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Old Posted Jan 13, 2016, 9:14 PM
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Regarding the 23, I used to regularly ride this route to get to and from work in Chestnut Hill while living at Temple. What Summers said is true, most people who are on the bus in the North West get off and Broad and Erie. The remaining people almost all filtered off by the time the bus hits Girard Ave.

I believe SEPTA conducted a survey and discovered that about 100 people a day would be forced to make the transfer as they use the route right now. I expect that many of those people will now make the transfer to the subway or use the subway originally to reach South Philly.

If a portion of the route is brought back as a street car it would be the northern portion between Chestnut Hill and Broad Street. As a two way street Germantown Ave is less prone to double parking obstructing the route which was a major issue cited with the pervious arrangement, particularly in South Philly.
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