On the first day of sweeping SEPTA service cuts, Democratic state lawmakers and community members rallied Sunday at the Warminster, Pennsylvania, SEPTA station, urging Republican leadership in Harrisburg to approve more mass transit funding.

While the state’s largest public transportation system implements major service cuts affecting thousands of Philadelphia students on their first day of school, top Republicans in Pennsylvania government aren’t in the Capitol.

SEPTA cuts will affect not only Bucks County’s rail and bus riders but also increase traffic, likely worsening congestion across the region, writes Chris