Philly is a bus city.  Though sometimes (ok, maybe more than sometimes) the bus leaves you stranded, it can more often get you exactly where you need to go.  SEPTA sells comprehensive bus maps but we decided to give you a basic overview of the routes that both transect our neighborhood, or operate a few blocks away. 

The map below shows the routes of the following bus lines:

• Route 2 - South Philadelphia to North Philadelphia via 16th and 17th Streets. - PURPLE
• Route 7 - Walmart/Home Depot to Art Museum, Fairmount, and Strawberry Mansion, via Oregon Avenue, and 22nd Street - GREEN
• Route 12 - Society Hill to Grays Ferry and Bartram's Garden, via Locust Street, Walnut Street, and Grays Ferry Avenue - LIGHT BLUE
• Route 17 - South Philly to Center City/Old City, via 20th (northbound)/19th (southbound) and Market Streets - BLACK
• Route 21 - Old City to West Philly, via Walnut and Chestnut - BLUE
• Route 40 - Society Hill to West Philly, Parkside, Fairmount Park west, via Lombard and South Streets (normally over South Street Bridge, currently diverted to Walnut at 22nd) - ORANGE
• Route 42 - Old City to West Philly, via Walnut and Spruce, including HUP and CHOP, turns left at 34th Street to go around hospitals. - RED
• Route 64 - Walmart/Home Depot to Grays Ferry, West Philadelphia, and Parkside, via Washington Ave and Grays Ferry Ave. - DARK PURPLE
• Route C - South Philadelphia to North Philadelphia, via Broad Street - GRAY

There are PDFs of the schedules for each route displayed below, and you can also pick up hard copies at the SOSNA Office (1901 Christian).

Please let us know if you think it'd be useful to add more lines. 

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