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The Travelin Grampa Touring the U.S.A The Travelin Grampa Touring the U.S.A. without an automobile Focus on safe, fast, convenient, comfortable, cheap travel, via public transit. Vol. 9, No. 10 October 2016 Illustration credits: Facebook posts by Sen. Thomas J. McGarrigle. Left: SEPTA customer service reps process an applicant for a senior SEPTA Key card at the Drexel Hill office of state senator Thomas J. McGarrigle. Right: Flyer announcing Senior Key Photo Day being held Nov. 10, hosted by Sen. McGarrigle and state Rep. Jamie Santora. Story on pages 2 to 6. Philly-area seniors getting new ‘free ride’ transit ID cards Yellow and blue paper non-photo ID cards Philadelphia area seniors now use to ride on transit buses and streetcars without paying are about to become obsolete as Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority switches to new SEPTA Key photo-ID “smart” fare cards. SEPTA is set to phase out metal tokens and paper passes, transfers and railroad tickets, not that this matters much to seniors who, except for train tickets, mostly don’t use them. Even after the paper cards disappear, to ride without paying, seniors still can “swipe” their Pennsylvania driver's license or photo ID on bus, streetcar, light rail and subway-el station turnstile fare card readers. Others will get aboard merely by showing a Medicare card. Grampa’s paid $27.50 for his Pennsylvania non-driver photo-ID card. The SEPTA Key photo ID card he recently applied for cost nothing. Even if you need a non-driver photo ID for other good reasons, such as air travel, get the SEPTA Key senior photo ID card. It’s the best bargain in town. Pennsylvania Lottery funds pay for ‘free’ senior rides on transit Anyone age 65 or above, including non-residents, can ride on most public transit for free within Pennsylvania. Exceptions include on-demand shared ride vehicles and Philly area regional railroads. The latter is $1 per ride for seniors. During the year past, nearly $170-million in lottery funds paid for more than 34-million free transit rides and 4-million shared rides, or about 104,000 free and reduced-fare senior rides every day. The lottery pays about 85% of each shared ride fare. 1 ==== ====== === SEPTA’S NEW FARE PAYMENT SYSTEM . State legislators sign up numerous SEPTA Key card seniors Of about 40,000 seniors who have signed up for free SEPTA Key cards, many did so at events sponsored by Pennsylvania legislators and Philadelphia city council members. These cards will make it easier to ride without paying on SEPTA transit bus, streetcar, subway and light rail lines, and for $1 per ride – $8.50 for a strip of ten one-ride tickets – on SEPTA Regional Rail’s commuter trains. “Pennsylvania residents, age 65 years or older, who possess a valid ID, are automatically eligible to participate in SEPTA’s Seniors Ride Free Program,” state Sen. Tom McGarrigle told seniors at a December 2015 signup session at his Drexel Hill district office.* “A valid unexpired driver’s license or state-issued ID can be swiped at the turnstile or onboard a vehicle,” McGarrigle noted. But only if it shows the user’s age is 65 or older. On an average weekday, about 80,000 seniors take advantage of the lottery funded rides. SEPTA expects to begin mailing out the new cards next month, about 10,000 each week, to those already signed-up. Its sign-up campaign is continuing. Delaware County state Sen. Thomas McGarrigle was among the first to stage a SEPTA Key card signup and photo shoot event. Philadelphia state Rep Vanessa Lowrey Brown was among the latest to do so. Few complaints from 10,000 SEPTA Key guinea pigs During June, SEPTA Key cards were issued to 10,000 folks it calls “early adopters.” These mainly are regular commuters holding a weekly or monthly transit pass for riding on subways, city and suburban buses and trolleys.** They got their cards from fare card dispensers at a dozen subway and elevated train stations, or at SEPTA’s center city sales office. The “early adopter” program provides “valuable feedback we can use to further enhance the customer experience moving forward,” said Jeff Knueppel, general manager. He didn’t indicate when SEPTA would stop issuing metal tokens and paper transfers. * Actually, someone need not be a Pennsylvania resident. ** Philadelphia area folks call streetcars “trolleys.” 2 ==== ====== === SEPTA’S NEW FARE PAYMENT SYSTEM . Photo credits: Rep Duane Milne’s Office; Rep. John Taylor on Facebook. Left: Shaking hands with a constituent senior is state Rep. Duane Milne at his Chester County district office, as a SEPTA customer relations rep types in pertinent information. Right: SEPTA customer relations reps at the Port Richmond office of state Rep. John Taylor snap a picture of a senior Key card applicant. Chester County: Rep. Milne: Seniors ride free now, but new card a big advance Chester County seniors signed up for SEPTA Key cards Sept. 16 at the West Whiteland Township Building in Exton, after calling state Rep. Duane Milne, to set up a good time to have their photos taken. Rep. Milne told them that, until they get their cards some weeks hence, “We want to assure those seniors that they will continue to ride the Regional Rail for $1 and for free on all SEPTA transit services, as they are presently doing.” He foresees the Key system in wide use during 2017. City of Philadelphia: Seniors flock to Rep. Taylor’s SEPTA Key card event Seniors flocked to a SEPTA Key card signup and photo shoot March 9 at Rep. John Taylor’s office on Thompson St. in Philly’s Port Richmond section. Rep. Taylor also holds an annual Senior Expo, this year’s being Oct 14 at Cohocksink Recreation Center. This is a free one-stop information fair, where government officials and experts from businesses and nonprofits answer questions and provide help to seniors and their families. Free bus service is provided at several convenient pickup/drop-off locations. Photo credits: Rep. John Taylor on Facebook. Seniors at the office of Rep. John Taylor line up to get photo taken for SEPTA Key card. 3 ==== ====== === SEPTA’S NEW FARE PAYMENT SYSTEM . Montgomery County: Rep. Murt welcomes seniors to Key card photo shoot at his office On Feb. 3, seniors were welcomed to a Key card photo shoot in the district office of Rep. Thomas Murt in Hatboro, in Montgomery county. Murt said he was “pleased to make my office available to help seniors apply for a special card and have their photos taken without having to travel to a SEPTA sales location” in faraway downtown Philadelphia. Delaware County: Rep. Santora has two offices to handle Key card applications When state Rep. James R. Santora heard some of his constituents were traveling into downtown Philadelphia to apply for a SEPTA Key card, he decided to make things a little easier for them by handling their applications and taking photos for SEPTA cards at his two offices in suburban Delaware County, in Clifton Heights and Drexel Hill. “The cards provide adults 65 and older a safe, convenient, cost-effective way to travel,” he noted. “To help the mature members of our community take advantage of SEPTA’s seniors ride free program, my offices will be issuing SEPTA Key photo-ID cards so everyone is prepared when the paper Transit ID cards are eliminated,” said Santora. “I encourage local seniors to stop by to take advantage of this opportunity.” Montgomery and Philadelphia counties: Rep. DeLissio lets seniors apply at mutually convenient time State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio, whose district is in both Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, lets constituents 65 and older arrange an appointment that’s mutually convenient for to apply for a SEPTA Key card. Her district office is on Ridge Ave. in Philadelphia. “A great number of our senior residents rely on SEPTA for their everyday travel throughout the city and suburbs,” said DeLissio. “My staff and I can help our older adult constituents complete the application and photo process for obtaining their SEPTA Key cards in a friendly and convenient location – and my district office is that location.” Montgomery County: Rep. Harper hosts signup for Key card and shared-ride program At state Rep. Kate Harper’s district office in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, seniors signed up in March for the SEPTA Key senior ID card while also registering for the county’s TransNet’s shared ride program. “Seniors who can no longer drive, or prefer not to, have affordable options available to them,” said Harper, referring to SEPTA and TransNet as “both valuable services.” TransNet provides transportation services within Montgomery County. Participating seniors call a day before transportation is needed to arrange to share a discounted-fare ride with others in a sedan or van. The program is funded by Pennsylvania Lottery proceeds and is available to seniors age 65 and above who register with TransNet. Bucks County: Rep. Quinn thanks all her SEPTA Key photo shoot participants At least one suburban Philadelphia state legislator is very grateful so many seniors showed up at a SEPTA Key Photo Day event she hosted in mid-January. State Rep. Marguerite Corr Quinn, sent a “Thank You” note on Facebook to all event participants. The event took place at the Central Bucks County Senior Center in Doylestown. 4 ==== ====== === SEPTA’S NEW FARE PAYMENT SYSTEM . Photo credits: CTA; Denver RTD; ClipperCard.om; LA MTA; Jared Brey, Philadelphia Magazine. L to R: Chicago reduced fare Ventra card gives at least 50% discount; Denver MyRide card charges senior $1.10 for a $2.25 light rail ride; San Francisco Senior Clipper gives up to 65% discount, Los Angeles area’s Senior TAP card gives $84 worth of rides for $35; regular rider (not senior) SEPTA Key fare card.
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