SEPTA is developing a tool that will let passengers text their emergency dispatchers, PhillyMag reported.
The news comes amid recent videos of SEPTA passengers using drugs or neglecting their children.
It will be a SEPTA-specific tool, expected to launch this summer. (The Philadelphia Police Department has previously said that it would be very expensive to develop a texting tool for 9-1-1.)
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