5/11: Top 5 SEPTA & Trolley websites
By S34fan | May 11, 2008
We have a soft spot for trolleys; we did, after all, name our business after the Green Line’s Route 34. But we’re big fans of public transit in general. Herewith, five good sites for keeping up with SEPTA news, learning about its history, and even appreciating occasional moments of commuting transcendence:
- SEPTA Watch: The best blog we’ve found about our transit system. Recent posts have aired reader complaints, spotlighted a nice collection of Reading Viaduct photos, and, remarkably, noted in non-eyeglazing fashion that SEPTA is among the investors who got snookered in the mortgage crisis.
- Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: Come here for a good collection of historical info, maps, photos, charts, and more about the streetcars of our fair city.
- The SEPTA discussion board at Railroad.net: Here’s where people who are REALLY INTO trains in general, and SEPTA in particular, hang out. It’s not unusual for a post to be read by a thousand people, or to receive a dozen or a hundred (more or less) well-informed replies.
- The SEPTA Haiku: The author of this wonderful site writes one 17-syllable poem each day about a person seen while riding the train. This was originally a project for Fun-A-Day 4, which challenged artists to create one work every day in January; she’s just kept going.
- SEPTA Made Better: OK, so it’s probably against some rule to post helpful signs when SEPTA does not; for example, noting exactly when tokens are available for sale at a given station. But it shouldn’t be. SEPTA riders can’t fix squeaky bus brakes, but they can print and post the signs posted at SEPTA Made Better.
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