Autumn Fingerhood, a single mother from Northeast Philly who juggles multiple jobs, is worried about how the cuts could affect her 10th-grade daughter\u2019s ride to school<\/a>. The bus route she relies on is one of the dozens set to be cut unless funding comes through.\n<\/p>\n She criticized Republicans, including state Sen. Joe Picozzi, R-Philadelphia, for not doing enough<\/a> to secure funding for the ailing transit system that serviced an average of 708,000 customers daily in June.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot be late for work or leave work, which lately seems to be what the Republicans have been doing,\u201d she said. \u201cWho is going to drop my daughter off and pick her up? Am I supposed to quit my jobs?\u201d\n <\/p>\n Picozzi and other Philly-area Republicans<\/a> introduced a measure last month for additional state oversight for SEPTA, but the bill stopped short of providing any funding.\n<\/p>\n Fingerhood, who works at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex and is with the Unite Here Local 274<\/a> union, brought up the impacts cuts could have on the upcoming FIFA World Cup matches<\/a> and the 2026 MLB All-Star Game<\/a>, as the Sports Express special service on the Broad Street Line is set to be cut.\n<\/p>\n![\"Autumn](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/autumn-fingerhood-josh-shapiro-septa-2025-08-10.jpg\")
Autumn Fingerhood, a hospitality worker representing Unite Here Local 274, criticized Pennsylvania Senate Republicans during a press conference Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, at SEPTA headquarters. She said the cuts could impact how her daughter gets to school and people going to events and working in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. (Cory Sharber\/WHYY)<\/p>\n