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Beginning last Tuesday, #7300 has begun making revenue service runs on the route 18. It has been rumor that #7300 will be tested on the 55 as well and then sent over to either Comly or Alleghany for some more testing.
Here’s a recording by Brandon S.
Ok, I have wanted to hold off posting about this issue until more infomation as to what cutbacks or changes which SEPTA and other transportation authories throughout the state would have to make as result of this issue. As you know, or may not know, the transit agencies thoughout the commonwealth of Pennsyvania and PennDot has been facing fiscal capital budget woes. Well as result, SEPTA has released their doomsday scenerio if these budget woes are not address. One thing that should be stressed is that this doomsday scenerio should not be taken lightly. For the past several years, SEPTA’s capital budget as well as other agencies thoughout the SEPTA has been reduced. Many of the projects to maintain the bridges, replace rolling stock [Silverliner IV] has been put on deferrment because there are no funds available. If this funding issue is not resolved then the first line to be discontiued would be the Cynwyd Line [flyover bridge] and the Eywyn line in 2015 – both of these lines operates over bridges which are in need to be replaced or substituted. We need a long term funding solution now!!
For more infomation on this issue:
As mentioned in the previous post, #7300 was on display in front of 1234 Market Street. Here is a photo.
Taken by SEPTA_Kid
Finally SEPTA revealed the pilot Novabus artic in its FY2014 Capital Budget. Rumor has it that this bus will be on display in front of SEPTA’s headquarters at 1234 Market Street on Monday, August 12th, between 10 AM and 2 PM.
SEPTA plans to order 155 articulated Novabuses and 90 40ft Novabuses. All of the 40 ft buses and 70 of the artics will be hybrids; the rest of the artics will be clean diesel buses if SEPTA is unable to obtain additional funding to upgrade them to hybrid buses.
Today, SEPTA has released their proposal of fare increases which are set to effect on July 1st 2013. Remember, this is just an proposal – things could very well change.
Starting on Monday, January 14th Route 52 will begin operating a new turn back loop in the Wynnefield Heights section of the city. The new turn back loop for buses ending at 54th and City will be via 54th Street, a left onto Wynnefield Avenue, a right onto Cardinal Avenue, a right onto City Avenue followed by a right onto 54th Street to the present layover spot. This change is being done due to numerous complaints about the number of buses operating on Conshohocken Avenue between City and Belmont. With this new turn around loop only Gladwynne bound 52 buses will stop at 54th and Overbrook headed north. There will also be no stops on the turnaround route between 54th and Wynnefield and City and Cardinal.
For more info see http://septa.org/alert/052.html .
Two SEPTA buses (at least one of them a New Flyer) were vandalized Saturday night (December 15th) shortly after 22:30 on the 7100 block of Roosevelt Blvd in the Mayfair section of the city. Officials report a large group of young people forced their way onto the buses after coming out of an event and started breaking the windows and causing other damage. No arrests or injuries have been reported.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8921860
In October, Altoona’s AMTRAN bus system welcomed 3 new Gillig LF Hybrid buses to the fleet. These Gilligs are AMTRAN’s first hybrid buses, being powered by a smaller engine (Cummins ISB?) with the Allison Parallel Hybrid System. The new additions to the fleet will replace a few of the remaining 1993 Orion I buses. One bus, 902, was painted in a special scheme in honor of AMTRAN’s long relationship with Penn State Altoona.
For more details about the ribbon cutting, please click on the link: http://www.amtran.org/index.asp?pageId=13&nid=38
7251 operating on the Route 18 was involved in an MVA this morning around 8:15 AM. 7251 was struck by a car that ran a red light causing the bus to crash into several parked cars and become pinned on the sidewalk. 9 passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital. The bus operator was also transported with a head injury from hitting the windshield after the crash.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8882222
The Route 71 Navy Yard shuttle between the Navy Yard and Pattison Station on the Broad Street Subway Line will be discontinued at the end of service on Friday, November 30th, 2012. Beginning Monday, December 3rd the Navy Yard will begin offering a free bus loop service between the same points along with express bus service to and from Center City. For more information visit http://www.navyyard.org/. Route 68 service to Tastykake and Route 17 weekend service to the Naval Base will continue to operate.