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Daley to host public roundtable calling for transit funding on June 5

Experts, officials will meet in Lower Merion to talk SEPTA’s impact on PA economy

Rep. Mary Jo Daley    May 30, 2025 | 4:17 PM

MERION STATION, May 30 – The public is invited to attend an expert roundtable over the future of mass transit funding in Pennsylvania, including for SEPTA, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 5, in the second-floor Board Room of the Lower Merion Township Building, 75 E. Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore.

State Rep. Mary Jo Daley will host experts who will discuss mass transit, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its economic impact. The event will also be live-streamed for the public at Lower Merion Township - YouTube and LMTV Live - LMTV - Lower Merion Township Television.

Those who would like to attend in person are encouraged to take SEPTA. The Lower Merion Township Building is five minutes from the Ardmore train station and close to several bus lines.

Slated to speak are:

  • Moderator:          
    • Robert Previdi: member, Pennsylvania Transportation Advisory Committee and policy director, Save the Train.

  • Speakers: 
    • Ariella Maron: executive director, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.   
    • Richard Voith: president and chair of Board of E-Consult.
    • Scott Sauer: general manager, SEPTA general manager.
    • Bernard Dagenais: president, Main Line Chamber of Commerce.
    • Todd M. Sinai: president, Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners; professor of real estate and business economics and public policy (with tenure), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
    • Peter Staz: developer of transit oriented developments, Core Development, Cricket Flats Apartments in Ardmore.

According to the American Public Transportation Association, for every dollar spent on mass transit and SEPTA, $5 more are created in the economy. For every million dollars invested, 500 direct jobs are created, and thousands of downstream jobs are created at suppliers, vendors and support industries. For every dollar invested in transit, $3 are added in new business sales.

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