{"id":292307,"date":"2026-09-23T15:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292307\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:18","slug":"septa-accelerate-plan-aims-to-modernize-entire-transit-system-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292307\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTA &#8216;Accelerate&#8217; plan aims to modernize entire transit system in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/tag\/septa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEPTA<\/a> has an ambitious wish list to modernize the entire transit system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The agency calls it the &#8220;Accelerate&#8221; plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It calls for a major investment, including 230 new Regional Rail cars, with trains coming every 15 minutes at half of the stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The plan also includes new subway vehicles for the B and M lines, as well as major station renovations, including adding elevators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/septa-awarded-80-million-ada-improvements-3-center-city-trolley-tunnel-stations\/19830134\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> SEPTA awarded $80 million for ADA improvements to 3 Center City Trolley Tunnel stations<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">However, the biggest hurdle is funding. The transit agency faces a $193 million budget deficit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This plan will require significant investment from state lawmakers, but there is no estimate on cost or a timeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">ALSO SEE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/navigating-septas-major-bus-network-overhaul-what-riders-should-know\/19726904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Navigating SEPTA&#8217;s major bus network overhaul | What riders should know<\/a><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; SEPTA has an ambitious wish list to modernize the entire transit system. The agency calls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[121158,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-292307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-121158","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}