ARCHIVES - 2/9/02

The speculation ends on Thursday, as the SEPTA Board will hold a special to officially name Jack Leary's replacement as General Manager, two weeks after Nicholas Staffieri was appointed Interim GM. There is no word as to who the new GM is, however some have indicated that the candidate may very well be from outside SEPTA...

Lots of routing headaches are in the works in Lansdowne this weekend. Baltimore Av is closed between Lansdowne and Union Avs until 5:00am Monday morning. As a result, traffic on Lansdowne Av is most likely going to be slowed dramatically. The 109 will be detoured via Lansdowne and Stewart Aves all weekend long, due to utility crew work by Verizon. Yesterday, virtually all 109, 113, and 115 buses were several minutes late operating through Lansdowne...

Heavy traffic in Center City, particularly around the Convention Center and Mariott at 12 & Market Sts, will cause delays for all Market St bus routes, as well as southbound 23 runs. Yesterday, it appeared that the southbound C bus was detoured off Broad St onto 15 St. At around 1:00pm yesterday, buses on the 17, 33, 38, and 44 were bunching to the point where several buses were crowded by the time they reached 15 St/JFK Blvd...

SEPTA is holding a public hearing for the 203 bus on March 15 at at 1:30pm at the Sheraton Bucks County on Oxford Valley Rd in Middletown Twp. The hearing is to approve a re-routing of the 203 via N Buckstown Dr instead of S Buckstown Dr.

Some more bus movements are in the works for Comly by tomorrow. A report from Comly indicated that the operators at the depot were the last ones to know about the 24 and 28 becoming part of the wheelchair accessible network.