tomfitzgerald

@tomfitzgerald

Philadelphia Inquirer transportation reporter. Longtime political writer for same with many prez campaign-trail miles. Also: @[email protected]

Philadelphia, PA

Joined March 2008

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Fallon Roth@fallonroth_ · Jul 23

Just an incredible story here by @tomfitzgerald & @arianapeca2 on the day in the life of the 31 bus. It's on the chopping block if SEPTA doesn't get the state money it needs to avoid cuts. inquirer.com/transportation…

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William Coffin@CoffinItUp · Jul 24

"Hey! Can a brother get a hard hat over here!?"

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Fascinating@fasc1nate · Jul 25

93 year old WWII vet that played football for Kansas University in 1948 got a chance to score a touchdown on that field one last time

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 25

SEPTA wants you to know service cuts are coming inquirer.com/video/septa-be… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. SEPTA wants you to know service cuts are coming

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 25

Erin Reynolds, people! SEPTA wants you to know service cuts are coming inquirer.com/video/septa-be… via @phillyinquirer

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 24

Canvassers have a message for Bucks County SEPTA riders: It’s not too late to save your train inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. SEPTA is a few weeks from cutting 20% of its service and raising fares 21% as Harrisburg leaders negotiate state budget.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 23

Man who struck and killed CHOP doctor riding bicycle while driving drunk sentenced to 6 to 20 years in prison inquirer.com/crime/michael-… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. Michael Vahey was speeding when he rammed into Barbara Friedes, a 30-year-old pediatric resident at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who was biking near Rittenhouse Square.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 23

A day on SEPTA’s 31 bus, one of dozens that may soon be cut inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. SEPTA plans to eliminate 32 bus lines soon if it doesn’t get more state funding. Here's what worries riders on the 31 line.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 21

Shore towns get no federal dollars for beach replenishments for the first time in almost 30 years inquirer.com/news/new-jerse… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. This year, zero dollars are budgeted for beach replenishment projects — the first time since 1996. It's possible that zero might carryover into next year.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 16

Seems it was inevitable? Over $150 million in federal funds taken from Chinatown Stitch project by Trump’s tax bill inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. The project involves capping the highway from 10th to 13th Streets to create a park and more developable land to reconnect Chinatown with the neighborhood to its north.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 14

SEPTA funding fight has gotten nasty, with personal jabs and misplaced blame inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. Regional resentments and competing transportation needs complicate the debate.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 9

From alerting riders to changing Google Maps, here’s how SEPTA is preparing for service cuts inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. The transit agency’s planners have been putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other represents a 20% cut in service that would start Aug. 24.

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Rich Raho@RichRaho · Jul 1

Trump’s Interment Camps. Cruel. Inhumane. Unjust. Terror. When Pope Francis visited a migrant shelter in Lesbos, he denounced the “shipwreck of civilization,” and said “those who are afraid of you have not looked you in the eye.”

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 2

Annual trolley tunnel cleaning blitz begins soon, suspending some trolley service into Center City inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. Riders can take the Market-Frankford Line in lieu of riding the trolley to and from Center City from 40th Street.

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Frances Patano@FrancesPatano · Jul 2

Met a woman in Cleghorn, Iowa (pop. 220) and asked if she wanted to sign a petition to get @RobSandIA on the ballot. Her response? “Oh no sorry, I’m here visiting family. I’m from New Jersey. We just got a new senator!”

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 2

What’s causing Bluetooth interference on the Ben Franklin Bridge? There are a lot of possibilities. inquirer.com/news/philadelp… via @phillyinquirer

tomfitzgerald's tweet card. The disruption has less to do with intergalactic visitors and more to do with a possible signal jam.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jul 2

PATCO will start cleaning filthy stations this month with overnight closures inquirer.com/transportation… via @phillyinquirer

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Super 70s Sports@Super70sSports · Jul 1

Today in 1977, you made a phone call on this piece of shit.

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tomfitzgerald@tomfitzgerald · Jun 30

When I was taking hourly buses on NJT to get to work, I understood very well that a second bus per hour had more value to me than a free fare. I would also prefer a third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bus to a free fare.

GGovernor Kathy Hochul@GovKathyHochul · Jun 29

Thanks to funding from congestion pricing, today we’re expanding service on more than a dozen bus routes! From Co-Op City to Staten Island, we’re building a transit system that meets the needs of all New Yorkers.

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