The Hub 5/23/2025: 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.
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Plan Philly: Looming SEPTA cuts could increase climate pollution in the Philly area – The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission predicts that SEPTA’s looming service cuts would dramatically increase Philly traffic, estimating an increase of at least 275,000 cars on Philly-area roads daily. These higher levels of traffic could increase Philly’s overall carbon emissions by 1%.
Plan Philly: SEPTA board pressed for answers over proposed cuts: ‘Are people just supposed to walk?’ – SEPTA held the first of a series of public hearings on Monday at its headquarters on Market Street. Dozens of SEPTA riders shared testimony about how essential public transportation is to their daily lives, urging the agency’s board to avoid service cuts.
The Inquirer: Peter Pan CEO offers to turn Roundhouse into a bus terminal depot – At a City Council hearing on Wednesday, Peter A. Picknelly, chairman and CEO of Peter Pan Bus Lines, offered to develop the abandoned Roundhouse police headquarters on Race Street into a badly needed intercity bus terminal. Currently, passengers riding on intercity bus lines convene near Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue, a location that was meant to be a temporary solution.
Other Stories
BillyPenn: Riders call SEPTA essential to their lives and plead for state funding
The Inquirer: On Day 1 of SEPTA’s public budget hearings, riders were scared by proposed cuts
NBC10: SEPTA workers bring their funding battle to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
PlanPhilly: Some popular SEPTA bus routes may disappear before others with low ridership. Here’s why
NorthJersey.com: As NJ Transit trains start to roll again on May 20, here’s how talks played out
Mass Transit: PA: FlixBus to begin service from Reading to Philadelphia and New York
