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SEPTA to install more tech-heavy gates at more locations
SEPTA is preparing to install more tech-heavy gates designed to stop fare evaders, after the successful use of those gates at the 69th Street Transportation Center.
SEPTA installing 100 more full-length fare gates to deter fare evasion
SEPTA said its board approved the purchase of 100 new gates on Thursday. It is part of a $6.96 million contract with Conduent Transport Solutions, Inc. The new gates will be installed at Somerset, Huntingdon, Cecil B. Moore, 11th Street, 13th Street, Frankford Transportation Center, Allegheny, 52nd Street and City Hall stations.
SEPTA to install taller fare gates at 9 more subway stations next year
The new entryways have reduced fare evasion and boosted revenue since they were placed at 69th Street Transportation Center, officials say.
SEPTA is adding more evasion-resistant fare gates at Philly transit stations
SEPTA has ordered 97 high-tech glass fare gates that stand about 8 feet tall and are close to the ground for nine stations on the Market-Frankford and Broad Street Lines as it escalates the fight against rampant fare evasion on the transit system.
SEPTA expanding 100 new fare gates to 9 stations
After a test at 69th Street Station, SEPTA has purchased more full-length fare gates that it says will deter fare evaders.
SEPTA installing new gates at nine more stations to combat fare evasion
SEPTA will be adding new full-length gates to nine more stations that are along the L train and Broad Street line to combat fare evasions from riders.
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One hurt as fistfight escalates into gunfire in SEPTA subway stairwell
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Did a SEPTA police officer use excessive force over perceived fare evasion?
SEPTA has shared with KYW Newsradio video of a scuffle earlier this month between a young woman and a SEPTA police officer after a dispute over whether the 19-year-old was trying to evade a fare.
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After 4 years, SEPTA reinstates phased-in parking fees. Here’s what to know
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SEPTA to install tech-heavy gates in new locations
SEPTA is preparing to install more tech-heavy gates designed to stop fare evaders, after the successful use of those gates at ...
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SEPTA to try out hydrogen fuel cell buses as early as this fall
The 10-bus pilot is part of the agency's efforts to transition to a climate-friendly fleet. But it has attracted criticism ...
One hurt as fistfight in SEPTA subway stairwell escalates into gunfire
A fistfight between a group of people escalated into a shooting that left one of them hurt at SEPTA's Olney Transportation ...
Man shot 3 times in back inside Philadelphia subway station, police say
Police said a man was shot three times in the back inside SEPTA's Olney Transit Center in Philadelphia on Friday morning.