BlackHistoryMonth: How two women rose to hold top positions with SEPTA, creating the trail for others. NatashaCBS3 has the story.
On any given day, as many as 2,100 SEPTA vehicles are in motion throughout Philadelphia and its suburbs. Trains, buses, and trolleys are transporting thousands of passengers to and from their destinations. Behind the scenes, two women are at the helm of keeping the transportation system moving, Crystal Cooper and Aleta Evans.
Cooper has more than 30 years with the transportation system, working her way up through the ranks. She is only the second Black woman to hold her position, a position made even more critical during the ongoing pandemic. While Cooper maintains the day to day safety protocols along one of the busiest train lines, Evans takes us into the massive SEPTA control center — the nerve center that helps control the safe movement of all SEPTA vehicles.“We are governed mostly by rules, regulations, policies,” Evans said. “If they’re not following all of those things at any given time, someone, unfortunately, could either end up hurt, maimed, or dead, and it’s a lot of responsibility.
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