SEPTA TALKS MOVED TO MONDAY

Nov 1, 2009 3:53 pm US/Eastern
Philly Transit Talks Postponed Until Monday
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―

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Negotiators for Philadelphia's transit agency and its largest union have postponed a scheduled Sunday evening meeting and now plan to meet at 10 a.m. Monday at Gov. Ed Rendell's regional office in a Philadelphia hotel.

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Negotiators for Philadelphia's transit agency and its largest union have postponed a scheduled Sunday evening meeting and now plan to meet at 10 a.m. Monday at Gov. Ed Rendell's regional office in a Philadelphia hotel.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority spokesman Richard Maloney said Sunday he believes the two sides are "slowly but surely getting there." A union spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Gov. Ed Rendell told reporters Saturday that there had been "substantial progress" and he hoped an agreement would come quickly. He said he had told both sides to stay at the bargaining table or risk "significant consequences" of losing state support
for mass transit.

Transport Workers Union Local 234 president Willie Brown also said he expected a contract "very soon." The union represents more than 5,000 bus drivers, subway and trolley operators and mechanics who have been working without a contract since early spring.



DETAILS:

What SEPTA Service Will NOT Run?

-- Market-Frankford Line
-- Broad Street Line / Broad Ridge Spur
-- All City Transit Bus, Trolley and Trackless Trolley Routes (Routes 1-89, all lettered bus routes, Owl Service, and trolley routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34 and 36)
--Frontier Bus Routes (Routes 90-99, 124, 127-132, 134, 139, 150, 201, 206, 304)

What SEPTA Service WILL Run?

-- Regional Rail Trains
-- Some Suburban Transit (including Norristown High Speed Line and the 101 and 102 Trolley lines)
-- LUCY bus lines through University City
-- Paratransit

For full details of the Service Interruption Guide please visit http://www.septa.org/strike.