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SEPTA to Replace Aging Trolley Fleet

By Tom MacDonald | WHYY
Published February 28, 2023 at 2:03 PM EST
SEPTA’s 13 trolley rolls down Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia’s Belmont neighborhood.
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SEPTA’s 13 trolley rolls down Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia’s Belmont neighborhood.

SEPTA has approved funding for a new trolley fleet. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 2/25/23)
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Tom MacDonald | WHYY
WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.
See stories by Tom MacDonald | WHYY