SEPTA needs to provide better
service today and
expand for the future
simultaneously.

But it needs a consistent funding source to do that. To truly serve the Philadelphia region, we need a transit system that serves everyone and is up to a modern standard of operation. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

Solutions: how do we fix this?

For now, SEPTA needs immediate help from the state government to keep operating normally.

But normal often isn't good enough.

SEPTA's funding structure has been flawed since the beginning.

Keep scrolling for some ideas on how to reform the ways SEPTA gets funded:

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"Unfortunately, [on the idea of a regional transit tax,] there are very narrow views from the region, especially from suburban counties."

-Vukan Vuchic, transportation planner, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and consultant to SEPTA, in a WHYY interview, 1983

Questions or comments?
Email keepseptafunded@gmail.com
or visit the About/Contact page.

SEPTA needs to provide better
service today and
expand for the future
simultaneously.

Solutions: how do we fix this?

For now, SEPTA needs immediate help from the state government to keep operating normally.

But normal often isn't good enough.

SEPTA's funding structure has been flawed since the beginning.

Keep scrolling for some ideas on how to reform the ways SEPTA gets funded:

"Unfortunately, [on the idea of a regional transit tax,] there are very narrow views from the region, especially from suburban counties."

-Vukan Vuchic, transportation planner, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and consultant to SEPTA, in a WHYY interview, 1983

Implement a regional transit tax

Change SEPTA's funding structure entirely

What's possible with consistent transit funding: projects

Questions or comments? Email keepseptafunded@gmail.com or visit the About/Contact page.

SEPTA needs to provide better service today and expand for the future simultaneously.

Solutions: how do we fix this?

For now, SEPTA needs immediate help from the state government to keep operating normally.

But normal often isn't good enough. SEPTA's funding structure has been flawed since the beginning.

Keep scrolling for some ideas on how to reform the ways SEPTA gets funded:

"Unfortunately, [on the idea of a regional transit tax,] there are very narrow views from the region, especially from suburban counties." -Vukan Vuchic, transportation planner, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and consultant to SEPTA, in a WHYY interview, 1983

Implement a regional transit tax

Change SEPTA's funding structure entirely

What's possible with consistent transit funding: projects

Questions or comments?
Email keepseptafunded@gmail.com
or visit the About/Contact page.

SEPTA needs to provide better
service today and
expand for the future
simultaneously.

But normal often isn't good enough.

SEPTA's funding structure has been flawed since the beginning.

"Unfortunately, [on the idea of a regional transit tax,] there are very narrow views from the region, especially from suburban counties."

-Vukan Vuchic, transportation planner, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and consultant to SEPTA, in a WHYY interview, 1983