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Making an Impact: SEPTA and the Federal Stimulus Program

A chronic shortage of capital funding has limited the ability of Greater Philadelphia’s transit agencies to maintain and make improvements to their...

Funding Our Future

An effective and reliable transportation system is pivotal to the economic well-being of Greater Philadelphia. Regional mobility depends upon a well...

Building Better Connections to the World

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: the world we live in is becoming an increasingly global place. Despite whatever...

Making an Impact: PHL's Capacity Enhancement Program

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is a focal point of travel for residents and visitors throughout Greater Philadelphia, but crowded runways...

Don't Deviate From SEPTA

May 10, 2013 Craig Ey, Philadelphia Business Journal Let's face it. We southeastern Pennsylvanians are about as popular in the rest of the state as...

Why Philly Tech Week Matters

How to sum up the Philly Tech Week that concluded this past Sunday? Not an easy thing to do given that this 10-day celebration of technology and...

SEPTA's overdue bills: it's time to pay

May 2, 2013 Julia Bergman, Axis Philly Poor SEPTA. The regional transit authority is the Philadelphia region's poster child for decades of...

Recognizing Progress... and Importing What Works

Less than a month after releasing the Global Positioning Strategy for World Class Education and Talent Development, I found myself back at WHYY among...

Study Says SEPTA is Strapped

April 29, 2013 Paul Nussbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer SEPTA supports nearly 26,000 jobs, contributes $3.21 billion in economic output, and generates $62...

Budget Woes Threaten SEPTA's Stability

April 29, 2013 Mike Dunn, CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA - Even as SEPTA moves toward a new system-wide fare hike, a report being released today finds that...