Overview

• SEPTA’s first round trims roughly 20% of service on Aug. 24, eliminating 32 bus routes, shortening 16, and reducing frequency across 88 bus, Metro and Regional Rail lines.
• The agency plans a 21.5% fare increase in September and says a 9 p.m. curfew on all rail lines could start Jan. 1 if no new funding is secured.
• DVRPC modeling projects about 275,000 additional vehicles regionwide and commute times up 18% on I-95 southbound and 20% on the Schuylkill Expressway, with spillover congestion into New Jersey and potential 40% greater delays on U.S. 202 in Chester County if key rail links are lost.
• Philadelphia is staffing its Traffic Operations Center from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., tightening peak-hour lane enforcement through the PPA, limiting nonemergency street closures, and evaluating temporary “pop‑up” parking near transit stops.
• Montgomery County officials say seven routes there will be cut and about 19 more reduced, warning of outsized local economic impacts as riders report longer, costlier trips and some sports fans prepare to drive to the South Philadelphia stadiums.