Overview
- SEPTA will install 10 real-time displays at select bus and trolley stops by the end of May, launching a pilot to show next arrivals and service alerts on the street.
- The screens use e‑paper, which holds text between updates and sips power, and each unit includes a button that reads the information aloud for blind and low‑vision riders.
- Locations are still being picked with a focus on high‑ridership stops, and SEPTA plans to collect feedback through QR code surveys at the signs and comments on its website while it monitors performance through the summer.
- Local artists earlier mounted similar solar signs tied to SEPTA’s live data, and the agency says those efforts did not set the pilot’s timing but highlighted riders’ hunger for on‑street information.
- PhillyVoice reports the units are Connectpoint devices costing about $5,000 each, and with roughly 13,000 bus stops in the system SEPTA signals any broader rollout would be gradual and tied to its bus network redesign.