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By MERRY FIRSCHEIN, STAFF WRITER FORT LEE A new jitney bus program for the Edgewater ferry terminal will stop giving free rides on May 1. Next month, the park- and-ride program will cost $70 a month for residents who want to leave their cars and take a commuter van to the ferry. The program, created by the borough's Parking Authority, started running April 16 after hundreds of residents expressed interest in using public transport in a survey conducted by NY Waterway. For the rest of...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Schedules will change on Sunday, February 11, for a number of SEPTA City Transit Division routes and on Monday, February 12 for Suburban Transit Division routes. The changes include new bus Route 50 service to Philadelphia Park Casino. Operating between the Frankford Transportation Center and the casino, the new route will provide service about every 30 minutes. In addition, express trips will operate from Frankford Transportation Center to Pennypack...
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- SEPTA will detour bus Routes 12 and 40 starting Monday, January 22 due to the closure and reconstruction of the South Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River and Expressway. Instead of operating over the bridge, Route 12 westbound morning buses will detour via Walnut Street, 34th Street, and Civic Center Boulevard, before returning to regular routing. Eastbound afternoon and evening bus service will travel via 33rd, Chestnut, 23rd, and South streets...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SEPTA is improving service on several bus routes that operate in Manayunk and Roxborough. Starting Sunday, November 12, riders will find significant service changes on bus Routes 9 and 35 and the renaming of Route 61 Express service as bus Route 62. The changes include: -- Route 9 - current service will be extended from Ridge & Summit Avenues to Ridge Avenue & Cathedral Road serving the Andorra Shopping Center. -- Route 35...
The recent passing of May Grant at 90 years of age and the death of Diamond Gualeni earlier this year brings to a close a storied chapter in San Pedro history that for two reasons is the one dearest to my heart. Most of the Italian immigrants to San Pedro in the early 20th century, particularly those from Italy's southern coast or Ischia, made easy transitions into the then-burgeoning fishing industry. There were some, however, who saw a different business opportunity, which is how the...
By Carolyn Koo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gasoline prices at near-record highs are fueling a big increase in the number of riders on buses and trains, prompting cities around the country to improve their public transport systems, transportation agencies said on Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration, the U.S. government's top energy forecasting agency, on Monday said the average U.S. retail gasoline price increased 71 cents over a year ago to $3 a gallon, the second highest pump...
By Jon Hurdle PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A seven-day strike that shut down Philadelphia's buses, subways and trolleys ended on Monday after all-night negotiations led to an agreement on health-care coverage for workers, officials said. The strike affected 400,000 commuters in the fifth-largest U.S. city and service was expected to crawl back to normal by Monday afternoon, said Jim Whitaker, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA. Contract talks...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Striking transport workers shut down buses, subways and trolleys in Philadelphia on Monday in a showdown over health-care costs. Contract talks between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and two unions broke off just before midnight, triggering the strike that forced 400,000 commuters to scramble to find other ways to reach work in the fifth largest U.S. city. No new contract talks were scheduled. "The last strike lasted 40 days (in 1998),...
