Councilmember pitches plan to save free transit passes for low-income people
Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke wants to create the Philadelphia Transit Access Fund, a trust for free or reduced-fare transit ...
Jim Kenney urges Mayor Parker to continue SEPTA program that gave free rides to low-income Philadelphians
The Zero Fare program gave recipients "a chance to breathe, to feed their kids and to live with a little less financial ...
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Philly’s Zero Fare program for low-income residents is not in Mayor Parker’s budget
To continue the free transportation program for low-income Philadelphians, it would cost the city $30 million each year.
Program offering free SEPTA rides to low-income Philadelphians on chopping block
Zero Fare is a two-year pilot program that gives free SEPTA bus, train, trolley and Regional Rail rides to people who live near the poverty line. But it appears the city is not planning to renew the ...
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Richmond’s zero-fare bus funding could run out soon
A one-time grant and other corporate funds that allowed bus commuters to ride for free will expire this summer ...
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PA: Mayor Parker wants to defund a program that provides free transit passes for low-income people
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's budget will not include money to continue the experimental Zero Fare program that gives free SEPTA passes to about 25,000 Philadelphia residents ...