SEPTA was planning to cut service by 45% and raise fares by more than 20% due to a lack of state funding. SEPTA's new fiscal year began on July 1, 2025. Thanks to FanDuel, SEPTA will run regularly scheduled subway trains, plus Sports Express trips, before and after the game.
SEPTA has said its cuts this week amount to a 20% across-the-board service reduction to deal with a deficit of more than $200 million. Pittsburgh Regional Transit is considering a 35% service reduction to help close what it calls a roughly $100 million deficit this year.
Without a budget deal, SEPTA cut services across all buses, subways, and trolleys by 20% starting on Sunday.
Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio and western Pa., none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents.
Rep. Brendan Boyle said the national passenger rail agency would lose $71 million if transit funding crisis persists
The bill—which includes funding for highways, too—increases aid for transit agency operations by $292 million, or about 25% more, with the lion’s share of the money going to the Philadelphia-based Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal included a spending package that would fund mass transit agencies across the state and increase spending for roads and bridges.
The move to advance a standalone transit funding bill is something of a pressure tactic on the part of House Democrats.
An estimated one million Pennsylvanians rely on mass transit each day in urban, suburban and rural regions.
SEPTA officials said without funding, there will be a 20% cut to all services and a 21.5% fare increase.
