[cindytrac]

In August of 2026, SEPTA did a significant system rerouting of their bus routes. Now that the rerouting has been implemented, it can be difficult to see how individual routes changed. SEPTA's trip planners and other navigation tools generally show current service, not a side-by-side comparison with the previous routes. Riders who rely on familiarity with the city rather than navigation apps may have difficulty finding where a changed route or stop moved.

This tool visualizes previous and current routes side-by-side, helping riders compare the changes and serving as a snapshot of the former routes.

After more data is collected, this map can be overlapped with ridership data for each stop (which SEPTA does currently collect). This can provide an overview for SEPTA transportation planners to see if moving the stops have led to a change in ridership.

The users I want to empower are transit riders and eventually transit planners.
The specific decisions those users need to make are where to wait for the bus and what bus to take to get to a part of Philadelphia after the SEPTA Phase I bus rerouting.
The data required to inform these decisions include SEPTA bus stop and bus route data.

Routes for quick testing: 49 (changed), 42 (didn't change), 80 (discontinued)