Civic - Services - Transport - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Philadelphia offers a wide variety of transit options; part of transit-rich northeastern corridor from DC to NYC and Boston; Philadelphia transit points of interest include 30th Street Station (just west of the Shuykill River on Market St) served by Amtrak, NJTransit, and nearby SEPTA; on the east side of the river: City Hall (at Market St and Broad), Suburban Station (just west of City Hall), Market East Station (near 11th) and nearby Greyhound bus terminal; the PATCO line to New Jersey starts about six blocks south of City Hall and goes east, crossing Market at 8th; east of downtown, on the Delaware River: the ferry and cruise ship terminals

• PHL Airport: Philadelphia International Airport; located about 10 km southwest from downtown; owned by the City of Philadelphia, operated by the Department of Commerce's Division of Aviation; part of the Philadelphia Airport System; for transportation from the PHL airport to downtown, see the SEPTA R1 (regional rail) route
• PNE Airport: Northeast Philadelphia Airport; located about 18 km northeast of downtown; owned by the City of Philadelphia, operated by the Department of Commerce's Division of Aviation; part of the Philadelphia Airport System
• DRPA: Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; regional transportation and economic development agency serving Southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey; owns and operates the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, and Betsy Ross bridges; subsidiary Port Authority Transit Corporation (PACTO) rail transit; RiverLink Ferry, Philadelphia Cruise Terminal @ Pier 1, and the AmeriPort Intermodal Rail Center
• Bicycles: Bicycle Network; city-wide network of bike-friendly streets to serve bicyclists as part of a comprehensive program which gives full recognition to the bicycle as a viable mode of transportation
• Cruise Term: Port of Philadelphia and Camden Cruise Terminal; this is south of downtown, approximately 7 km south of City Hall, located on the southern end of Broad Street, on the Delaware River, near the site formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and now called Naval Business Center or "Navy Yard"; (the cruise ship terminal location is called "Pier 1" although this apparently has nothing to do with the pier numbering system by Penn's Landing); cruise ships; for public transit to downtown, check SEPTA bus #17
• RiverLink: River ferry system; connects Philadelphia (Penn's Landing ferry terminal) and Camden (Wiggins Park ferry terminal)
• SEPTA: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; commuter rail, bus, subway, elevated, and trolley services in the Philadelphia area; private company 2003 sales $420 million
• Phlash: Philly Phlash purple trolley; connects Center City attractions and hotels; connections to SEPTA and PATCO rail
• Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station; train service to destinations around the region and USA
• The EL: reconstruction of the Market-Frankford El; part of the approximately 74 kilometers of subway and elevated system operated by SEPTA
• CPTMA: Central Philadelphia Transportation Management Association; initiative of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation; aims to reduce downtown congestion by encouraging the use of public transit, walking, and bicycling
• PATCO: Port Authority Transit Corporation, run by the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; operates the Speedline running from Center City Philadelphia to the Delaware River waterfront
• NJTransit: New Jersey Transit; connects with SEPTA at 30th St station and Philadelphia bus terminal
• Greyhound: National, commercial bus transit company; offers connections throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico
• GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including Philadelphia
• Peter Pan: Regional, commercial bus transit company; offers connections from DC to northeast cities including Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston
• Martz: Martz Trailways bus; serves Philadelphia
• DART1st: DART First State, Delaware's Bus, Train, & Intermodal Transportation Provider; connects with SEPTA transit lines
• DART Doylestown: Doylestown Area Regional Transit; Bucks County, Pennsylvania; connects with SEPTA R-5 train and Route 55 bus
• Riverline: NJTransit rail, light rail, and bus; connects NJ destinations to Camden, across the Delaware river from Philadelphia
• SJTA: South Jersey Transportation Authority; transit services to Camden, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia
• PA Turnpike: Toll highway system; connects Philadelphia with state and interstate highways
• NJ Turnpike: Toll highway system; across the Delaware River in New Jersey

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