SEPTA’s board on Thursday approved spending up to $230 million for a new company to update its electronic fare-collection system despite concerns about the cost and the risks of switching as ...

For centuries, people have been fascinated by how body art can reflect personal identity and cultural ... One well-known example is Ötzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old body was found in a glacier ...

Samuel Jr. attributes fare avoidance to SEPTA employees, claiming, “I’ve seen a good few conductors just ignore when someone has an old ticket or no fare ... “Drexel already provides discounts for ...

While legitimate complaints existed — like why so many stations lacked the machines to dispense them — the system worked: it cost SEPTA relatively little money, and riders knew how to use it. Then, in ...

My first introduction to the art of fencing was through my sister Joanna ... sketches of techniques and strategies, old swords, foils, mirrors to improve your posture, poems and quotes: "Correct ...

A retired SEPTA bus driver is speaking out about blind spots for buses after a couple was hit by one in South Philly on January 3. Police say 35-year-old Michael Spooner, died at the scene and his ...

Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ...

At that time, officials said, Spooner and his wife were crossing the roadway in the crosswalk when they were struck by a Route 64 SEPTA bus that was being driven by a 50-year-old man. The bus was ...

PHILADELPHIA - Michael and Kayla Spooner thought they had their entire lives ahead of them until Michael was tragically hit and killed by a SEPTA bus ... one of 35-year-old Michael Spooner's ...

“They never told us what happened, I saw some things on SEPTA Social saying signal troubles, whatever it was, thousands of people were stranded with mere minutes before the game starts because once ...

After 40 years of service with SEPTA, a trailblazing train operator is calling it a career. Jackie Pettyjohn made history as SEPTA's first female train engineer, according to the transit agency.

A married couple was hit by a SEPTA Route 64 bus while crossing the intersection at Front Street and Washington Avenue. The accident left the 35-year-old husband dead and his 29-year-old wife injured.