For years, SEPTA has been warning of dire cuts that would trigger “a death spiral” because of its perennial budget deficits.

SEPTA would shutter the Cynwyd, Chestnut Hill West, Paoli/Thorndale, Trenton and Wilmington/Newark lines. Service across its ...

All this can be avoided, the agency says, if Harrisburg can agree on a budget that funds mass transit statewide.