SEPTA to change name, look to rail lines to make public transit system easier to use

SEPTA Metro will begin to roll out in 2024.

[@bestrto]

I've been visiting Philly once a year, since 2019, and have NEVER been confused.

[@MsBadBody]

Right. It's not hard. They are just biting off of MTA and NJ Transit.

[@fallenangel278]

We need security and cleanliness not new letters and colors

[@danbernstein4694]

yep .. this will certainly save SEPTA. Literally rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

[@blaiseandthebambina]

😂

[@danbernstein4694]

@@blaiseandthebambina you have to laugh to keep from crying!

[@angelamwatts]

Instead of focusing on how to make SEPTA easier to use, how about making SEPTA SAFER to use. As a SEPTA communter, I felt compelled to stop using SEPTA because of a commuter who was riding the El was robbed and shot during the 6am commute. I arrived at the El during the 8am commute that day. That was the last time I rode the El. I have never stepped foot on a SEPTA Bus or El since then. I either drive or take regional rail. That's how unsafe it is to ride SEPTA. Oh, and let's not forget about the poor bus driver who was murdered in cold blood a few weeks ago. The number one thing that commuters want is to feel safe while using SEPTA. That should be the priority for SEPTA.

[@vincenta8652]

I would like them to get rid of the , shit, piss , needles, blood, and trash covering the front , the steps , overpass and platforms of every train station. Septa is funny Yes … EVERY station

[@zaybx3485]

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to use septa tho

[@MsBadBody]

Right

[@Cubbie410]

But apparently people don’t know how to use Google, the official septa app or the transit app

[@zaybx3485]

@@Cubbie410 which is honestly pathetic tbh why carry around a super computer in your pocket if your not going to use it

[@Cubbie410]

@@zaybx3485 that part 😐

[@Cubbie410]

@@zaybx3485 and cause reading is not fundamental to some

[@Nicole215]

Put all of this effort and money into protecting your drivers and passengers.

[@rbdickson822]

This is not New York, Philadelphia has there been working fine with the names.

[@dysontyronetd]

Leave Philadelphia ALONE

[@Railoffroader2]

You must be confusing this with the Metro in Washington DC.

[@euroschmau]

The only guesswork I do when using SEPTA is whether or not I'll get shot or breathe in second-hand meth smoke on the subway. Spend the money on safety, not some fancy redesign.

[@anti-skub2164]

Good to know I'll be stepping over needles at newly named stops and riding within a cloud of smoke in a shiny new subway car! It was definitely they accessibility that was the issue - not that the El is a rolling needle toilet that can't even be bothered with enforcing basic rules.

[@IAmTheMentor]

😳 THE LETTERS THOUGH.... AND THEN DIRECTLY AFTER THEY HAVE SOMEONE FROM THAT COMMUNITY EXPLAIN IT! 😂🤣😂

[@babd7176]

Very perceptive. I thought it was just me. Nothing needed to be fixed. Clean up the stations, and make it safer. I used to love riding the subway growing up. When I come home to visit I rarely leave my family's homes.

[@babd7176]

Definitely an agenda.

[@michaelmoore-zg5hr]

I guess we New York now We are a slowly losing our identity here in Philadelphia

[@MsBadBody]

Yup. They are biting off of NYC

[@amazing50000]

Los Angeles did the same thing, so you guys are not the only one.

[@marcschmidty3030]

How much money did they pay this guy to reassign letters to the parts of Septa? I’m sure that money could have been spent on additional Septa police and/or maintenance to keep the stations and platforms clean.

[@noahdewalt2627]

Is this a joke? What about, I dunno, making the stations ADA compliant and installing elevators and escalators at every subway station? Seeing elderly people dragging their walkers up and down stairs is an absolute failure of government. How can the city legally and brazenly continue to violate the ADA like this?

[@CaptainMoondawg]

Now they trying to be NY junior smh

[@XGIRL215]

This so stupid, dont need name changes, stop the crime problems, stop the homeless problem

[@michaelrichardson2107]

And people are still going to see Septa. Nobody’s going to say Septa metro besides an outsider. This is dumb. What about the safety of everybody what about hiring more drivers spend money on that

[@dysontyronetd]

What they can do is leave Philadelphia ALONE

[@SandyKay1970]

Instead of changing the name, how about hiring people to operate the vehicles/trains. That's more important. It's still SEPTA. Are you going to change the name of the L bus too? Gonna be confusing to the "out of towners" if you have an L bus and the L train.

[@Cubbie410]

That part. There is no mention of the bus that runs after midnight til the first train goes out

[@jermainewilliams2614]

I think septa got a L bus route Plymouth meeting.

[@Cubbie410]

@@jermainewilliams2614 the L bus is the bus service that runs from midnight to 5 am when trains start

[@DonMega85]

I agree with what that lady said. It looks New York-ish

[@zeri0528]

Pretty much all the New Yorkers who moved here are still confused so we need to make it similar to what they had

[@Cubbie410]

Has nobody heard of Google or the transit app? The septa subway system and I’ll even add the regional rail when it had R#s was simple. Septa is trying too hard to be like NY with signage and to a lesser extent baltimore with colors

[@MsBadBody]

Thank you I said the same. I am from north Jersey and lived in Brooklyn for 3 yrs and Philly is biting off of MTA and NJ Transit. What pisses me off is Septa charges damn near MTA rates for trash and limited service. Every day there is an alert about service disruption due to "Driver Unavailability". Not to mention the addicts and homeless residing on the trains. They are also biting by trying to add the stadium. Brooklyn built the Barclay's center maybe 10 yrs ago and Newark built the Prudential Center in downtown Newark maybe 15 yrs ago (I had my community college graduation there in 2009) and it has enhanced Newark. Brought in more money and a better grad of ppl. But Newark has the space. Philly downtown does not have the space for a stadium centre.

[@Cubbie410]

@@MsBadBody I hear you loud and clear. It’s like septa has an app which apparently nobody has heard of either. I don’t see how they need to keep changing stuff. It seems like everytime an outsider complains they don’t know how to get a round they change. First it was taking away the R1 #s and now it’s literally making an unneeded change to subway and buses

[@MsBadBody]

@@Cubbie410 What's the R1s?

[@Cubbie410]

@@MsBadBody the R1 was the train that went between the Airport and sinner city on the southern end and on the northern end went to Warminster as the R2

[@Cubbie410]

@@MsBadBody basically before they did away with the R#s, each route like to Malvern/Thorndale, Norristown, etc had a number for the route

[@Dwall44]

Nobody in Philly cares how easy SEPTA is to use, we care how safe it is to use! Maybe this is just me, I don’t know.

[@Dwall44]

Also, I won hundred percent agree with all the other comments saying that, instead of painting trains with new colors, and buying all these new buses that nobody asked for, they should start focusing on security and cleanliness on both.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Hate it already. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@bjt81366]

Passengers should be able to use all the lines with one card interchangeably. Just add to the charge for distance like the DC subway. Make it one system.

[@billfulton720]

Why? Interesting choice in the lettering. It's public transportation, ask the person on the bus or train where it's going. No need to make it an agenda...

[@dysontyronetd]

They need to leave our city alone

[@michellehanson2623]

Thank You… Finally someone Understands. Best to You!

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Septic?

[@zainoolrahman8840]

The first day you can only use a weekly pass is on a Monday For visitors it is inconvenient .SEPTA is still in the StoneAge.

[@T0N3M0n3y]

Septa has NEVER been confusing to ride!! Septa arguably has the worst GM in its history running it… running it into the ground!!

[@wildstarpics]

Great waste of money! Well done, Septa! It's the COLORS that make the busses late and disgusting. Glad that's fixed.

[@michaeiprice4911]

According to these comments septa can’t work on anything until the safety problems are fixed, given the state of the SEPTA app, sounds like an amazing plan!

[@calinahernandez6775]

It's a stupid idea that Leslie Richards cooked up. *B1 Local & B2 Express basically go the same direction. * D1 Media * D2 Sharon hill * M1 Norristown * The 15 will be the G for Girard, but don't you have a G Bus in South Philly? You say it'll be less confusing but what about the elderly? I used to be a strong supporter of SEPTA not anymore.

[@thor-elfalcon3057]

Common Core, transit style

[@BigTee54]

We who live here can talk about septa ! But anybody else?? Shit ! It’s curtains fo ya fam?? Just know that.😂😂😂😂

[@michellehanson2623]

Has anyone Noticed.. they are “ Removing “ the Blue White and Red Logo and Replacing it with Black and White?! 😡😡😡

[@WhitneyNewark]

Lex pissed me off

[@JermaniBurroughs]

Why can’t they make it safer & Build the Rosevelt boulevard subway.

[@landon2806]

everyone in the comments a d1 hater it looks nice and sleek. the current signs look dated af

[@MsBadBody]

They are biting off of MTA and NJ Transit in north Jersey. Septa is 🗑

[@PopCultureCarnivore1]

As a Philadelphian, I think this is cool. Philly needs a change

[@Dwall44]

Very silly decision. Sure the current set up is confusing, but how is this any better? Instead of making it less confusing, how about telling people to start putting some energy into trying to understand the current system the way it is? Instead of revamping the whole thing for those that already know it?

[@antoinetaylor8516]

Septa loves wasting money! Being cheap! Then tell you their broke! Waste money on rechanging names, waste 50 million on a stupid Norristown extenstion for nothing, instead of focusing on the Roosevelt Extension! Something people would actually use! Imagine the amount of time you could save catching the subway down the blvd instead of a bus! Plus the amount of people would use the sub! Nope lets keep worrying about the suburbs! Give them something they don't want! Lets be cheap and hire a unknown Chinese company to build our double decker trains cars with no experience and waste 100 million and gets no trains cars. Let's waste all this money but don't hire more police officers for our riders. Lets buy new fare boxes but bulletproof glass for our drivers!

[@fixieroy]

Any improvement is welcomed

[@CerciRodriguez]

This is not an improvement. It's a waste of money. And now, they're begging Harrisburg for funding. Hilarious!

[@arsonmontana9278]

Am i the only one that seen LGBTQ

[@michellehanson2623]

…NO! I’m from Philadelphia, New Jersey and NYC. I’m Living in Scottsdale, Arizona but I have My Friends & Family that Still Live in Philly… And I Watched this Last Night on the News and I was Beyond Shocked and Disgusted… Showed My Husband and he is Also up in Arms. Unbelievable. 😠😡🤬🤔😱

[@michellehanson2623]

This agency is promoting homosexuality

[@CDivinaS]

Great idea SEPTA has always been conusing

[@darryldrayton2635]

I guess they will raise the fares now 😂

[@KyleKangaroo]

They made SEPTA LGBT friendly 😂 and I love it

[@IAmTheMentor]

I was wondering if anyone caught the scrambled letters and colors 😫😂🤣🤣

[@Jane-lt2nz]

So unnecessary

[@rayizm3]

PAY THESE POLICE OFFICERS, not paint the El train bridge.

[@marktaylor7328]

Mug train shot subway trolleys off the tracks,all this for public school grads😅

[@jordanalexander4331]

This looks gay.

[@lawrencestimpson6669]

Lex Powers is a chomo

[@edwinragland2883]

This is nothing. Who cares ?