Daily News | City Council and concerned riders pepper SEPTA with criticism, questions on bus route changes
Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff PhotographerCity Council members and state lawmakers questioned SEPTA officials and dozens of Philadelphians voiced displeasure with the transit agency’s proposed redesign of bus routes Monday, with many suggesting adjustments in granular detail.
SEPTA officials acknowledged they could do better at public outreach, including coordinating with Council members on the best locations for meetings and the way people prefer to get their information.“The simple fact is that the bus network as configured is not sustainable,” said Leslie S. Richards, SEPTA’s CEO and general manager. “We can make targeted changes, together, on our own terms, now … Or we can face the certainty in several years of being forced to make service cuts.
“We adopted a standard format for the open houses, and it didn’t quite work out,” Nemiroff said in an interview. “We want to be more flexible and less formal.” Routes were drawn to use fewer streets and keep buses on arterial roads as much as possible, and many routes were straightened. There would be shorter wait times to catch a bus on routes with robust ridership and the potential to attract new riders. The plan envisions relying on more transfers between bus routes and onto subways.
She said the bus routes in the city may be old but aren’t outdated. “They are the backbone of transportation in the city,” she said.
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