Former Mayor Jim Kenney on Tuesday urged his successor’s administration to continue the experimental Zero Fare program that ...

Many city positions are vacant and Parker’s mandate that municipal workers return to the office full time has been unpopular.

Zero Fare participants had taken about 6.6 million trips on SEPTA since the program started about 18 months ago.

The commuter benefit gives eligibility to around 22,000 city workers, but it’s unclear whether the city will be able to spend less for the same program this year.

To continue the free transportation program for low-income Philadelphians, it would cost the city $30 million each year.

Zero Fare is a two-year pilot program that gives free SEPTA bus, train, trolley and Regional Rail rides to people who live near the poverty line. But it appears the city is not planning to renew the ...

And we grieve their loss and their suffering. It should not have to be this way," said Mayor Cherelle Parker. Parker, surrounded by city leaders, held a news conference Monday afternoon to break ...

Philadelphia City Council held a special session on Monday, where Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled her plans to expand housing ...

Philadelphia's commerce chief Alba Martinez is stepping down from her post effective May 1 to produce an original musical, ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker and heads of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parks and Recreation, School District of Philadelphia and other agencies will speak in a press conference in City Hall on ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has long promised to provide 30,000 new and preserved housing across the city. And, on Monday, March 24, 2025, Parker shared how she plans to afford to keep that ...