The Zero Fare program gave recipients "a chance to breathe, to feed their kids and to live with a little less financial ...

Philadelphia received $2.2 billion from the federal government in the last full budget year, and a vast majority of the aid funded health and social services programs for the city's most vulnerable ...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s proposed budget would slash a benefit that provides free SEPTA passes to city employees, a perk ...

To continue the free transportation program for low-income Philadelphians, it would cost the city $30 million each year.

“I love Philadelphia. I love every inch of it,” said Alba Martínez — Philadelphia’s first Latina and LGBTQ+ director of ...

Philadelphia's commerce chief Alba Martinez is stepping down from her post effective May 1 to produce an original musical, ...

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 ...

Zero Fare participants had taken about 6.6 million trips on SEPTA since the program started about 18 months ago.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker of Philadelphia has rolled out her ... maintaining vacant lots and substantial operating support to SEPTA over five years. Mental and behavioral health also receive ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, for the second time in her career ... over the course of five years, to help SEPTA overcome its financial woes. Along with this, the city would also support ...

This is how the $60 million Parker mentioned breaks down, according to the mayor's plan ... improvements will be improved restrooms and SEPTA platforms, technological advancements in signage ...