The Hub 9/8/17: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.

Curbed: SEPTA: PA budget proposal could slash service by 40 percent –  PA House Republicans are looking to derail public transit, disrupting lives and jobs in the process, in a bid to balance the budget.

Philly.com: Court tosses suit targeting median parking on Broad Street – The judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, preventing 5th Square from suing the City over this issue again.

Washington Post: Since Harvey, gas prices at the pump are up 50 cents a gallon –  As of Tuesday, nearly 10% of U.S. refineries remained shut, including Saudi Aramco’s 603,000 barrel-a-day Motiva plant.

Wired: Lyft is launching a fleet of self-driving cars in San Francisco –  The pilot program, which will launch “soon,” will feature a human at the steering wheel for backup.

Tech Crunch: Volkswagen’s electric Microbus successor set to go on sale in 2022 –  The iconic VW bus is getting a far out makeover.