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The entrance to the 8th and Market PATCO station on April 5, 2024.

PATCO is moving to contactless payment this summer and phasing out Freedom Cards

PATCO will begin installing contactless validators by June or July.

Travelers wait for the train at the South City Hall station.

SEPTA’s Key Card has been plagued with issues. A new version could cost $211 million.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Michael and Kayla Spooner were struck by a SEPTA bus, just blocks from their South Philadelphia home, killing Michael. A collection of photos of them and his Green Bay Packers hat, which he was wearing when he was killed.

They were on a date night when a SEPTA bus driver ran over her husband, killing him. Now his widow is searching for answers.

Traffic moves along I-76, the Schuylkill Expressway. Philly roads were the fifth most congested in the nation in 2024, according to a report.

Philadelphia had the nation’s 5th worst traffic congestion last year, new report says

Thomas Fitzgerald

Crews work to repair a sinkhole on North Sixth Street near Rising Sun Avenue on Wednesday.

A North Philly sinkhole opened in the middle of the street, damaging a SEPTA bus

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