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>chronically underfunded its entire existence
>among the lowest funded per capita transit authority in the country
>illegal in PA for municipalities to raise a tax to fund public transit
>forced to allocate the funds it gets from Harrisburg almost entirely to operations
>$5 billion maintenance backlog
>operators make ~20% less than regional peers
>only ~200 transit police to cover entire system across the region
>"WTF WHY IS SEPTA SO DIRTY AND UNSAFE, CUT THEIR FUNDING IMMEDIATELY"