SEPTA 2023 $1.6 billion budget proposal and 1 day pass renaming

SEPTA's 2023 Budget Proposal
https://www.inquirer.com/transportation ... 20414.html
Actual Budget Proposal link which is also found on the site:
https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/u ... oposal.pdf

The limits are the same and still stingy

SEPTA is proposing to spend $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2023 to run the system, a 6% increase driven in part by inflation that has increased prices for diesel fuel, electricity, materials, and services, authority officials said Thursday.

No fares will be increased during the fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, 2023, SEPTA officials said.

The plan relies on about $423 million SEPTA has received as its share of federal relief for transit agencies that lost revenue when ridership sank during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency projects its coronavirus relief will dry up in 2024.

The budget proposes offering a new Neighborhood FleX DayPass, aimed at people who ride shorter distances within the city. The pass would cost $10 and could be used for up to 10 rides on buses, subways, trolleys, and Regional Rail Zone 2 service.

And the One-Day Independence Pass would be renamed the “Anywhere FleX DayPass.” It would still cost $13 and be valid for up to 10 rides on buses, subways, trolleys, and all Regional Rail stations for a single day.

ZS and Everyone:
Good to know that there will not be a fare increase with SEPTA's 2023 Budget.
SEPTA needs to further recover from "The Problem" and continue to build ridership back.

The two pass types need to have the term "10 RIDE" instead of "Flex" mentioned in their new titles:
"Anywhere 10 RIDE One Day Pass" and "Neighborhood 10 RIDE One Day Pass"
should be the revised and new names.
This will put the 10 ride limitation that these passes have right out in the open for purchasers...MACTRAXX

funny that they say no fare increases but most of their website links to the tariff that was passed a few years ago that show price increases

Disagree about needing 10 ride in the name, that would just be asking for confusion with 10 trips (which people still ask about) and in my experience is rarely an issue for the customers that use such passes. That said it would be nice if they wouldn't choose something that is such a mouthful. As it is most riders just call both convenience and independence passes "day passes" which causes confusion and I don't see this new nomenclature helping. Better yet would be having an actually smart system that adjusts the maximum daily rate based on what was actually used *cough* oyster card *cough*.

But that raises the perennial question: How do we know it'll work in Philadelphia? (Where is it written that wheels have to be round?)