The 2025 Philadelphia Marathon events will be held this weekend, with races on Saturday, Nov. 22 (half marathon) and Sunday, Nov. 23 (marathon). Both of these events will begin at 6:55 a.m.

As always during this annual event, many roads will be closed to accommodate runners. Streets will be closed in many parts of the city from Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23. The closures will be implemented on a rolling basis. Traffic delays can be expected, and motorists are advised to use alternate routes and allow for extra driving time.

The streets and roads impacted by closures in West Philadelphia on Saturday, Nov. 22 include:

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Starting Sunday, Sept. 14, SEPTA will restore full service, including the 20 percent Bus and Metro cuts implemented on Aug. 24, according to an announcement. But SEPTA will also reinstate the 20 percent system-wide fare increase, which was put on hold earlier this month. New schedule and service information will be posted on SEPTA’s website at septa.org.

SEPTA’s service will be restored for the next two years thanks to $394 million state capital assistance from The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), which was approved yesterday after SEPTA’s request. Thanks to this funding and the additional revenue from the fare increase, SEPTA is planning to implement its new bus network and support the major events coming to Philadelphia in 2026.

“This is not the long-term funding solution we need to address our $213 million budget deficit,” SEPTA General Manager Scott A. Sauer said in a statement. “But over the last two weeks, we have seen the devastating effects of the service cuts on our customers. Our riders deserve better, and they deserve stability.”

SEPTA is restoring some bus and trolley routes used most by students, thanks to a subsidy from the city.

As the new school year began for Philadelphia public school students on Aug. 25, so did SEPTA service cuts, which reduced service up to 20 percent on most bus routes and eliminated some of them.

SEPTA announced that beginning Sept. 2, more buses and trolleys will be added to the following routes to improve their frequency:

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Beginning Sunday, Aug. 24, SEPTA will discontinue several bus stops on 48th Street between Walnut St. and Baltimore Ave., the portion of the street used by the Routes 64 and 411. The following stops will be discontinued: Locust St., Pine St., Osage Ave., Hazel Ave., and Cedar Ave.

The reason for the stop elimination is traffic safety as part of the 48th Street Traffic Safety Project, according SEPTA. The construction stage began last year and included an installation of a parking-separated bike lane and traffic-calming measures.

SEPTA will also begin implementing service cuts throughout its transit network starting this Sunday due to a lack of state funding. Read more here about the service cuts in West Philadelphia.

UPDATE (8/25/25): SEPTA has released new Fall schedules for its Bus and Metro service which reflect 20 percent service cuts that took effect on Sunday, Aug. 24. Go here for more details.

8/21/25: As you may have heard, SEPTA has announced major service cuts that will take effect this Sunday, Aug. 24 due to a lack of state transit funding. The cuts will eliminate some bus routes or shorten them and reduce the frequency by up to 20 percent. Also, a reminder that fares will increase to $2.90 per ride beginning Sept. 1.

Here’s some useful information on SEPTA service reductions for routes serving West Philadelphia.

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Service on the “L” (Market-Frankford Line) will be reduced by up to 20 percent. Peak intervals will go from 6 to 8 minutes. Midday intervals will go from 6 to 8 minutes.

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Here’s some information on the annual Spruce Street closures that help accommodate Penn students moving to campus after the summer break. This year, a portion of the street will be closed to all vehicles, including bicycles, on select days between Monday, Aug. 18 and Sunday, Aug. 23, for student move-in and some construction projects, according to the University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety. Here are more details:

August 18, 19, and 20:

• Spruce Street will be closed from 34th to 38th Street between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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