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The Zero Fare program provides SEPTA access for low-income residents, and the Key Advantage program pays for fares for city ...
Mayor Parker and SEPTA are also discussing extending Zero Fare, which benefits 25,000 low-income Philadelphia residents.
Mayor Cherelle Parker had planned to cut funding for both transit subsidies, but now says she's working on keeping them.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is reconsidering her decision to end a program that provides free SEPTA passes to ...
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's proposed budget would slash a benefit that provides free SEPTA passes to city employees, a perk that the administration has promoted as a help in ...
The city’s budget proposal put the future of free SEPTA rides for city workers into question, but a new deal ensures the program will remain.
The commuter benefit gives eligibility to around 22,000 city workers, but it’s unclear whether the city will be able to spend less for the same program this year.
The city’s upcoming budget doesn’t include the Zero Fare program, which offers free SEPTA fare to more than 24,000 residents.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s proposal to cut the city’s business income and receipts tax (BIRT), based off the Philadelphia Tax ...
Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke wants to create the Philadelphia Transit Access Fund, a trust for free or reduced-fare transit ...
Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the appointment of Tyrell Brown as Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs, Andy Toy as Director of the Home ...