Some members of Philadelphia City Council want federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to save SEPTA, which is facing a fiscal cliff.

SEPTA has postponed their “Bus Revolution” plan as they continue to grapple with the “transit death spiral” that could lead to historic fare increases and service cuts starting next year.

The transit agency formed a cross-departmental “Ghostbus-ters” team — which came up with a very simple solution.

The bus revolution would have been the agency's first-ever redesign of its bus network, but that's now on hold as federal funding that kept SEPTA afloat during and after the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire,

With no prospect of a statewide solution to help fund the everyday operating expenses of public transportation systems, SEPTA has no choice but to… postpone implementation of [the] New Bus Network — putting aside years of feedback on how to make the system more useful from thousands of riders across the region,