SEPTA Bus Blaze and Funding Woes, Bike Lane Lawsuit & Coyotes in Wissahickon
Update: 2025-06-06
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It's the Friday news roundup! We’re talking about SEPTA buses on fire in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood, more details on the transit agency’s funding troubles, and Center City residents who filed a bike lane lawsuit. Host Trenae Nuri and executive producer Matt Katz dig into all this (and our weekend plans).
Our Friday news roundups are powered by great local journalism:
- Josh Shapiro and top Democrats say SEPTA and mass transit funding is a priority, but won’t say whether they’ll hold up the budget over it
- Judge says contractor’s bribing of Amtrak manager with $320,000 in luxury watches, vacations represents a ‘tear in the fabric of society’
- Residents suing Philadelphia to stop bike lane upgrades in Center City neighborhood
- Coyote sightings at Wissahickon Valley Park prompt reminder that it’s ‘a wild place’
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