On July 27, an out-of-service trolley at the Elmwood Depot went out of control, hit several vehicles, and crashed into the Blue Bell Inn on Cobbs Creek, badly damaging the historic building.The driver, the only person aboard, was hurt. On July 25, a bus jumped the curb at 15th and Walnut streets and crashing into a building.Five passengers were hospitalized with injuries. On July 24, one trolley rear-ended another just outside of Philly in Upper Darby, near Lansdowne Avenue and Garrett Road.On July 23, a bus reportedly hit an electrical pole in Fishtown at Frankford and West Girard avenues, injuring four people.

On July 21, a SEPTA bus rear-ended another on Roosevelt Boulevard at Shelmire Avenue, injuring at least 19 people and resulting in the death of 72-year-old Siu Nam Mak.

However, it asked PennDOT to provide a detailed summary of what it’s doing to mitigate the accident trends and how it will measure successful outcomes, including information on its in-person inspections at SEPTA.Ī crash-filled summer What caused the FTA to take this unusual action? Here’s a recap. in 2015.įTA is not planning to manage SEPTA’s daily operations, and it’s not taking over the state’s oversight responsibilities, as it did in Washington, a spokesperson confirmed. But this kind of formal review - called a safety management inspection, or SMI - has only happened twice before: in Boston in 2022, and Washington D.C.

Under federal law, the FTA is authorized to conduct direct inspections, investigations and audits of any public transportation agency, he noted. “The safety of SEPTA’s passengers and workforce is of paramount concern to FTA.” “The Federal Transit Administration is extremely concerned with the ongoing safety issues at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,” wrote Joseph DeLorenzo, the FTA’s associate administrator for transit safety, in an August letter sent to PennDOT and SEPTA, first reported by The Inquirer. FTA officials decided they needed to directly review SEPTA’s rail and bus operations themselves.

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