Monorail Maoist
@awildschild
Don't ever 'well actually' me, Temple '23 Union Not technically a maoist
Call me crazy, but I think you should have to explain the order... www.inquirer.com/transportati...
Here's the SEPTA Board Agenda for July, typical light Summer agenda, and as is tradition they'll skip August's meeting Of note is more purchase orders to PECO for Trolley Mod work
I forgot what they were going to name the Front Range passenger rail service in Colorado until I have found the twee website with a bunch of inconsistent AI images they launched for it Anyway, getting BNSF already onboard with an agreement is huge coloradoconnector.com
Everything is a can to be kicked But also I can't help but remember Pittman's adventures as the man who said the quiet part out loud from the transit funding debate last year, and so him saying they don't have to do anything definitely sounds like he's asking for an offer from someone
DVRPC Planning Work Program for FY 2027 includes a Southeast PA transit vision It intends to model the completion of SEPTA's current capital/planning programs (Trolley Mod, Bus Rev, Reimagining, TOC, etc.), and compare it to both continuing the status quo, and to SEPTA doomsday
...and they're bringing back the Red Arrow's railbus experiments, but on the Broad Street Line?
Hey, how'd I miss that they threw up a bunch of renderite on the north side of the Ben Franklin?
Hell yeah, the Army-Navy Game should be ours, and give us games in both the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup *and* the 2031 Rugby World Cup www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia...
This is their list of KPIs to track, for which there is a dashboard for
SEPTA now officially, has a new strategic plan, moving from "SEPTA Forward" to "The SEPTA Way" Here's the Action Plan Matrix of what they are viewing as points to aim for
Oh hey, look at Philadelphia with two cruise ships in the area. American Cruise Lines berthing by Spruce Street is really cool
...Trail grants, and TIP tweaks (The TCDI slides are taken from the Regional Technical Committee meetings because that one presents them slightly nicer)
There's also Transportation & Community Development Initiative grants (*shaking fist at Delco spending it on a microtransit study)
Going before the DVRPC Board this month (and week) is a amendment to add federal planning bucks to the FY 2027 Work Program to assemble a list of potential projects in the Lower South area Good news: half of the initial options to study are transit
Okay, I'm gonna need to see an example program from another state that's similar to what this cosponsorship is suggesting cause I'm not quite seeing how it would function Also, hey, that's a provision that I'm I-95% sure should be passed one way or another
More consistent line pairings on Regional Rail in the July schedule you say? I believe pairing the Lansdale/Doylestown trains to Media/Wawa puts them fully on SEPTA-only rails It looks like there are some tweaks to individual trains elsewhere to smooth pairings out
Musical documentary that juxtaposes World War Two with covers of whose songs?
Briefly based in the same sense that the War of 1812 was a vacation hijinks and some mishaps
Cosponsorship Memo suggesting a change to PA's TIF rules to allow liens to provide more money earlier in a TIF's lifespan to support its goals Link: www.palegis.us/senate/co-sp...
Also, in SEPTA postings, they're out with an RFI exploring the Germantown Station TOC concept This not looking for proposals, more asking industry what's likely to be possible before they go out for proposals (Anyway, what was that about expanding the TOD overlays?)
Also included are the contract for the AEC broker for an expected $3.6 million in new non-rider revenue, Founders bagels in Suburban, contractor for the new Knights Road end of line facility for buses, and bus Rev will need 13,000 new signs
Big SEPTA Board Agenda for June (big here, referring to it being 58 pages) The top three are the capital plan, operations budget, and the new Stratgic Plan for 2027-2031