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Cherelle Parker: “There is a $10 billion capital backlog [for SEPTA].”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Mayor Parker reacts to upcoming SEPTA cuts

Published | Video Starts at 09:36

If we're concerned about the bottom line, you have to make sure that we've addressed the structural deficit. And I haven't even gotten to There is a $10 billion capital backlog [for SEPTA]. $10 billion right now. That's maintenance, that's repair, that's replacement of SEPTA's capital inventory. It's buses, it's rail cars. So we can step, that's public safety. (09:36–09:41)

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