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March 24, 2023

SEPTA’s Updated Bus Plan, Housing Discrimination & Street Sweeping Resumes

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SEPTA’s Updated Bus Plan, Housing Discrimination & Street Sweeping Resumes

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It’s the Friday news roundup! Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Thomas Fitzgerald, transportation reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Aaron Moselle, housing and community development reporter for WHYY’s PlanPhilly. We talk about how SEPTA’s updating its bus plan, an investigation over asbestos in Philly schools, and when street sweeping is coming back. 


Our Friday news roundups are powered by great local journalism: 


SEPTA’s revised bus network redesign keeps some routes that had been slated to disappear


‘It shouldn’t be this hard’: Council committee explores pervasive form of housing discrimination in Philadelphia


Investigation underway over asbestos issues as Philly schools superintendent warns more discoveries are likely


Philly to resume street sweeping this spring in neighborhoods most impacted by litter


Mechanical Cleaning Virtual Community Meetings to Discuss Phase III of the Mechanical Cleaning Program 


You’re invited to attend the Street Department Zoom meetings. Use Meeting ID: 873 1719 3203 and passcode: 996285 or connect via phone at 267-831-0333. You can attend Monday, March 27 at 5p.m., Tuesday, March 28 at 9a.m., and Wednesday, March 29 at 12p.m.


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