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lordredsnake t1_j2f0ijf wrote

Wow. This editorial's dismissal of the concerns from Roxborough and Manayunk over the Bus Revolution is completely out of touch. Hundreds of mostly senior and working class people showed up at the last community meeting with SEPTA. The venue was at capacity so people stood out in the rain and waited for a second presentation. The plan eliminates a heavily used route (the 27) and forces all of those seniors to walk up to Ridge Ave. to catch the 9 in the hilliest part of the city. Then all those seniors have to transfer at 30th St. to either another bus line or the trolley to get to Center City, where many of the stations still are not ADA compliant.

Curtis Jones is absolutely right with his criticism. Nobody who takes that bus line could have thought that was a reasonable change to the service. I'd love to hear the geniuses on the editorial board explain their statement that all these riders would benefit. The SEPTA planners couldn't seem to make a convincing argument through several hours of community meetings.

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Brunt-FCA-285 t1_j2f59fj wrote

I’ve been supportive of the overall route changes proposed as part of the Bus Revolution, but the Manayunk/Roxborough changes have left me scratching my head. I can’t help but think that tech consultants that they hired to design the new bus system never actually set foot in that neighborhood; otherwise, they would have seen that the changes might look good on paper but fall flat in the face of the reality of walking up a hill. I just hope that the SEPTA representatives agree and didn’t say anything committal at those meetings because they didn’t want to push their consultants under the bus.

They had better change it, though, because otherwise, what will happen is NBC 10, Fox29, 6ABC, KYW, and the Inquirer will all run stories about the people who can’t reach the bus in Manayunk and Roxborough. This will completely undermine any other successes that SEPTA may experience with their bus network reconfiguration.

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