PA State Rep and assumed SEPTA Shill, Ben Waxman, decided to chirp Crossing Broad’s Kyle Pagan for pointing out the company’s blatant incompetence

Who is Ben Waxman? – Trust me, it’s not like Crossing Broad or Pagan needs The Liberty Line to jump to their defense but I think it’s important to have their backs in situations like this, where some political hack by the name of Rep. Ben Waxman wants to get “cute” on social media.

Pagan posted a (beautiful) photo on X after the Eagles game showing hundreds of fans waiting outside NRG Station in South Philly after the Divisional Round. It was snowing and temperatures were hovering right around 20 Degrees Fahrenheit.

Obviously, Pagan was pissed as I’m sure every other person standing outside was in the picture. It really captured the problems with public transportation and highlighted SEPTA’s continued incompetence in doing anything of use to improve the service they provide.

Kyle Pagan: “I call this SEPTA incompetence”

Did you want them to magically expand the entrance so everyone could fit? What’s the execution here?

— Rep. Ben Waxman (@RepBenWaxman) January 20, 2025

Read Pagan’s / Crossing Broad Post About It: ‘How About This PA State Rep Chirping Me for Calling Out SEPTA’s Incompetence After the Eagles Game’ >>

Me Looking at Rep. Ben Waxman:

Conor Mcgregor: "Who the fuck is that guy" pic.twitter.com/hPhAZim2xL

— find a reaction (@findareaction) November 15, 2020

Uhhh, I don’t know, Rep. Ben Waxman, maybe we just want SEPTA to be better?

I mean seriously, there’s a million upgrades that could be done to any and all SEPTA platforms. Don’t be a smug asshole on X replying to people with bullshit remarks about “mAgIcAlLy ExPaNdInG eNtRaNcEs” – it’s beyond annoying. 

Unless you Rep. Ben Waxman was actually asking Pagan how he would fix the blatantly obvious problems with trying to catch the Subway out of the South Philly sports complex? From there, we’d have to slightly adjust the criticism and focus more on a political shill asking Kyle Pagan of Crossing Broad for help doing his job but I digress. 

Here’s the thing, what Pagan pointed out made perfect sense. While Philly and our sports teams constantly push for more use of public transportation throughout the city, it doesn’t seem like SEPTA is actually doing their part in making it a more enjoyable experience. 

South Philly needs a better Subway Station. It should be covered and have more cover for those waiting outside in rain, sleet, snow, hail, whatever. SEPTA should also be running trains every five minutes on Game Day and extend hours of operation late into the night on all rail lines so that people using their service from the suburbs have an easy way in and out of the city. 

Rep. Ben Waxman is a SEPTA Shill

The photo is outside the station. If you’d ever been there, you’d know there is plenty of room
Inside for people to wait for trains. Dope.

— Rep. Ben Waxman (@RepBenWaxman) January 20, 2025

Ew dude. Look at this political hack calling people “dopes” on X because they don’t want to wait outside in the snow. What a fucking asshole. Who voted for this guy? He clearly must be a SEPTA Lobbyist, right? I would like to see Rep. Ben Waxman ride a subway train when it’s not an easy photo op. 

I wonder how many times he wiped off that Subway pole before touching it? Ben Waxman’s entire face and body language in the picture reeks of “get me out of here” and I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the first and last time he’s ever ridden the Subway. 

SEPTA Subway Stations are absolutely disgusting inside. They smell like piss and homeless people. The entire Subway cars are completely filthy. 

There’s little-to-no oversight from SEPTA on ANYTHING. It’s probably the least-enjoyable way to travel anywhere and yes, as someone who spent decades riding the Broad Street Line, from Temple Campus, to Tasker-Morris, to NRG at the Sports Complex, I’m qualified to make those types of statements. 

At the end of the day, SEPTA should invest in its own service. There are countless numbers of improvements that need to be made and a hell of a lot more work to be done to even come close to satisfy  what we’re getting as patrons.

Rep. Ben Waxman should be doing a lot more than trying to defend SEPTA on social media and while we’re here, Pagan also brought this guy to my attention. Sean Hoffmann of the “Clean Air Council” (waste of money) couldn’t help but fall to Ben Waxman’s knees to tell everyone about his glorious snowy ride on SEPTA.

Get a load of this dude lol. Sorry brother. Your bullshit propaganda isn’t working.

I was at that glorious snowy Eagles game last night and took the BSL there and back with no trouble at all. Got right on the train and right off. SEPTA is chronically underfunded and they do the best they can with what they’ve got.

— Sean Hoffmann (@SeanGHoffmann) January 20, 2025

HEY SEAN HOFFMAN. WE SAW THE PICTURE. PEOPLE ARE WAITING OUTSIDE MISERABLE IN THE SNOW FOR SEPTA TO GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER. SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP. 

Sean Hoffmann sucks. I guarantee he left early, likely after Saquon’s last touchdown run, and hopped on SEPTA with no issue. There’s literally no other way that he could have just got on with no issue, right? 

Underfunded or mismanaged, Sean? You tell us. While we’re at it, what have you actually accomplished with the Clean Air Council? My guess is absolutely nothing and you’re about as useful as Ben Waxman chirping Pagan on X. 

Anyways, Go Birds right?