Save SEPTA!

It’s been a rough year for SEPTA but we are so thankful to all the hard workers who continue to make the system as safe and reliable as possible. What part of SEPTA are YOU most thankful for?

I cannot stress enough how stupidly high transit usage would be in Philly if it just got a mild amount of guaranteed investment Its impressive with what SEPTA is able to do currently with their shitty situation

Also really happy they got the $220m in general

Really happy this was forward looking enough to get money for other repairs (mainly BSL) that are needed to prevent further issues

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@Thrivin096 @AndrewBylerPA @wmataGM Assuming it is possible, Unions would work to stop it

@AndrewBylerPA @SaveSEPTA @wmataGM Can conductors be eliminated with the Silverliner 6s, since apparently they want powered high and low doors? The only problem to some people is fare control

Add PATH to the list of transit systems doing a very significant investment in frequent & reliable service. It’s great to see so many cities & regions who know public transportation is the key to their economic and quality of life future.

@AndrewBylerPA @wmataGM "Running them more efficiently" is a lot easier said than done

@SaveSEPTA @wmataGM It actually is. Run more buses and trains, run them faster and more efficiently with less unit labor input costs per rider. We’ve known this since we opened PATCO in 1969.

@AndrewBylerPA @wmataGM If only it were that simple 🙃

@SaveSEPTA @wmataGM Run more buses and trains.

@jackcalifano complete = complaint

@jackcalifano My number one complete about NYCT is the lack of seating in both stations and trains. I get it helps at rush hour, but every other time, it's inconvenient and makes riding transit a pain. (Rare SEPTA W)

It’s crazy that the new NYC subway cars only have 30 seats and the old ones have 80 and we are in any way supposed to consider this an improvement. Me must return…

@jackcalifano I think the new El cars for SEPTA are going to have a more NYCT-like seating arrangement though :(

@green75308 @alanthefisher The Airport flyover is hard during slippery rail season/wet days as well for heavier trains

@SaveSEPTA @alanthefisher The norristown line is probably to fragile atm for really heavy rolling stock

SEPTA has basically 3 options for rolling stock if they want something expedited. The options mostly would consist of tacking onto an order already in progress by another railroad so: 1. Modify a version of the LIRR M9A cars. Would require traps for low boarding and Pantographs/AC equipment swapped in 2. Buy the NJT multilevel EMUs. These pretty much work right out of the box for SEPTA, but they are heavy and double decker (which arguably septa does not need) 3. Stadler apparently has an NorthEast Corridor spec of their FLIRTS ready to go. This would be the best option, but also the most expensive

@alanthefisher I wonder how quick they could get FLIRTs since Stadler just did an order for DART & Metra (albeit neither were pantograph models)

@alanthefisher Didn't read the EMU part, so forget the not wanting used rolling stock. Still, buying new would mean SEPTA has these for a while, and I don't think they want them in 2050+

@alanthefisher Mostly b/c weight would constrain where they can run on the system, they generally probably want something that hasn't been used in revenue service for years long term, and SEPTA seem pretty confident that SLIVs will be workable post repairs

@alanthefisher Also, in a world with RRR (which is far off, but given the rate at which SEPTA replaces trains, who knows how long these could be in svc), they don't make as much sense

@rone This is just so disingenuous and it's disgusting how you want to leech off the people of Pennsylvania. Do you think your family is proud of you for this?

Let the good people of PA enjoy the game. Let the fans be fans.