Hi everyone,

DVARP is excited to announce a new initiative! We are looking for SEPTA and PATCO riders from every line and as many stations as possible to e-mail us 2 or 3 weekly observations about their station or ride. This is a hyperlocal approach that speaks to our mission of improving mass transit service in the Delaware Valley. We’ve partnered with a few Patch outlets (Collingswood, Mt. Airy, and Doylestown) to get the word out about this, and have encountered plenty of interest in those areas so far. Yet, we want to cover the entire Delaware Valley rail system. To this end, if you’re interested in e-mailing us 2 or 3 weekly complaints, commendations, interesting observations, etc about your train ride, shoot me an e-mail at sharpe@dvarp.org. Your observations can be as short as a sentence each or as long as you’d like, can be done in sentences or bullet points, and can be submitted in the body of an e-mail (no need to worry about Microsoft Word, Google Docs, etc).

If this initiative turns out to be successful, we will expand the effort to buses, the Market-Frankford and Broad St. Subway Lines, and trolleys. We will relay concerns and commendations to SEPTA and PATCO.

Once again, if you’re interested in participating or have any questions or comments, shoot me an e-mail at sharpe@dvarp.org. Let’s work together to improve local rail and transit service!