Plan to Help SEPTA Emerges from the GOP State Senate With No Funding Attached – The Philadelphia Inquirer

By Gillian McGoldrick and Elena Eisenstadt

Several Republican state senators from Philadelphia and the surrounding region last week debuted potential new accountability measures for SEPTA, in an effort to improve the system and quell concerns from other Senate GOP colleagues who oppose any funding increases for the struggling transit agency.

But they stopped short of suggesting any additional money for the beleaguered transit system that, absent of more state funding, is threatening cuts to its service next month.

Sen. Joe Picozzi (R., Philadelphia), alongside two suburban Republicans, introduced a package of bills that would offer additional oversight over SEPTA, in what is likely to be considered as part of ongoing budget talks.

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