With the opening of Penn Park, the University of Pennsylvania has expanded its "Penn Transit" shuttle service to operate during the daytimes (previously, the buses only ran in the evenings).  The buses will run on a "Campus Loop" serving all of the current stops in addition to the Levy Tennis Pavilion every 20 minutes.

For more details, check out this Press Release from the University of Pennsylvania: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2011-09-22/latest-news/penn-transit-adds-daytime-service-campus-loop-bus

The merger between these two agencies is complete with the appointment of the new board of directors, so now rabbittransit covers both York and Adams Counties.  The new organization will officially be called York Adams Transportation Authority, but the rabbittransit branding will remain in place.  Also, Gettysburg's Freedom Transit will retain its name as well.

Since November of 2009, the agencies worked together to create one unified regional system.  Rabbittransit was already contracted to operate Gettysburg's "Freedom Transit" System as well as its paratransit service.  Additionally, the new rt 15N Rabbit Express connects Gettysburg commuters with our state capital of Harrisburg.

Hopefully other areas of the state will work together to create "regional systems" (we're looking at you, Wilkes Barre and Scranton!).  Click the link for more details: http://www.rabbittransit.org/pressreleases/2011/pr_merger.html

This morning, NHSL trains had to single track between West Overbrook - I mean, "Township Line Road" - and Radnor because an N5 hit a car that was parked on the tracks, resulting in at 25 passengers being injured.  At 4:25 this morning, Brian Manning of Haverford, while intoxicated, accidentally turned into the substation access road near Beechwood-Brookling Station with his Toyota off of Karakung Drive and got stuck on the tracks. While calling his wife and AAA, the first Norristown-bound train of the day slammed into the car.  Fortunately, the driver was not in the car and therefore wasn't injured.

It's not yet clear which railcar was affected.

For more details and photos:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8390062

PATCO is visiting several stations this week to get feedback from passengers on what the interior of the rehabilitated PATCO cars should look like.  PATCO staff will be stopping by the following stations during the PM rush hour:

Woodcrest- Monday, 10/17, 4pm-6pm
Haddonfield- Tuesday, 10/18, 4pm-6pm
Broadway West- Wednesday, 10/19, 4pm-6pm
Ashland- Thursday, 10/20, 4-pm- 6pm

PATCO is also soliciting feedback on the new interiors via a survey on its site.  Visit www.ridepatco.org for a link to the online survey and choose your favorite interior!