PHILADELPHIA — James Kpou was clutching his “senior citizen” fare card for this city’s vast network of buses, subways and light rail trains when he heard the announcement this week over the intercom ...

PHILADELPHIA — A fast-moving fire erupted early Thursday at a transit bus lot in Philadelphia and burned dozens of decommissioned vehicles, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky but ...

House members have approved SEPTA funding for a fifth time. Now the Senate holds the power to stave off major transit cuts. Transit riders at City Hall in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 2025, demand SEPTA ...

One day after sending a scathing letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, U.S. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy was in Philadelphia to talk about the government shutdown and discussed the ongoing ...

As Chicago-area public transit faces the prospect of major cuts next summer, it’s worth looking at the experience of Philadelphia, the first major U.S. city to go off the so-called transit “fiscal ...

World Cup 2026 transportation in Philadelphia is going to look a lot different than some other cities. On Monday, April 20, ...

Dawn Cooper, a veteran bus driver with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA), says she’s seen a lot in 25 years, but “just when you think that’s it, you see some more.” Fare evaders ...

The rhythmic rumble of the “L” isn’t a death rattle — yet. But Chicago’s public transit systems are set to get gut-punched early next year by a funding deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

As a long-term funding solution for SEPTA remains up in the air, the weeklong event encourages Philadelphians to think critically about accessible transit. A pedestrian threads his way through snarled ...