Saturday, July 06, 2013
SEPTA Transit Passes No Longer Have Gender Stickers
Posted by Monica Roberts at 2:00 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/07/septa-transit-passes-no-longer-have.htmlOn July 1 there were a few changes that went into effect for the riders of SEPTA, the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority.
The base fares on SEPTA went up from $2 to $2.25 for the first time in 12 years. The Regional Rail zones were consolidated in preparation for the implementation of the New Payment Technology overhaul. But the most important of the changes to the region's trans and gender variant SEPTA riders is that the 'M' and 'F' gender stickers are no longer on the weekly or monthly SEPTA transit passes.
"As part of the effort to simplify fares and introduce an 'open' fare payment and collection system under the New Payment Technology (NPT) program, extra-fare zone charges will be eliminated on dozens of transit routes, and there will be some consolidation of zones on Regional Rail," SEPTA said in a statement released Thursday.
"In addition, gender stickers will be eliminated on all passes for transit and Regional Rail."
