About

People of SEPTA is a fan-made, satirical celebration of riding public transit around Philadelphia and its suburbs. Riders submit photos and captions of the memorable characters and moments they spot on buses, trolleys and trains. A human reviews everything before it appears.

Not affiliated

This site is independent and has no connection to any transit authority. Vehicle photos are by independent photographers and are used under Creative Commons licenses; see the credits below. Any marks visible in those photos belong to their owners.

Rules

• Affectionate, not cruel. No harassment, slurs or mocking of disability, poverty or crisis.
• No minors. No photos of people in distress, asleep in a vulnerable way, or in private spaces.
• No personal information: names, plates, phone numbers, addresses.
• If you are in a photo and want it removed, email the admin and it comes down, no questions asked.

Photo credits

The banner is a composite of these photographs from Wikimedia Commons, used under their Creative Commons licenses:

• Philadelphia City Hall, William Penn Statue.JPG by Pknelson, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and blended.
• View of Center City.jpg by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and blended.
• SEPTA Silverliner V 733 at Suburban Station.jpeg by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and blended.
• SEPTA bus 8625 at Market Street and 12th Street.jpeg by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and blended.

The banner composite itself is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source images and the build script are in the site repository.

How accounts work

Sign up with Google or a password. New accounts are reviewed before they can post, like or comment. Each account has a daily submission limit. Links are off by default.