As of December 26th 2005, SEPTA has completed the project what entitles the installation of traffic light sensors which has been placed above most of there buses. These sensors will keep the light green at 15 intersections. This also includes the major intersection at 52nd and Lancaster Ave. SEPTA hope that these systems will minimize the number of delays and to improve the flow of traffic along 52nd street. You can learn more about these features from here http://www.septa.org/travel_advisory/route52.pdf.

According to Rick Smith, some of the rejected buses including 3315 have been returned to SEPTA. Before being sent down to the Big Easy they were stripped of all SEPTA decals as 3315 was spotted with a solid white paint scheme. 3470, one of the donated buses, is now back on the SEPTA roster for some odd reason at Midvale. It is believed that this bus will not return to service.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has rejected 20 Neoplans that were once operating out of SEPTA. After Hurricane Katrina (NORTA had a major lose of buses mainly due to the torrential flooding in that vicinity). The Neoplans that were slated to go were 3271, 3272, 3313, 3315, 3324, 3326, 3333, 3334, 3336, 3339, 3341, 3356, 3367, 3377, 3406, 3408, 3409, 3413, 3449, and 3470. For those of you who didn't know, these coaches were pretty strong and reliable units; it's ashamed for NORTA to reject such fine units.