Comments on: In Philadelphia, SEPTA can’t get the city right

By: Chris Daguanno

Chris Daguanno — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:10:47 +0000

Philly is far from “wanting to be like New York.” We are a city of neighborhoods while yours is a city of transplants. Thanks anyway.

SEPTA, however, doesn’t hold a candle to MTA.

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:21:59 +0000

I once saw a sign in a station, I think Park Place, for the 2 train to The Bronk. I think they didn’t catch that one until the next service change.

By: Gabriel Rosenkoetter

Gabriel Rosenkoetter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:08:49 +0000

Oh, PS, they updated the picture once to one more than five years old, without the Comcast Center, which is where Beer Week’s opening event kicks off. They’ve since updated it again. Cf, http://phillyskyline.com/ (no, there are no deeper links there; yes, that’s a drag, just search for “septa” to see all three posts).

By: Gabriel Rosenkoetter

Gabriel Rosenkoetter — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:49:30 +0000

Excellent reportage. I’m sure I’ve observed some SEPTA typos on signage in the past, but the only one that leaps to mind right now is less error than neighborhood association fiat: in the 2nd St. station on the Market-Frankford Line, there are black patches covering what used to be a final e for “Olde City”, rather than “Old City” (Philly’s Bridge-no-tunnel magnet), as it prefers to call itself now.

Oh, incidentally, it depends on whether or not you take the front of the card to be the side that has the magnetic strip or not, but most of us down here consider that to be the front of the Transpass, not the back.

By: herenthere

herenthere — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:04:50 +0000

Uh-oh: watch the scums at the Post and at CW11 report that they found another typo and blame the MTA for raising fares!

By: Scott E

Scott E — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:14:16 +0000

Here is one more example directing you to the borough of "Queeens" http://flickr.com/photos/squid_ink/3151623800/ Love the Philly card though. It's interesting that "Beer Week" lasts ten days! But considering how "Happy Hour" often goes more than 60 minutes, I suppose time loses all meaning when drinking beer.

By: Kid Twist

Kid Twist — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:08:30 +0000

I hear that Broadway is misspelled on the G line.

By: JP

JP — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:27:39 +0000

*Every* week is beer week in New York

Mistakes like this are not uncommon. Recently, a sign was replaced on the corner of Houston and Mercer streets- the bad one read “Merser”.

From the Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2008/04/1.....gn_typ.php

Or, just go to Flickr or Google Images, and search for “nyc street sign typo”. Considering the number of results, it really makes one wonder what the big deal is.