The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Paul Nussbaum reports on the local trend that’s following the national trend: drivers are fleeing rising gas prices by taking mass transit.
So far this fiscal year, SEPTA ridership is up 5 percent, or 13 million trips, from last fiscal year. The increase on Regional Rail trains is even greater proportionately - 2.8 [...]

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Since this site started, I’d had a rant planned about SEPTA’s lack of support for web-based tools like Google’s Transit site. Today, SEPTA Watch made those plans moot by announcing a site created by a group called SEPTA Made Better that lets you get train schedule information organized in a colorful, easy-to-navigate interface:

Of course, not [...]

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I can’t remember specifically when my interest with abandoned infrastructure took root, but I do know that it has led me all over - from Asbury Park, NJ, to Chester, PA, and now to the other end of my own hometown. I find it fascinating not only to see how these communities used to look [...]

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As mentioned earlier this week, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) held a public hearing on the 2009 Transportation Initiative Project for PA (TIP), and although I got there a bit late, I got to speak to the group about this new effort to bring rail service back to West Chester. The introduction I [...]

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This well-timed post from SEPTA Watch came through my blog reader this morning:
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the Philadelphia area organization that is deputized to prioritize federal transit funding. It’s now writing up its list of 2009 priorities.
Interested in having a say in the matter? DVRPC is having a public meeting [...]

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Coming out of a recent strategic direction meeting, our new group has two immediate goals in mind: 1.) developing this site, and 2.) drumming up support from local government officials. After the jump, the letter that’s been sent out to a number of Chesco / Delco pols.
If you’re down with it, help us out. Email [...]

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As promised, here are some shots of WCU Station, located just a few blocks from Market Street Station at Nields Street. Check out the entire set after the jump.

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The evening I got set to put this site together, I had been planning on a detour home from Exton station to take a few pictures of the mostly-abandoned R3 stations. Imagine my surprise when, while driving down Gay Street, the gentleman whose site I’d been absorbed in all day (WCJim) happened to walk by. [...]

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It’s been nearly 22 years since an R3 train made a stop in my town, West Chester, PA.
I didn’t know this until about two months ago, when I read this article by Shane Madden in my old school’s student newspaper, the Quad. Fascinated by the abandoned rail line right down the street from me, I [...]

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