The board for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, announced Thursday that Kenneth E. Lawrence has been unanimously elected to serve as the chair. Lawrence will be the first
Pasquale T. Deon Sr. is retiring from the SEPTA Board after 24 years as its chairman. Deon, a Bucks County Republican who joined the board in 1995, is known as a consensus builder with solid connections among Pennsylvania lawmakers. The transit authority rolled out a new fare system, reconstruction part of the Market-Frankford Line and began selling station naming rights during his tenure.
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A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
SEPTA riders likely won’t see the cost of their rides on city transit or Regional Rail increase until at least July of 2021.
The agency was set to increase fares at the start of the new year in January, according to a Fare Restructuring Plan approved in June. But after months of a pandemic that has battered the economy and the wallets many riders, SEPTA Board Chairman Pasquale T. “Pat” Deon Sr. wants the agency to push back the timeline six months. Deon is expected to ask the board to approve the delay at the SEPTA Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, said Andrew Busch, a SEPTA spokesperson.
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