FY 2012 Operating Budget and FY 2013-2017 Financial ... - Septa

Capital Improvement Program
State of Good Repair Initiatives
This program is designed to bring transit and railroad facilities to a state of good repair. Fiscal
Year 2012 projects included in this program are categorized as follows:
Maintenance/Support Facilities
• Installation of fire detection systems at Bridge Street Shop, Frontier Depot and Market
East Station.
• Environmental Clean Up and Protection activities.
• Replacement of four rectifier transformers at Pattison and Loudon Substations.
Station Facilities
• Standardization of station escalators.
• Train access accommodations for the new Silverliner V railcars.
Track and Right of Way
• Track renewal on trolley route 13 along Chester Avenue from 58 th street to 65 th street.
• Route 15 improvements along Richmond Avenue in conjunction with PennDot’s
Interstate 95 Girard Avenue Interchange Construction Project.
Station Accessibility
This project further expands the network of accessible stations. Additional stations were
selected based on a number of factors including ridership, intermodal connections, and
recommendations from the SEPTA Advisory Committee for Accessible Transportation (SAC),
including identification of disability magnet sites. Allegheny Station improvements were
completed in Calendar Year 2011. Improvements at Race-Vine Broad Street Subway Station
are underway and scheduled for completion in Calendar Year 2013. Funding for the
construction of an elevator at 15 th and Market Streets and station platform improvements at
Olney Station on the Broad Street Subway is also programmed.
Station and Parking Improvements Program
This program provides for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of transit and regional rail stations
and terminals, bus/trolley loop facilities, transportation centers and parking
expansions/improvements. Program elements include the replacement or rehabilitation of
station and loop facility components, such as station buildings, ticket offices and waiting rooms,
passenger shelters, canopies, platforms, crosswalks and overpasses, escalators and elevators,
lighting, signage, and accessible paths. All improvements will fully comply with requirements of
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Programmed for Fiscal Year 2012 are funds for the
reconstruction of Primos Station on the Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Line; Reconstruction of
Ryers Station on the Fox Chase Regional Rail Line; and 69 th Street Station Platform Renewal
on the Norristown High Speed Line.
SEPTA Fiscal Year 2012 Operating Budget 162