The SEPTA YAC applauds SEPTA leadership and OTIS for embarking on a plan for a Transit First Erie Avenue. As stated in SEPTA’s needs assessment, the current bus service that SEPTA provides to the 9,000 daily riders of Bus 56 is inadequate and turns riders away from...
June 5, 2025 Philadelphia, PA – As SEPTA continues its critical push for funding in Harrisburg, Chair Thomas Pyle and the rest of the SEPTA YAC briefed newly appointed SEPTA CEO and General Manager Scott Sauer on their accomplishments in the first half of 2025. This...
Harrisburg, PA – On June 4th, four members of the YAC traveled to Harrisburg PA to participate in Transit for All PA’s rally to save public transit. Departing early in the morning from Amtrak’s 30th street station, our members joined hundreds of...
Larissa Jaffe Ward Larissa Jaffe Ward- Every morning, Larissa Jaffe Ward began her day on the streets of Northeast Philadelphia. From her home near Bustleton and Devereaux, she walked to Bustleton and Magee to catch the 26 bus — her lifeline to La Salle University,...
“Public transportation is like a mass carpool” Kayla Macrae Student, La Salle University Kayla McRae is a senior at La Salle University, majoring in Integrated Science, Business, and Technology (ISBT). She lives in North Philadelphia, near 3rd and Champlost, and...
