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He teaches American urban and cultural history with an emphasis on the period to Cox, Harold E. Privately published, Cudahy, Brian J. New York: Fordham University Press, Grow, Lawrence. New York: Main Street Press, Messer, David W. Triumph II: Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Baltimore: Barnard, Roberts and Co. Williams, Gerry. Greentown, Pa.

Harold E. Reading Company Collection and John F. Your email is never shared. Share This Page:. The PRT relents under the threat of a general strike, but replaces the Amalgamated union with an in-house union. The confrontation would be repeated in…. Another strike occurs when the PRT fires employees who joined the Amalgamated union. Again, the PRT brings in strikebreakers, riots break out, and this time, a general strike ensues, bringing nearly all commerce in the city to a halt.

A long period of labor peace would begin the following year when the company names Thomas A. This in turn means everyone can turn their attention back to the physical plant. Taylor presents his plan for seven new subway and elevated lines, including a Center City loop subway, to Council. City Council adopts it anyway.

The city runs out of money and halts work on everything but the Frankford Elevated. The hollowing-out of the space for City Hall station is also completed lest the building fall into the hole. Fifty-six years ago today, SEPTA held its first organizational meeting - forming the beginnings of the transit system we all enjoy today. In the late 's and early 's public transportation in the Philadelphia region was failing. A number of factors, including the growing popularity of the car, families and jobs moving to the suburbs, and too many private transit providers competing for the same riders, resulted in a steady decline in the use of mass transit.

The board worked with the transportation companies as well as the city's Department of Public Property and county and state agencies to propose solutions for the region's future transportation requirements. SEPACT also produced at least three studies for the US Department of Transportation detailing the operational improvements proposed and implemented on the commuter lines.

With the private transit companies struggling to provide service and the railroads looking to exit the passenger business altogether, the need for the government to create a permanent body to run urban mass transit in the Philadelphia area had become apparent.

Inevitably negotiations led to the purchase of the assets of the PTC, which was the largest urban transit company in the world still in private hands when SEPTA formally took control of it on September 30 Unfortunately both PC and RDG filed for bankruptcy during this time and, while the new cars helped, the physical plant continued to deteriorate, causing many service outages.