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The Zero Fare program provides SEPTA access for low-income residents, and the Key Advantage program pays for fares for city ...
Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is reconsidering her decision to end a program that provides free SEPTA passes to ...
Mayor Parker and SEPTA are also discussing extending Zero Fare, which benefits 25,000 low-income Philadelphia residents.
The city’s budget proposal put the future of free SEPTA rides for city workers into question, but a new deal ensures the program will remain.
The commuter benefit gives eligibility to around 22,000 city workers, but it’s unclear whether the city will be able to spend less for the same program this year.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget would slash a benefit that provides free SEPTA passes to city employees, a perk that the administration has promoted as a help in ...
based on Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed budget for 2026. "I think that's really disastrous," SEPTA rider Jenny Hourihan from Fairmount said. "These are people who need to get around." ...
Mayor Parker Announces Continued Support for SEPTA Fare Subsidies -Mayor Cherelle Parker announced plans to maintain funding for SEPTA fare ...
While the city ranks in the top quarter of the state in salaries, educators in Bucks and Montgomery counties make a lot more.
Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke wants to create the Philadelphia Transit Access Fund, a trust for free or reduced-fare transit ...