Legislative Tracking Center

The YAC Legislative Tracking Center

The YAC works to keep young people and transit advocates in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region up to date on the latest news concerning transit. One major determinant of the future of transit in Pennsylvania is the legislation coming out of Harrisburg. To this end, our Government Affairs Committee has taken on the task of piloting this Legislative Tracking Center. Here, young people and transit advocates alike can find easy to understand descriptions of the transit-related bills currently working their way through our state capital.

Pennsylvania State Government is comprised of three branches. The executive branch is led by the Governor, the legislature is comprised of the Pennsylvania House and Senate, and the judiciary is comprised of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and many lower courts. Legislation that affects transit moves through the State Legislature and is signed into law by the Governor.

How Does State Government Work?

Transit Legislation

UPass Training

When: September 26, 1-3pm Where: 1500 Walnut St, 8th Fl. Philadelphia 19102 What: The SEPTA University Pass (UPass) allows colleges and universities to purchase deeply discounted All-Access Passes for their students. The program gives colleges an opportunity to...

Sophia Bertsch

Sophia BertschSophia Bertsch is a rising senior at St. Joe’s University majoring in History with minors in Spanish and Sociology, with a budding interest in public transit. She is originally from a suburb in Long Island, New York, but after a study abroad semester in...

Ian Shannon

Ian ShannonIan Shannon did not grow up using public transportation “I don't think I used public transit until about a year ago, going into Center City, um, I grew up in Coatesville, so not a ton out there, and then in Westchester, we don't really have much, the only...

James Lewis

James LewisJames Lewis is a junior studying Architectural Studies, Sociology/Anthropology, and Urban Studies at Swarthmore College. He serves as the Swarthmore Student Liaison for the SEPTA YAC and participates in Swarthmore Urbanists, Mock Trial, and Debate Society....

Jeremiah Murrell

Jeremiah MurrellOriginally from Savannah, Georgia, Jeremiah Murrell is a freshman at Temple University studying Geography and Urban Studies. He is involved in the Geography, Environmental, and Urban Studies (GEnUS) Majors Association; Project 2026, a student civic...

Improving Faregate Reporting Statistics

The SEPTA Youth Advisory and Citizens Advisory Councils are supportive of SEPTA’s new full-length gates installation. Fare evasion on SEPTA has risen to levels rarely seen before, eroding a sense of order on the system and treating paying passengers unfairly. We...

James Kemp

James KempJames Kemp, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, is a junior at St. Joseph’s University studying public policy and quantitative economics. He is the president of the student section 54th Airborne and involved on the orientation team and Phi Sigma Pi, an...

Silverliner VI Procurement

The SEPTA YAC is pleased to see SEPTA taking swift action to procure new Silverliner VI MU railcars to replace the aging and outdated Silverliner VI’s. With the IV’s now over fifty years old, plagued with mechanical failures and an FRA mandated inspection, new...