Get On The Bus: SEPTA Trains Pennsbury High School Students On Use

FAIRLESS HILLS, PA —Pennsbury High School students now know how to board a SEPTA bus, use keycards for fares and navigate specific bus routes.

Those valuable transportation tips will come in handy down the road for these students who participated Wednesday in a SEPTA travel training session brought by TMA Bucks.

Trained SEPTA ambassadors and occupational therapists were on site with a SEPTA bus to explain to M.O.S.T (More Opportunities for Student Training) students and staff the basics of riding SEPTA.

“These types of training events are a great opportunity to get students that are learning life skills comfortable with the idea of utilizing public transit to get around,” TMA Bucks Deputy Director David Walter said. “The calm and controlled environment is a perfect setting that allows the students to not feel overwhelmed and spend as much time as possible asking any important questions they may have.”

Students were able to learn how to board the bus safely, how to use SEPTA Key cards as their fare, proper bus etiquette and how to navigate specific bus routes. Students and staff at Pennsbury also had the opportunity to ask questions.

They also were provided school bus safety and pedestrian safety information and brochures from the TMA’s Community Traffic Safety Program.

The M.O.S.T program is Pennsbury School District’s 18-21-year-old student program that changes the focus from academic credits to post-secondary outcomes.

It streams the students’ IEP goals and breaks them into objectives so that the barriers for post-secondary outcomes can be targeted. Employment and independent living are the focus of the program through functional curriculums and authentic experiences in our community.

TMA Bucks, a non-profit transportation management association, promotes and coordinates travel demand management strategies to reduce peak-hour traffic congestion and serve as a clearinghouse for transportation policies and programs throughout Bucks County.