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One day after sending a scathing letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro , U.S. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy was in Philadelphia to talk about the government shutdown and discussed the ongoing issues with SEPTA.

In the letter sent of Thursday, Oct. 23, Duffy wrote about, what he calls, his serious concerns about the safety and fiscal state of SEPTA as the transit agency is just seven days away from missing a major deadline.

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"If changes aren’t made immediately, it’s only a matter of time before the rail system erupts in flames and kills somebody," Duffy wrote.

The clock is ticking down for SEPTA on a looming Halloween deadline. It has seven days to finish emergency inspections

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