Barring an increase in state funding to address a budget gap, SEPTA is two weeks away from reducing service on more than 100 lines across its system.

Leaders at the transit authority — which serves the Philadelphia metro area with trolleys, buses, subways and Regional Rail trains — said in April that service cuts would be coming if new funding cannot fill a $213 million deficit. SEPTA's board voted in June to approve service cuts and fare increases.

These cuts would begin to take effect on Aug. 24 — one day before School District of Philadelphia students' first day of the new school year.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is scheduled to discuss the critical need for mass transit funding in Pennsylvania at SEPTA HQ at 1 p.m. You can watch the press conference in the video player above.

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