SEPTA
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, SEPTA is the abbreviated construction and operating company for the majority of public transport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The transport include regional trains, two elevated and underground railways, underground trams, streetcars, interurban trams, trolleybuses and diesel buses in the city and regional transport, and future light-rail lines have a very wide range.
SEPTA is the fifth largest public transportation companies in the United States and with 9,000 employees and a major employer in the region.
Background
In the first two decades after the Second World War, the public transport in the metropolitan areas of the United States was increasingly to grant business. Since the majority of private operators would not have been willing to accept the permanent loss of state-owned companies have been founded in many places, the subsidized operation or equal to completely took over.
Against this background, the General Assembly, the Parliament of the State of Pennsylvania, SEPTA was launched on 18 February 1964, the Pennsylvania. You should ensure the continued existence of public transport in the county Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and the City of Philadelphia itself.
Over the years, the following companies were acquired:
Structure
The company is headed by a 15 - member board. The members are nominated by the participating counties and the state. Each of the four counties and the city of Philadelphia, which is also a County itself, each provide two members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State shall appoint two additional members; each of the other is supported by the majority party, elected by the minority party. The fifteenth and final member is appointed by the Governor.
The operating business is subject to a salaried manager. The most famous among them was 1979-1984 David L. Gunn, who reorganized the New York subway in the 1980s.
Three departments are responsible for the driving operation and maintenance of the respective vehicles:
- To City Transit Division includes most urban transport, especially the bus, tram, underground tram and the two rapid transit Market - Frankford Line and Broad Street Line.
- The Suburban Division is responsible for the regional buses, interurban trams Media - Sharon Hill Lines and the Norristown High Speed Line.
- The Regional Rail Division operates seven regional rail lines.
Pictures
Tram line 15
Metro tram line 11
A train on the Market - Frankford Line.
The Norristown High Speed Line.
On the Media - Sharon Hill Lines.
On the line direction R5 Doylestown.
The Suburban Station, the main train station downtown.