A second union representing SEPTA employees is now prepared to go on strike.
SMART Local 1594 is demanding bulletproof glass and a stronger police presence on suburban buses but claims SEPTA is unwilling to provide these safety measures.
“Everyone has seen what happened not too long ago with a bus, I think it was on 56th street, they shot the bus up ,” Anthony Petty, general chairman of SMART Local 1594 , said. “West Chester Pike, they shot the bus up. And everybody hides it.”…