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SEPTA Watch: According to the American Public Transportation Association's 2nd quarter report, SEPTA is one of the few public transit agencies to have seen ridership gains over the past year. An overall 9.09% gain over 2008's second quarter with the following breakdown.
Commuter Rail + 14.02 percent
Heavy Rail + 8.49 percent
Light Rail +32.23 percent
Bus + 3.54 percent
I assume that commuter rail refers to regional rail and that heavy rail accounts for the two subway lines. PATCO reports an extremely modest 0.04% gain.
The APTA's report can be found here:
http://www.apta.com/resources/statis...hipreport.aspx