On February 4th, we honor and celebrate the life of Rosa Parks. A civil rights leader and one of the countless Americans who fought for equality, she helped blaze a path of transit activism in Montgomery, Alabama that the Philly TRU is proud to follow.
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Over the years SEPTA has gotten worse at communicating schedule changes to transit riders. Paper schedules used to summarize schedule changes, for example: “increased Saturday service.” Today, transit riders get terse announcements with no specifics.
Pictured: Older SEPTA schedule with brief description of changes: 'Increased Saturday service' And of course SEPTA informs the wealthier, whiter Regional Rail riders of specific changes weeks in advance, while transit riders get no specifics, sometimes with only days notice that any change is occuring.
We can make the case for fair fares but we need your help: call 267-313-6060 state your name and that you support the riders union fare proposal
The “virtual” hearings for the SEPTA fare increase are happening on Tuesday 5/26 and Wednesday 5/27. The fare plan SEPTA has proposed is the same plan they proposed before the pandemic. We’re trying to get SEPTA to pass a fare plan that lowers and simplifies fares for one year in response to the crisis and we need your voice.
We are making it easy for SEPTA riders to be heard in these hearings: Please call the TRU phone at 267-313-6060 and leave your testimony as a message, which we will play in the live hearings– you don’t have to work testifying into your schedule and you can still be heard.
A six month delay of fare increases is a welcome first step, but the recovery from this crisis will likely last a year or more.
On Tuesday May 12th, SEPTA announced their plan to implement some good elements of their fare proposal– one free transfer and $1 child fares– on July 1 and to delay all fare increases until January 2021 if their proposal is passed in June. The riders’ union has opposed all fare increases during the crisis and commends SEPTA’s willingness to formally commit to postponing them.
While a six month delay of fare increases is a welcome first step, the recovery from this crisis will likely last a year or more.
Earlier this week SEPTA announced that the 10 public hearings initially scheduled for the FY 2021 budget and fare changes would proceed as scheduled, though as 4 “virtual” hearings in response to COVID-19. In our statement we said “SEPTA will not get meaningful input from the public by holding fare increase hearings during a pandemic”. SEPTA later announced the hearings would be postponed.
These hearings exist to allow riders to state and illustrate how changes in transit prices affect our lives.