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Trolley Modernization Program

40th Street Portal, West Philadelphia

Replace the entire Routes 10/11/13/15/34/36 trolley fleet with new low-floor, accessible vehicles. Includes accessible station rebuilds along the West Philadelphia subway-surface lines.

Council district
District 3
Neighborhood
University City
Funding source
Federal CIG + State + Local match
Funding amount
$2,300,000,000
Start date
2022-01-01
Completion
2030-12-31
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Jamie Gauthier
District 3 · D
215-686-0454
City Hall Room 580
588 projects in this district
3367 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
Spruce Hill Community Association
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Julie Bush
2672612030
Meets: Spruce Hill Community Center 257 S 45th St Philadelphia, PA 19104; Virtual: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81135129776?pwd=TGlGMlhqdXF4Znl0UzR0QXF1SG1rdz09
Neighborhood context (census tract 008802)
Median income
$21,064
Renter occupied
93.85%
Rent burdened
66.35%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
6,156
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 15 permits found.

17 N 41ST ST2026-04-20
4201 CHESTNUT ST2025-12-15
4070 POWELTON AVE2025-12-04
4105 WALNUT ST2025-11-25
4236 CHESTNUT ST2025-01-16
4055 MARKET ST2024-12-02
119-25 S 39TH ST2024-10-11
28 N 40TH ST2024-08-28
4145-47 CHESTNUT ST2024-08-27
4008 CHESTNUT ST2024-08-26
18 N 40TH ST2024-04-08
26 N 40TH ST2024-04-08
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 5:36:43 PM
SEPTA Capital Budget Projects
SEPTA

Manually curated, not a live feed. Refreshed each budget cycle (annual). Locations are approximate for line-wide projects (we plot the project at the line midpoint). Funding amounts are total project cost, not annual spend.