June 6, 2025 • 24 mins
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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