From Alerting Riders to Changing Google Maps, Here’s How SEPTA is Preparing for Service Cuts – The Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Jul 10
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Crews are scheduled to start zip-tying notices to utility poles at 3,000 SEPTA bus stops on July 28.
Service cuts could start three weeks later. Some stops will be eliminated or serve a shorter route, and riders need to be warned as early as possible.
For about three months, the transit agency’s planners have been putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other represents a 20% cut in service that would start Aug. 24.
Which one gets used is pretty much up to two legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro, who will work out details of the fiscal 2026 state budget, now more than a week overdue.
