The agency's Accelerate plan will also bring frequent transit to twice the amount of jobs that are currently located near it.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has revealed its Accelerate plan, a decade-long agenda to modernize the transit agency. According to SEPTA, the plan will place over a million more people within a quarter mile of frequent transit, bring frequent transit to nearly double the amount of jobs that are currently located near it and make every SEPTA station accessible.
Projects in SEPTA’s Accelerate plan include adding 130 low-floor trolleys to its fleet, purchasing 200 new subway cars for the L line and “investing in new transit centers for bus riders and increasing the number of frequent bus routes from eight to 29,” Brandon Lewis writes for Mass Transit.
As part of the plan, SEPTA will also launch its bid process for 230 new Silverline VI Regional Rail cars. The cars will provide “15-minute or better service at nearly half of the approximately 150 stations,” Mass Transit reports.
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