PHIA News Digest – Vol. 10, No. 43

Nov 4, 2025 | PHIA NEWS DIGEST

House passes bipartisan bill to reform and streamline ignition interlock program

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 1862 with a unanimous vote. This bipartisan legislation, jointly authored by state Reps. Ed Neilson, D-Philadelphia, majority chair of the House Transportation Committee, and Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre County, minority chair of the committee, would reform and streamline administrative procedures related to the ignition interlock program.

SEPTA installs bus priority lanes

The City of Philadelphia, PennDOT and SEPTA announced that red-painted bus-only lanes will be installed on three critical transit corridors in Center City and South Philadelphia. These bus priority lanes will be implemented in conjunction with scheduled PennDOT repaving.