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#	Name	Comments
1	Anonymous	Transfer cuts unfairly put the burden on urban riders. SEPTA should "share the pain" across the system and Harrisburg should increase funding. Every additional rider protects our air and saves costs associated with congestion and asthma.
2	Carla Valentine	SEPTA's primary focus should be on the urban community. While having suburban customers using our rail lines can be profitable to the city it should not come at the expense of limiting transportation within the city.
3	Rachel Starzmann
4	Devin Reaves
5	Christine Black
6	Anonymous
7	Gina
8	Anonymous
9	Anonymous
10	Joshua Lore	Transfers must remain for the good of SEPTA and for the good of Philadelphia and it's surrounding regions!
11	Jefferson Eng	I'm an occasional transit rider and find that it's cheaper for me to get into the city via the Route 100 High Speed Line and the Market-Frankford Line. If transfers go away, paying two full fares will be like paying for a fare on the R6 regional rail which defeats the purpose somewhat.
12	Constance Crews	I think it is a terrible thing to make people pay another fare to board another form of transportation during the same trip. Everyone does not need a transpass (what about the people that only travel 2-3 days per week). Tokes are reasonable but if you need to use 2 per trip you are costing people more money.
13	Janice Serrano	To keep or increase ridership SEPTA needs to give something to the public. Keeping transfers is one way of making it easier on the occasional rider.
14	Daniel Petaccio
15	Anonymous
16	Barbara Martina
17	Shirley Cooper	I know Septa needs to reconsider doing away with the transfers, can they begin to imagine the ones who barely makes enough money too buy a pack of tokens just to get back and forth to work and God help them if they also have children who may have to catch two maybe three buses in order to get to school, or just have to make a stop at the doctor's and or market. I use the bus almost everyday, I also have family members that work for your company and I realize it takes plenty of money in order to run a large transit unit such as this, but think of your riders the people who need and use you everyday, and we are the reason any of you have a job because many of us don't drive,finding parking spaces gives you a headache and at one time Septa was affordable, and did you know riding Septa also bring people together it give the elderly a chance to talk and meet others.
18	Michael Ginsberg	Once again, SEPTA finds a way to charge more while delivering less. I only hope you use the money for driving and personality classes for the 50% of bus drives I encounter every day who are in desperate need of both.
19	Kenyetta Bishop	Did Septa ever think about the Low Income workers who barely can afford septa fares? Or students who uses school tokens with tranfers. Or Septa passengers who has two or more dependents that needs to take public transportations. So do SEPTA really believe that a family with a size three or more are able to buy transpass for each individuals at a price of $20.75 each.
20	Rich Urbani
21	shiheem palmer	i am a 15 year old boy. i am asking for help with the issues about the septa fair i live in West Philadelphia and i go to a charter school in South Philadelphia i have to take three maybe four buses/trains to get to and from school and that is $12/ $14 a day to get to school amd get from school
22	Anonymous	I am occasional rider of Septa (probably 3 to 4 times a week, one way). I need to get three buses home from work which means I will need 3 tokens to get home instead of one token and two transfers. There is a huge population of people in the far northeast that travel to center city by car or train that might consider Septa, if you could get the price under control and the buses/el a little cleaner. If you increased the number of passengers you wouldn't need to increase the prices. I think Septa is going in the wrong direction on this issue, you will lose even more passengers.
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24	Kelly Anne Farrell	I believe that the recent decision by SEPTA’s management was very unfortunate for both SEPTA customers as well as SEPTA employees. Many individuals rely on SEPTA to get to their places of employment each day to earn their living. The increase in fares will also have an impact on SEPTA employees. Each time SEPTA has increased fares, their customers have decreased. The changes that the management of SEPTA have decided on will indeed affect “ridership” and thus, may result in subsequent reduction in profit for SEPTA as well as the Philadelphia workforce.
25	gilda a.trolli
26	Marc Stier
27	Jackson Derbish	Hello, The future of a city will be determined by its ability to move the masses to and from. The proposed elimination of the transfer will cause more people to drive, thus congesting our already gridlocked city and making it impassable. In addition, as a regular Septa rider and long time defender to those who call it inconsistent and slow, eliminating the transfer will cause a major pinch in my and thousands of other riders wallets. Possibly to the point where getting a car, or at least Philly Car Share would be the cheaper option. Thank you for your consideration. -Jackson
28	Robert T Howells	The elimination of transfers will adversly affect the riding public, especially those who are low-income or fixed income. I believe it would also hurt Septa as people will find other means to travel.
29	Shalina Redding	I have been a REGULAR SEPTA rider for a few years now and I have to say that the elimination of transfers isn't fair. I believe that it will make me only use SEPTA when I have to! Not for recreational useage.
30	Ta-Wanda Preston	I am a HIV service provider whose clients use Septa to access needed case management services. This system will prevent clients from accessing the services that they can bearly afford now with the current system
31	Anonymous
32	Anonymous	I disagree with Septa charging extra money to ride the bus. We are trying to make it easier for children to get to school and you are making it more difficult by charging extra money.
33	Anonymous	This is an outrage for septa to try to do this to loyal customers. Your already jackin us with the prices for a transit system u can never count on.
34	Anonymous	Your causing alot of stress and pressure for low income families.
35	colleen
36	Sarah Cooley
37	Amber Livingston
38	Zachary Cohen
39	Alisoun Applegate
40	LAVERNE CONNOR	the poor will be hurting do septa cares? NO DOWNSIZE WORK LOAD STOP GOLDING DIGING THE POOR.
41	Christina R. Bradley	You should have called it "SEPTAGOESLOONYTUNES.COM. They have got!to be kidding! How could this ever make sense. This is suppose to be a PUBLIC transit system, but how can THE PUBLIC use a system that prices them out of the market? I would never ever even imagined that this foolishness would also apply to school children. Where are all those "education candidates" when you need them? A few months ago they were telling us anything we wanted to hear now where are they? Dwight, Chaka, Blondell, Mike, c'mon now, these school kids need you more than ever before..Everyone doesn't have a father that can drop them at Masterman in a private vehicle. Truancy Court will be backed up from one end of the city to the next if someone doesn't jump on the bandwagon and do something about this craziness quick. Well one thing we will no longer be one of America's fattiest cities because lots of us will be walking...did Prevention magazine come up with this plot to get everyone walking?
42	Creighton Rabs	SEPTA is making these changes not for the convenience of its customers, but for the convenience of management. This is no way to run a transit system.
43	Rashida Nesmith	I don't think it's faIr to the citizens of philadelphia to spend all that money just to try and go to work or school when the city can put 4.5 million dollars into wildlfe research.
44	Anonymous
45	Dave Messier	I have attended the past several board meetings to monitor progress on this issue, I have contacted my state rep (Josh Shapiro) to push for this issue, and have followed it with great interest. I think the board composition needs to change too, and am very dismayed with the way the mostly Republican-nominated board appointees shove the SEPTA-staff proposed, and ill-advised, policies down the throats of the city appointees, and to its riders. It is the height of arrogance to eliminate transfers because you did not put into place a modern fare collection system. I heard over and over how "Boston eliminated transfers and so have many other cities." However, Boston (and NYC, and just about any other relevant example) did not eliminate paper transfers until they implemented a new AFC system, and when they did so, they offered FREE TRANSFERS to passengers who used a CharlieCard when traveling (how's that for a concept, trying to encourage and provide incentives to your riders instead of pushing alienating policies!)
46	TRACY BROWN
47	Anonymous	Eliminating transfers will lose money for SEPTA. If you want, you can up the cost of a transfer to 70 cents, but eliminating them would just be unfair.
48	Lynette	I can not afford two transpasses for me and my child which is in elementary school and a after school program and it takes me two busses to get him to after - school in the morning and to get home in the evening. And I am a single parent, not by choice but because his father is decease.
49	Natika Gadson
50	Shawn R Smith	Transfers are essential for riders who are low income, or who travel great lengths out of necessity!