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AbsentEmpire t1_jddstb3 wrote

Reply to ‘Where does it end?’: Philly water customers are concerned about proposed rate hike by Saint_2022

Part of the problem is that the system is old as hell and a huge portion of it needs to be completely replaced, which is super expensive and not easy to do.

The other issue is the large amount of unpaid use that happens from lack of bill collection and stealing. That is getting paid for by everyone else seeing increasing rates.

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Chaluliss t1_jdds2j6 wrote

Reply to Philadelphia pulls out of community litter cleanup program, Glitter by Easy-Reading

TBH I just live in Philly and am not invested in the local politics so my opinion is really just that of someone who is living here now but intends to leave in the future. But this city is nasty and ugly and the garbage is one of the top reasons why. The lack of self care built into the city is exactly why I want to leave too. Fuck spending my life within a culture of negligence.

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AbsentEmpire t1_jdds1to wrote

Reply to comment by rndljfry in SEPTA hopes new vertical gates will deter turnstile jumpers by APettyJ

Here's where SEPTA's getting that number:

>Nearly 2,800 fare evasion cases were reported on SEPTA last year — an increase of more than 800 from 2021. Busch said the new gates would more accurately track the number of fare evaders on the system.

>“Right now, we have the numbers to go on from police in terms of how many citations they’re issuing. We know that doesn’t fully capture the picture with fare evasion,” Busch added.

The reason it's low is because they have almost zero transit police on the system at any given time. So with that handful of transit cops they caught 2,800, which means you can easily multiply that number by 3 to get close to the real number of fair evasions.

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Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_jddrfo2 wrote

Reply to comment by ambiguator in Rowhouse bathroom addition contractor recommendations? by andrewbt

It started on January 11th, after my dog turned on the bidet when I was at work and completely flooded the kitchen and basically destroyed it.

There's a lot of things I didn't mention that I had to do, but I was working on it 5+hrs a day, more on weekends, with no time off.

I finished and had the appliances installed on March 14th.

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AbsentEmpire t1_jddqcrd wrote

Reply to comment by mortredclay in SEPTA hopes new vertical gates will deter turnstile jumpers by APettyJ

Naw they'll just get a $5 glass breaker and smash out the door since there will 100% be no SEPTA police anywhere near the train or station.

They should have just bought the gates that NJT has, they work pretty well, and incorporating tap in tap out would solve a lot obvious exploits that already happen with the wheelchair gates.

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AbsentEmpire t1_jddq351 wrote

Reply to SEPTA hopes new vertical gates will deter turnstile jumpers by APettyJ

The problem with these is that the doors are glass, they'll be busted out within a year.

SEPTA yet again is also contracting with a company with little to no experience and a history of failure to deliver. What SEPTA should be doing is buying NJT gates, they'll be cheaper, and they'll work better.

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