The Hub 8/30/2024: 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.
Feet First Philly launched the 5th round of its Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program. Applications are due on October 10th at 11:59 PM. Grants range from $500 to $2000, with the opportunity to support at least one larger project of up to $5000. Learn more about this opportunity here. Apply TODAY and improve a public space in your neighborhood!
The Inquirer: Another college joins SEPTA’s UPass program in which students ride for free – Starting this Fall, students at Bryn Mawr College will be able to ride SEPTA for free as the college joined SEPTA’s Key Advantage UPass Program. This is the second higher education institution to join the program.
PlanPhilly: ‘We can learn from them’: Transit professionals to gather in Philly for green bus conference – SEPTA hosts this year’s Zero Emissions Bus Conference in Center City, Philadelphia. This is the first time the conference is being held on the East Coast. The conference teaches the basics about battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell buses and how to roll them out. Transit agencies are thinking of how they will transition from diesel buses to electric and hydrogen-powered buses.
The Inquirer: Regional Rail service will increase as SEPTA adds more trains – On September 8, SEPTA will begin running 99 more Regional Rail trains on the weekends and 24 more on weekdays to meet demand. This will restore service to 80% and 84% respectively of pre-COVID levels.
Other Stories
The Inquirer: Bicycle safety advocates say they were snubbed by the Philly mayor’s office when they tried to deliver petitions
PlanPhilly: ‘It doesn’t feel safe’: Philly advocates say report misrepresents pedestrian safety in the city
WHYY: PHL expecting Thanksgiving-level volume for Labor Day holiday
The Inquirer: NJ Transit’s week of free rides began Monday, as an apology for this summer’s service disruptions
WHYY: Burlington County partnership to increase police presence around River Line communities
