Following is my proposals to reroute and/or change Septa routes. I'm not proposing
adding adding any new routes, or doing away with any routes. I am proposing some routes
be bannarized. Due to the fact that my life in the city was in the Northeast, most of
my suggestions are to routes in/around the Northeast.
Reletter all previously lettered routes:
Keep the 4 or the 16 as such
Revert the other route back to C
14 would revert back to B
18 would revert back to S
19 would revert back to W
21 would revert back to D
24 would revert back to N
28 would become O
32 would revert back to A
35 would revert back to Z
65 would revert back to E
68 would revert back to M
70 would revert back to Y
77 would become an extended version of the X
88 would become T
89 would become an extended version of the P
BX: Limited stops: FTC, Cottman, Holme/Solly, Grant, Byberry, City Line, then via US-1
to Neshaminy Mall and Oxford Valley Mall.
WX: Local to Algon Avenue and Magee Street. Express via Algon Avenue, resume local
service at Algon Avenue and Napfle Avenue. Local to Krewstown Road and Gregg
Street. Torresdale runs would continue local to Grant Avenue and Ashton Road,
express via Grant Avenue to Grant Avenue and Fordham Road, then, local service
to Torresdale Station.
1X: Local from Philadelphia Park to 5th & Roosevelt Blvd. Express via
US-1 (Roosevelt Expressway) to I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) to City Avenue. Resume
local routing at City Ave. & Belmont Ave.
3: Split the 3 into 2 bus lines, the 3 and the 83
3: Starting at 33rd and C.B. Moore Blvd: Right on 33rd Street to 33rd &
Dauphin Loop.
3X: Local service to Ridge and C.B. Moore Blvd., then, via Ridge Avenue (no
stops) to 33rd & Dauphin Loop.
5X: PENNS LANDING EXPRESS. Southbound running via Bridge Street, Aramingo Avenue, I-95
to 2nd Street. Local service starting at 2nd & Race. Northbound running via 3rd
Street, right on Race Street, I-95 North, exit at Bridge Street. Take Aramingo Ave.
to right on Tacony Street, left on Bridge Street to Frankford Transportation Center.
15: Extend trolley tracks to FTC, sucking in the 73 route.
19: New number for current 20 route via Academy Road.
20K: Local service serving current 20 route via Keswick Ave.
20X: Express service via Bridge Street, I-95, Academy Road to Grant Avenue. Local
service from Grant & Academy to Franklin Mills.
50X: Current limited routing from FTC to Pennypack Circle, then, express via Roosevelt Blvd,
Woodhaven Road to Academy Road. Local service from Academy and Woodhaven to PARX Casino
73: Would become extended route 15.
77: Would become 73
83: Limited stop express. Start at Frankford Transportation Center, run via Frankford
Avenue, Kensington Avenue, Front Street, C.B. Moore Blvd., 33rd Street, Girard Ave.
to the zoo. Stops at the following locations:
Frankford Transportation Center, Arrott, Erie-Torresdale, Alleghany, Lehigh,
Dauphin, American, 8th, Broad, 20th, then local service from 33rd & C.B. Moore to
the zoo.
89X: Local service from Arrott Terminal to Castor and Wyoming. Express, via Castor Avenue
to Frankford Avenue. Local from Castor and Frankford to Front and Dauphin.
Northeast Philadelphia Loops (84/85):
84 would run out of FTC, along the current 67 route to Bustleton and Verree, then, via Bustleton Avenue,
right Byberry, follow the 84 route to FTC. (20 mile clockwise routing)
85 would be the counterclockwise routing of the 84.
Lower Northeast/North Philadelphia Loops (60/70):
60 would run out of 35th & Alleghany, along the current 60 route to Richmond and Westmoreland, then
express along the Richmond Street (stopping at Tioga, Castor, and Orthodox) to left on Bridge (stopping
only at Harbison and at Torresdale) to FTC, then Pratt Street left Roosevelt Blvd., then along the
current 1 route (stopping only at 1 route limited stops) to 35th & Alleghany.
70 would be the clockwise routing of the 60.
Patrons on the 67/84 could stay on one bus through FTC, making say a run from Bridge and Harbison to Oxford
and Summerdale a one seat ride.
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And to be fair, below are NJ Transit routes I'd propose for adding and/or rerouting.
200: Starting at Trenton Transit Center, via US-206 South, left on White Horse Pike,
then overlap the 554 to Atlantic City
200 north: Same route in reverse
201: Starting at Trenton Transit Center, via NJ-33 East to Business 33 in Freehold, back
to 33 East in Jerseyville, left Main Street in Asbury Park, left Springwood Avenue,
ending at Asbury Park Station.
201 west: Starting at Asbury Park Station, left Memorial Drive, right NJ-33, reverse the
201 east route to Trenton
401 south, starting at Broadway and Olive Street: Right on Olive Street, left
on US-130, left on Hessian Avenue, right on Crown Point Road, right on Red Bank
Avenue, left on Crown Point Road. Continue down Crown Point Road to a left on Grove
Street, which becomes Jessup Road. Jessup Road to a right on Kings Highway.
401 north, starting at Jessup Road and Kings Highway: Left on Jessup Road, which
becomes Grove Street. Grove Street to a right on Crown Point Road, right on
Delaware Street, ramp to Crown Point Road, follow Crown Point Road around to US-130
North, right Olive Street, left Broadway.
402 south, starting at Broadway and Olive Street: Right on Olive Street, left
on US-130, left on Hessian Avenue, right on Crown Point Road, right on Red Bank
Avenue, left on Crown Point Road. Pick up regular routing on Crown Point Road.
402 north: starting at Delaware Street and I-295, via ramp to Crown Point Road
follow Crown Point Road around to US-130, right on Olive Street, left on Broadway.
402 SHORT TURN:
Follow the revised 402, take layover at the end of the route 455 line in Paulsboro.
401 and 402: Night and selected day runs: Southbound from Brooklawn Circle:
South on US-130, left on Hessian. Follow routings mentioned
above.
Northbound from US-130 and Olive Street: Continue north on US-130
to Brooklawn Circle. Follow current routing on Broadway through Brooklawn up to Phila.
410 south, starting at Brooklawn Circle, overlay the 408 to Delsea Drive and Cattell
Road, then, right Cattell Road, right Woodbury-Glassbork Road, left Elm Street, left NJ-45.
410 north, starting at Mantua Pike and Elm Street, via right Elm Street, right
Woodbury-Glassboro Road, left Cattell Road, left Delsea Drive, overlay the 408 to
Gloucester City.
** ADD A 411 FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CUMBERLAND MALL. IT WOULD NOT BE A BANNERED
ROUTE. I'M JUST BANNERIZING MY SUGGESTIONS TO DEPTFORD: **
411A: Overlap the 400 to Deptford Mall. Express runs would run via I-295
South, NJ-42 South to Clements Bridge Road offramp. Left on Clements Bridge Road,
left into Deptford Mall.
411B: Overlap the 401, 402, 410, and 412 to the 2 circles in Brooklawn, then,
Delsea Drive, left on Almonesson Road left on Deptford Center Road, left into
Deptford Mall. Express runs: Starting at Walter Rand Transportation Center or
Bridge Plaza, via I-676 South, I-76 East, NJ-42 South, NJ-55 South to exit 58.
Straight on Deptford Center Road to a left into the Deptford Mall parking lot.
Regardless of how it gets to Deptford mall: After leaving the mall, left on Deptford
Center Road, right on Hurfville Road, stay straight onto Delsea Drive to a left
in Cumberland Mall lot. (Some runs would run via right Heston Road in Glassboro, left
US-322, right NJ-47, serving Rowan Universiey).
412 south: Startin at Brooklawn Circle, overlap the 408 to right on Cattell Road,
left on Woodbury-Glassboro Road. 412 north would be the same in reverse.
425: Starting at Avandale Park & Ride, proceed along Swedesboro Road, right on US-322,
left Kings Highway, bear right on Auburn Road, right Center Square Road, right US-130,
right High Hill Road, right Beckett Road back to Center Square Road.
426: Starting at Avandale Park & Ride, proceed along Swedesboro Road, right on US-322,
ramp to US-130 South, left High Hill Road, right Beckett, right Center Square Road, back
to US-130.
431 east: Start at Frankford Transportation Center. Proceed via Frankford Avenue,
Harbison Avenue, Aramingo Avenue, Betsy Ross Bridge, ramp to J Tipton Blvd/Suckle
Highway/Hylton Road. (This puts you on US-130 North). Ramp to Hylton Road, left Thomas
Busch Memorial Highway, right National Highway, left Union Avenue, right US-130, right
Westfield Avenue, left Cove Road, slight left Church Road, right into Cherry Hill Mall.
431 west: Left Church Road, slight right Cove Road, right Westfield Avenue, left US-130,
ramp to Hylton Road, left Thomas Busch Memorial Highway, right National Highway, left
Union Avenue, left US-130, ramp to Betsy Ross Bridge, ramp to Aramingo Avenue, Harbison
Avenue, left Frankford Avenue to Frankford Transportation Center.
432 east: Start at Frankford Transportation Center. Proceed via Frankford Avenue,
Harbison Avenue, Aramingo Avenue, Betsy Ross Bridge, US-130 North, Haddonfield Road to
Cherry Hill Mall.
432 west: Right Haddonfield Road, NJ-73 North, US-130 South, ramp to Betsy Ross Bridge,
ramp to Aramingo Avenue, Harbison Avenue, left Frankford Avenue to Frankford
Transportation Center.
455 west, starting at Cooper Street & Delsea Drive: Right on Delsea Drive, left
on Olive Street, left US-130, merge onto I-295 South to exit 22, right on Red Bank Avenue, left
on Grove Street, right on Crown Point Road, (peak hour runs, overlap the 402 through the
Midatlantic Industrial Park), pick up regular routing at Crown Point Road and Midatlantic
Parkway.
455 east, via Crown Point Road (peak hour runs, overlap the 402 through the Midatlantic
Industrial Park), left Grove, right Red Bank Ave, left Crown Point Road, left on ramp to I-295
North to exit 23, US-130 North, right Olive Street, right Delsea Drive, left Cooper Street, pick
up regular routing at Cooper and Delsea.
455: Make all peak hour runs Paulsboro runs, keep the non peak hour and weekend short
turn runs.
463 west, starting at Tanyard Road and Highland Avenue: Right on Highland
Avenue, right on Cooper Street, left on Clements Bridge Road, right on
Almonesson Road, left on Deptford Center Road, left into Deptford Mall. 463
east would be the same in reverse.
