A Montgomery County resident's concern about the cost of senior rides on SEPTA was addressed by the Pennsylvania Lottery, explaining that the program is funded through lottery proceeds and not taken from state or SEPTA budgets.
A Montgomery County resident who enjoys using SEPTA 's free senior rides to explore Philadelphia was concerned after someone told him he was taking away from the state's budget. He asked The Inquirer's forum for questions about the city and region: Does the state reimburse SEPTA for each trip I take? And why does my SEPTA Senior card make a different sound at the turnstile? Seniors' free rides are not taken from Pennsylvania's budget or SEPTA 's.
The money covering those passes comes from the Pennsylvania Lottery. The lottery funds multiple senior programs, including meals, prescription assistance, care services, property tax assistance, rent rebates, and public transportation. In Philly, this helped “hundreds of thousands Philadelphia-area seniors” to access free rides, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. A longtime Lansdale/Doylestown Line rider, the resident said he doesn't think he would take the train into Philly as often as he does if he had to pay over $5 each way. The “specific warble,” as a Pennsylvania Lottery spokesperson described it, is meant to alert operators and cashiers that seniors (or any other specialty fare users) are traveling to monitor for improper use of free-ride cards.aren’t showing that they’re prematurely expired. They can also provide seniors 50% off weekday fares when traveling to New Jersey or Delaware. The resident encourages other seniors to take advantage of the program and explore the city
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