Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has abandoned a proposal to eliminate a program that subsidizes SEPTA fares for low-income ...

Former Mayor Jim Kenney on Tuesday urged his successor’s administration to continue the experimental Zero Fare program that gives 25,000 low-income people monthly SEPTA passes at no cost so they can ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.

The School District of Philadelphia is launching a pilot program with AI-backed cameras on 20 buses to capture license plate numbers of cars illegally passing when the stop arm is out to enhance ...

The commuter benefit gives eligibility to around 22,000 city workers, but it’s unclear whether the city will be able to spend less for the same program this year.

During a hearing to discuss the city's proposed budget for next year, SEPTA's interim general manager, Scott Sauer, laid out the worst case scenario for the mass transit provider, unless new funds ...

Mayor Parker and SEPTA are also discussing extending Zero Fare, which benefits 25,000 low-income Philadelphia residents.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget would slash a benefit that provides free SEPTA passes to city employees, a perk that the administration has promoted as a help in ...

The city’s budget proposal put the future of free SEPTA rides for city workers into question, but a new deal ensures the program will remain.

based on Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed budget for 2026. "I think that's really disastrous," SEPTA rider Jenny Hourihan from Fairmount said. "These are people who need to get around." ...

As SEPTA faces a potential “death spiral” of service cuts and fare increases, some City Council members offered suggestions ...

All this can be avoided, the agency says, if Harrisburg can agree on a budget that funds mass transit statewide.